Football

Pune, March 6 (IANS) DSK Shivajians came up with a dominant performance to outclass East Bengal 2-0 in an I-League match at the Balewadi Stadium here on Sunday. Goals from Douhou Pierre (9th minute) and…

Tura (Meghalaya), March 6 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma penned his last letter to Home Minister Rajnath Singh recommending an Arjuna award for India’s iconic woman footballer Oinam Bembem Devi. Sangma dashed…

Madrid, March 6 (IANS) Real Madrid trained on Sunday with a full football squad except for French forward Karim Benzema in preparation for the second leg of the European Champions League’s knockout stage against Roma…

London, March 6 (IANS) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised his team for displaying “outstanding spirit” after they held arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a 2-2 draw despite being reduced to 10 men. Arsenal had taken…

Margao (Goa), March 6 (IANS) Bengaluru FC came back from two goals down, but couldn’t do enough to eke out a win as a 10-man Sporting Clube de Goa held on for a 2-2 draw…

London, March 6 (IANS) Leicester City football club’s head coach Claudio Ranieri says his side will continue to fight after a 1-0 English Premier League (EPL) win away against Watford sent them five points clear…

London, March 6 (IANS) Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri has said he had no concerns over the fitness of match-winner Riyad Mahrez, despite his late withdrawal during the 1-0 win at Watford in the…

Paris, March 6 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura has said that his compatriot Willian is currently the best footballer in Chelsea, but warned that the Ligue 1 giants cannot focus on monitoring only…

Berlin, March 6 (IANS) After such an outstanding football game like the German “classico” between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich (0-0) in the Bundesliga, some questions may have been answered and some others are still…

London, March 6 (IANS) Chelsea captain John Terry believes he still has “two or three years” to perform “at the highest level,” indicating that he does not know where he will be playing next football…

Vasco (Goa), March 5 (IANS) Mumbai FC held Salgaocar FC 2-2 in a keenly contested I-League match at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Saturday. Salgaocar took the lead twice through Jackichand Singh (23rd minute)…

Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Mohun Bagan will be leaving for Hong Kong on Sunday night for their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup match against South China Athletic Association. They will fly via Dragonair and will…

Margao, March 5 (IANS) On a roll with two back-to-back wins, Bengaluru FC will aim to propel themselves to the top of the I-League table when they face Sporting Clube de Goa here on Sunday….

London, March 5 (IANS) Manchester United defender Guillermo Varela feels that they can build on their wins in the last four consecutive games for a strong finish to the football season. United are currently fifth…

Pune, March 5 (IANS) After losing to Salgaocar FC in their last encounter, East Bengal will look to get back to winning ways when they take on top division newcomers DSK Shivajians in an I-League…

Barcelona, March 5 (IANS) Catalan football giants Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique will make at least one change as his side looks to maintain its record unbeaten run of games away against Eibar in La…

London, March 5 (IANS) Liverpool head coach Jürgen Klopp has confirmed that seasoned midfielder Lucas Leiva will be out for around ‘five or six weeks’ after suffering a quad injury during the penalty shootout in…

Madrid, March 5 (IANS) Rayo Vallecano’s Venezuelan striker Nicolas Fedor has been elected as February’s best footballer in Spain’s first division, La Liga. The award was given to the player on Friday after a vote…

Rio de Janeiro, March 5 (IANS) The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has announced the 22 players called upon to play friendlies in March as preparation for the Olympic Games to be held in Rio de…