Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho played down reports he is set to be offered a new contract in a television interview broadcast on Wednesday.

FIFA boss Gianni Infantino rates the trial of new video referee technology at the Club World Cup a "positive" step towards its intended use at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has hailed the German champions' 3-0 win over title rivals RB Leipzig on Wednesday as "a demonstration of class and an important statement by the players."

Lionel Messi's beaten Copa America finalists Argentina end the year top of FIFA's world rankings while France, defeated in the Euro 2016 final, were named 'mover of the year'.

Australia's Daniel Ricciardo Wednesday ruled out joining Mercedes next year to replace world champion Nico Rosberg, saying he is happy at Red Bull.

USA international striker Julian Green will leave Bayern Munich for second division VfB Stuttgart in January’s transfer window, the German league leaders announced on Wednesday.

Next month's Australian Open will offer Aus$50 million (US$36.25 million) in prize money, with the men's and women's singles champions both netting a cool $3.7 million, organizers said on Wednesday.

The Bolivian airline that owned the airplane that crashed in Colombia, killing 71 people including most of a Brazilian football team, is fully responsible for the accident, an official said Tuesday.

The Bolivia-based LaMia airlines plane slammed into the mountains outside Medellin on November 29, killing most of Brazilian football team Chapecoense Real as they traveled to a match.

Vitaly Mutko, Russia's controversial deputy Prime Minister tarnished by the McLaren doping report, is a candidate for re-election to the decision-making FIFA Council, UEFA announced on Wednesday.

AC Milan will fly to Doha on Wednesday for the Italian Super Cup final against league and Cup winners Juventus after a 24-hour delay due to technical problems, the club said.