Football

Manchester City ran riot in the second half at the Etihad to thrash Crystal Palace 5-0 in the Premier League, while Manchester United made hard work of their 1-0 win at Southampton.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar have been nominated as finalists for the Best FIFA Men's Player award.

England has sacked it's women's national team soccer head coach Mark Sampson as a consequence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour in a previous position.

The New Zealand women's football team have been thumped five-nil by the United States in Cincinnati.

The dates for the All White's World Cup intercontinental play-off won't be confirmed until next month.

The former Tottenham and West Ham coach Harry Redknapp says there is "every chance" he will never manage another football club again after being sacked by Birmingham City.

Manchester United have joined hometown rivals Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table after beating Everton 4-0 at Old Trafford.

The New Zealand women's football team have stayed with the world's top ranked USA side in Denver before finally going down 3-1.

Real Madrid made an emphatic start to the defence of the Champions League football title with a 3-0 home win over Apoel Nicosia of Cyprus.

European heavyweights Barcelona, Paris St Germain, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United all made impressive starts to the Champions League.

Former England coach Roy Hodgson has been named as Crystal Palace's new manager, a day after the EPL club sacked Dutchman Frank de Boer.

Crystal Palace have sacked new manager Frank de Boer four games into the Premier League season after suffering the worst start to an English top-flight campaign for nearly 100 years.

Burnley's New Zealand striker Chris Wood scored on his home debut in a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace.

Onehunga Sports are the Chatham Cup football Champions for the first time after a thrilling final was played out against Central United in Auckland.

Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Manchester City hammered Liverpool 5-0 in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium with the visitors forced to play the second half down to 10 men.

Manchester United's perfect start to the season ended with a 2-2 draw at Stoke City, whose battling performance in a see-saw game denied the leaders a fourth successive Premier League victory.

FIFA has ordered the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal, played in November 2016, to be replayed after the referee was banned for life.

The All Whites have confirmed they will play an international football friendly against Japan in the leadup to their Intercontinental playoff against the fifth best South American team for a spot at…

The All Whites coach wants much better preparation from his players ahead of the World Cup Intercontinental play-off against a South American side in November.

The former All White Ben Sigmund doesn't expect the current side to have many problems closing out their World Cup qualifying tie in Honiara today, other than the heat.