Madrid, April 13 (IANS) Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick powered Real Madrid to a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg here to send the Spanish football giants to the Champions League semi-finals for the sixth straight year….
Berlin, April 13 (IANS) Bayern Munich’s veteran midfielder Xabi Alonso says although his former coach Jose Mourinho and current coach Pep Guardiola seem to be very different in football terms, they have “similar personalities”. “Both…
Manchester, April 13 (IANS) Kevin De Bruyne’s 75th-minute strike helped Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 for a 3-2 aggregate quarter-final win that sets up the English football club’s first appearance in the Champions League…
The Hague, April 12 (IANS) AFC Ajax plan a tour to China with a full strength squad in May after the 2015/2016 football season, the Dutch giants announced on Tuesday. The first team of Ajax…
Kuala Lumpur, April 12 (IANS) China, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand have expressed interest in bidding for hosting the football Asian Cup to be held in 2023, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said here on…
Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) Coach Ashley Westwood said his side would fall back on their good run of form as Bengaluru FC shift focus to the Asian Football Confederation (AF) Cup when they host Burma’s…
Turin, April 12 (IANS) Italian football icon Gianluigi Buffon has congratulated his former coach Claudio Ranieri, whose low-key side Leicester City recently ensured their qualification for the European Champions League. Unfancied English Premier League front-runners…
Barcelona, April 12 (IANS) Barcelona coach Luis Enrique called up on Tuesday all available footballers for Wednesday’s second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon. The squad trained on…
Kuala Lumpur, April 12 (IANS) Asian giants Iran were clubbed with South Korea in the draw of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers final round, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced here on Tuesday. Apart from…
Madrid, April 12 (IANS) In the memory of former Real Madrid defender Pedro De Felipe, who died on Tuesday morning, the capital football club’s management has decided, with UEFA approval, to observe a minute of…
Madrid, April 12 (IANS) It promises to be a tense 90 minutes of football as Atletico Madrid and FC Barcelona battle it out for a place in the semi-finals of the Champions League here on…
Madrid, April 12 (IANS) Getafe football club announced on Tuesday that Argentine coach Juan Esnaider will succeed Fran Escriba, who was fired after poor results in La Liga. Esnaider returns to Getafe as he has…
Milan, April 12 (IANS) Sinisa Mihajlovic was relieved of his duties as the AC Milan coach by the club authorities, the Italian football giants announced on Tuesday. He will be replaced by youth coach Cristian…
London, April 12 (IANS) Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has lamented the heavy 0-3 defeat suffered on Sunday by the football club against Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League (EPL). In his weekly blog,…
Madrid, April 12 (IANS) Former Real Madrid defender Pedro de Felipe died here aged 71, the Spanish football club announced on Tuesday. De Felipe, who was born in Madrid in 1944, won the European Cup…
Rio de Janeiro, April 12 (IANS) Brazil World Cup winner Gilberto Silva could make a one-off appearance for Las Vegas City in a friendly against Miami United next month, according to media reports. Gilberto, 39,…
Rio de Janeiro, April 12 (IANS) Marco Polo del Nero has returned as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), four months after taking a leave of absence to defend himself against corruption charges. According…
Buenos Aires, April 12 (IANS) Boca Juniors and River Plate, the two most popular football teams in Argentina, are going through a difficult time in the First Division as they are getting further away from…
Moscow, April 12 (IANS) Russias Dinamo Moscow FC, suspended last June from the Europa Leagues 2015-16 season over violations of financial fair-play regulations, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with one of worlds top football…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) East Bengal coach Biswajit Bhattacharya quit on Monday after the city giants’ hopes for winning the I-league crown all but vanished after they went down to Bengaluru FC on Sunday. An…