Roberto Mancini named manager of Russian soccer club Zenit

Hulk, who joined SIPG from Zenit St Petersburg in an Asian record deal worth 55 million euros ($60.47 million) in June last year, allegedly punched Guizhou Zhicheng assistant coach Yu Ming at halftime during his side's 3-0 win.

The new World Cup stadium in Saint Petersburg was meant to boast a state-of-the-art pitch and be a showcase for Vladimir Putin's Russia, when it hosts the 2018 football bonanza. Instead the USD 800 million venue, which took a decade to build, has caused more ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday. Maradona appointed head coach of UAE's Al-Fujairah IMAGE: Diego Maradona. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Former Argentina captain Diego Maradona has ended a five-year absence from football to return as coach of Al-Fujairah FC, the United Arab Emirates club announced on Sunday. "I want to tell you that I am the new coach of Al-Fujairah SC, in the second division of the United Arab Emirates," Maradona added on ...

Budding goalkeeper Sujal Kahar, a 12-year-old football enthusiast from Mumbai, has been shortlisted as India's representative at the global Football for Friendship (F4F) social programme. The F4F programme, supported by Gazprom and FIFA, focuses on the ...