Football

Rio de Janeiro, March 18 (IANS) Sao Paulo have made an offer to sign highly rated Brazilian teenage footballer Matheus Pereira from Sporting Lisbon, according to media reports. Pereira has made 17 first-team appearances for…

Montevideo, March 18 (IANS) Forward Luis Suarez has admitted he will need to control his emotions when he returns to Uruguay’s football team for the first time in almost two years later this month. The…

Santiago, March 18 (IANS) Juan Antonio Pizzi, the new coach of Chile’s football team, is hopeful of a successful debut in next week’s match against Argentina. Pizzi on Thursday announced 18 of the total 25…

Zurich, March 18 (IANS) Revealing its president’s salary for the first time, world soccer governing body FIFA said it paid former head Sepp Blatter $3.8 million in salary in 2015. FIFA on Thursday also said…

Rome, March 17 (IANS) Former England and Russia head coach Fabio Capello has denied his interest in coaching the Italian football team. Capello, the former Real Madrid, Milan, Juventus and Roma coach has been tipped…

London, March 17 (IANS) Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater on Thursday received his first call to join the England football team for Euro 2016 warm-up friendlies against Germany and the Netherlands. England manager Roy Hodgson…

Barcelona, March 17 (IANS) A group of Arsenal football club’s fans, whose team lost to Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium here on Wednesday night, triggered a fire extinguisher in a subway station and sprinkled…

Munich, March 17 (IANS) Juventus’ captain Gianluigi Buffon has called on the Italian club to leave Munich with their heads held high after a 2-4 defeat to the German football champions Bayern Munich in a…

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) The last round of football games in the La Liga before the forthcoming international break may just give Atletico Madrid the chance to claw back some points from FC Barcelona. While…

Munich, March 17 (IANS) Juventus director Beppe Marotta has blamed the officials for rendering an Alvaro Morata’s goal off-side against Bayern Munich as the Italian football champions exited the European Champions League. The Bianconeri on…

Madrid, March 17 (IANS) Spanish football club Atletico Madrid has announced that Uruguayan defender Diego Godin will be sidelined over a hamstring injury. The club did not specify the recovery period on Wednesday, although these…

Paris, March 17 (IANS) France forward Karim Benzema, involved in a plot to blackmail his team-mate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, will not be called for the two upcoming international friendly matches, the French…

Rio de Janeiro, March 17 (IANS) Corinthians football club moved closer to securing a place in the Copa Libertadores knockout phase with a 2-0 victory over Cerro Porteno. Midfielder Lucca on Wednesday opened the scoring…

Munich, March 17 (IANS) German giants Bayern Munich had to battle back from a two-goal deficit to defeat a tenacious Juventus side 4-2 in extra time for a 6-4 triumph on aggregate in their Champions…

Guwahati, March 16 (IANS) Mohun Bagan’s formidable offensive might enable the group toppers maintain their perfect record in the AFC Cup with an intense 3-2 win over Myanmar’s Yangon United in a group encounter here…

Barcelona, March 16 (IANS) Barcelona football club announced on Wednesday that Brazilian defender Adriano Correia has extended his contract until June 2017. “First team player Adriano Correia confirmed on Tuesday his decision to extend his…

London, March 16 (IANS) Belgian defender and captain of Manchester City, Vincent Kompany will be sidelined for around a month after sustaining an injury on Tuesday in the second leg of the Champions League knockout…

Madrid, March 16 (IANS) Four Spanish football clubs will look to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday night but it’s only possible for three to go through on a…

Yangon, March 16 (IANS) Captain Sunil Chhetri scored the only goal of the game as Bengaluru FC claimed their first win in Group H of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup with a 1-0 victory…