"It’s true that there’s typically a lot expected of Germany because we’re four-time world champions and have been a force to be reckoned with at so many tournaments."

Austrian defender David Alaba will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season when his contract expires, Los Blancos said Friday.

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said former mentor Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday he is leaving Manchester City, gave him the belief to become a manager.

Three goals. Three. In a World Cup final. And still, a defeat.

DR Congo's World Cup squad must isolate for 21 days before they will be allowed into the United States due to the African country's deadly Ebola outbreak, authorities said Friday.

Cristiano Ronaldo finally did it.

When Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City in 2016, the Spaniard was already a decorated coach, having won top honours at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

The Bangladesh Football Federation had promised a transparent, exhaustive and perhaps even revolutionary search for the next head coach of the national team.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi brushed aside injured captain Cristian Romero's decision to depart for Argentina ahead of Sunday's relegation decider against Everton, instead demanding his team play with "blood, character and spirit".

In football’s vast and colourful history, there are certain figures without whom the story of the FIFA World Cup feels incomplete. Mario Jorge Lobo Zagallo was one of them.

Thomas Dooley, a formed captain of USA national team and coach of Philippines and Guyana, has been appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh national team.

Pep Guardiola said Friday he feared he would run out of the energy required to lead Manchester City after announcing his glittering 10-year tenure as manager will come to an end.

Newly-appointed Bangladesh national football team coach Thomas Dooley has set his sights on improving the country’s FIFA ranking and taking the side inside the top 160.

Pep Guardiola announced on Friday that he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season after a trophy-laden decade that transformed English football.

Initially appointed on an interim basis to replace Ruben Amorim, the former United midfielder has exceeded expectations and transformed the mood around Old Trafford

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez appointed Arbeloa to replace Xabi Alonso in January and he is set to be replaced himself by Portuguese veteran Mourinho.

Tuchel has taken a risk on centre-back John Stones despite his lack of involvement at Manchester City during an injury-hit season.

The French team won hearts and minds at the FIFA World Cup in Mexico that year, finishing third, 28 years after securing the bronze at the 1958 edition in Sweden.

Countdowns will be introduced for goal-kicks, throw-ins and substitutions in an attempt to discourage time-wasting.

Norway are in Group I along with France, Senegal and Iraq. It has been billed as one of the World Cup's toughest groups.