Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to ...

Some football matches shift the conversation around the game. They introduce tactics that opponents scramble to copy, push rivalries from simmer to boil, or mark the day a young player became a ...

Manchester United scored three goals in seven minutes at Old Trafford to turn around a 4-2 (6-4 on aggregate) deficit against ...

Argentine football great Lionel Messi thanked Pope Francis on Monday for "making the world a better place" as the late ...

Ange Postecoglou's side played host to Champions League-chasing Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and found themselves ...

Italy and Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon is one of several leading figures from the world of Italian football who have paid ...

From Argentine compatriots Messi and the late Maradona to Ibrahimovic and Buffon, Francis received greatest stars of football ...

All sports events scheduled for Easter Monday in Italy were postponed, including including four Serie A games: Torino-Udinese ...

His predecessor loved Mozart, but Pope Francis's passion was football -- for him "the most beautiful game" and also a vehicle ...

Four top-flight soccer matches in Italy were postponed after the death of Pope Francis and the Buenos Aires club that the ...

Gianluigi Donnarumma has had his share of errors while playing for Paris Saint-Germain, with the mistake against Real Madrid ...

Italy and Juventus legend Gianluigi Buffon is one of several leading figures from the world of Italian football who have paid ...