Video Assistant Referee reviews promised a fairer future for football. Goal-line sensors, slow-motion feeds and calibrated offside lines were meant to silence chronic debates surrounding blown calls. Instead, post-match headlines still pulse with outrage about screen delays, camera angles and millimetric rulings. Supporters chant “let the game flow,” pundits dissect frame rates and governing bodies issue revised protocols almost every season. The friction refuses to fade.

Ademola Lookman starred as Atlético Madrid secured a spot in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals, even after suffering a 2-1 defeat to FC Barcelona.

Lionel Messi has once again defied age and expectations, becoming the first footballer in history to reach an extraordinary 1,300 combined goals and assists.

Neymar found himself at the center of controversy on Wednesday night after his late goal was disallowed, leaving Santos with a 2-1 loss to Internacional and deeper in relegation danger in Brazil's Serie A.

Sudan secured a crucial 2-0 victory over Ghana in their Group F qualifier for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025. The match, held on Tuesday, October 15, at the Martyrs of February Stadium in Benina, Libya, saw second-half goals from Ahmed Al Tash and Mohamed Abdelrahman seal the win for Sudan, News.Az reports.

Portugal and Saudi Arabian Al-Nassr striker Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed his career goal, News.Az reports citing A Bola.

China should ramp up its fiscal stimulus to spur economic growth and set a firm inflation target to prevent the country falling into a "low inflation trap", a central bank policy adviser said in remarks seen on Friday.

The Indian news website, The Telegraph Online, has conducted a conversation with Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmet Hajiyev. News.Az reprints the conversation.