UEFA has sanctioned the Romanian soccer federation (FRF) over pro-Serbia chanting by supporters during a Euro 2024 qualifier against Kosovo last week, European soccer’s governing body said.

World champions Argentina strengthened their grip at the top of the FIFA world rankings in the latest list, with the top five remaining unchanged after the international break.

Liverpool overcame an early scare and came from a goal down to claim a 3-1 win at Austria’s LASK Linz in their opening Europa League Group E game.

The Digicel Young Kulas will face Tahiti in the first semi-final of the OFC Women’s Under-16 Championship.

The Courts Inter-District Championship will take place at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva from the 10th to the 15th of October.

Tavua football has been relegated to the senior division and will be replaced by Nasinu in the premier level next season.

New Zealand have overwhelmed Vanuatu 27-0 at Stade Pater in Papeete to confirm their place as Group B winners at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship and set up a semi-final with Tonga on Sunday.

Arsenal enjoyed a triumphant return to the Champions League with a 4-0 thrashing of outclassed PSV Eindhoven in Group B as their impressive start to the season continued this morning.

Between six and nine senior officials of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked as part of a deal to end a threatened player boycott of the national team, a federation source told Reuters.

India head coach Igor Stimac said his second-string men’s team “ran out of gas” in the second half against China but hailed the players as “heroes” despite a 5-1 drubbing in their Asian Games opener on Tuesday.

Spain’s World Cup winning-squad agreed to end their boycott of the national team early after the country’s football federation (RFEF) said it would make “immediate and profound changes” to its structure.

Jude Bellingham scored deep in added time as Real Madrid wore down a resilient Union Berlin to claim a 1-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu in their Group C opener this morning, spoiling the Bundesliga side’s Champions League debut.