Lisbon, April 22 (IANS) Former FC Porto head coach Julen Lopetegui accused the football club’s president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa of using him to try to divert attention from poor results, even though it…
Berlin, April 22 (IANS) Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola does not believe the Bavarian football giants will be crowned on Saturday with the Bundesliga title, as he is convinced that Borussia Dortmund will defeat…
Madrid, April 22 (IANS) The race for the La Liga football title continues with no time for rest in the 35th round of games this weekend. The midweek games in the 34th round finished on…
Madrid, April 22 (IANS) Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has a strained muscle in his right thigh and will miss Saturday’s La Liga match against Rayo Vallecano. The Portugal captain, who is battling for…
Barcelona, April 22 (IANS) FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said that he is totally convinced the club will win La Liga this football season, pointing out that the team’s main aim is to…
Barcelona, April 22 (IANS) Barcelona’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has said that his team is favourites to win La Liga this football season, given the fact that the Catalans are leading the standings so far….
San Sebastian (Spain), April 22 (IANS) Spanish football club Getafe tasted victory for the first time in 14 matches with a 2-1 triumph against Real Sociedad in La Liga. Desperately needing a win to have…
Granada (Spain), April 22 (IANS) Spanish football club Granada remained just above the drop zone after routing Levante 5-1 in a La Liga contest that was decided even before the half-time break. Yousseff El Arabi…
Buenos Aires, April 22 (IANS) Andres D’Alessandro struck a first-half brace as defending champions River Plate clinched top spot in their Copa Libertadores football group with a 4-3 victory over 10-man Trujillanos. The former Argentina…
Valencia (Spain), April 21 (IANS) Spanish football club Valencia on Thursday launched a campaign to help victims of the earthquake that took place in Ecuador and show solidarity with all those affected by the disaster….
Barcelona, April 21 (IANS) FC Barcelona revealed on Thursday the new design of the Camp Nou Stadium, in which the Catalan football club will invest an estimated 420 million euro ($475 million) to complete the…
Barcelona, April 21 (IANS) FC Barcelona squad trained on Thursday in the rain, after thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 in the 34th round of La Liga football. Despite the rainfall in Barcelona, the Catalan team…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Atletico Madrid returned to training on Thursday after Wednesday night’s 1-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, while waiting to find out the fate of ace defender Diego Godin who…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale returned to his side’s training session on Thursday after he missed Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over Villarreal due to muscle strain and could appear in Saturday’s La…
Turin, April 21 (IANS) Defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Roberto Pereyra on Thursday practiced with the Juventus outfit for a part of their training session. Chiellini has not even featured for 90 minutes in Serie A…
Leicester, April 21 (IANS) England coach Roy Hodgson has defended Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy saying he did not dive in Sundays English Premier League match against West Ham United and reacted like a “human…
Lisbon, April 21 (IANS) Atletico Madrid sold 40 percent of the rights of their midfielder Saul Niguez, to an investment fund for 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million) when the Spanish footballer was a junior, Football…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) India striker Robin Singh on Thursday said merging the Indian Super League (ISL) with the I-League would be great for Indian football. According to FIFA, there is only one national tournament…
Lagos, April 21 (IANS) Nigeria’s football governing body has appointed Shaibu Amodu and Salisu Yusuf to take charge of the national team on an interim basis. This was part of the decisions taken after Wednesday’…
London, April 21 (IANS) Arsenal’s French coach Arsene Wenger has ruled out leaving the English football club at the end of the current season, insisting he will always respect his contract. After a disappointing campaign…