Barcelona scored its 6,000th goal in the Spanish league after another ingenious strike by Lionel Messi got its title defense off to a winning start. Messi cleverly sent his free kick underneath...

Sliema Wanderers stunned champions Valletta yesterday with three goals to have a flying start to the season. Sliema fully deserved this victory against a plucky and pathetic Valletta side who rarely put a foot right....

A fourth-tier team of amateurs held Bayern Munich scoreless for more than 80 minutes before Robert Lewandowski ended chances of an unlikely upset in the first round of the German Cup on...

AC Milan and Croatia defender Ivan Strinic will take an unspecified break from football after he was diagnosed with a heart condition. Milan said in a statement on Saturday that weekly routine...

Cristiano Ronaldo had to rely on his teammates to make a winning start to his Juventus career. For the thousands of fans who descended on the medieval city of Verona, this was one of the rare...

World Cup star Kylian Mbappe's lethal finishing and confusing VAR decisions helped Paris Saint-Germain to a second straight win at the start of its French title defense. Mbappe came off the bench...

Chelsea and Arsenal served up a feast of goals in a thrilling London derby in the Premier League. Across the capital, Harry Kane was happy with just the one goal to end his August hoodoo in...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggested Premier League rival Manchester City was "disrespectful" and lacking "class" in a behind-the-scenes documentary that was released this...

As BOV Premier League champions Valletta prepare to make their bow into the local football season against Sliema Wanderers, The Malta Independent spoke with the Citizens' head coach, Serbian Danilo...

Usain Bolt has arrived in Australia for his try out with Central Coast Mariners, saying his goal of playing professional football is "for real." The eight-time Olympic sprint champion wore a...