Berlin, May 15 (IANS) Andre Breitenreiter will not be Schalke’s coach for the next football season, the German club has confirmed. After one year in charge, Breitenreiter’s tenure came to an end as incoming sporting…
La Coruña (Spain), May 15 (IANS) Real Madrid won its final 12 matches in the Spanish league, including a 2-0 season-ending victory on Saturday over Deportivo La Coruña at Riazor Stadium, but fell just short…
Vasco (Goa), May 14 (IANS) Sporting Clube de Goa will meet Aizawl FC in the second leg of their Federation Cup semi-final clash at the Fatorda Stadium here on Sunday. After the first leg of…
Shillong, May 14 (IANS) Mohun Bagan moved into the Federation Cup final with a goalless draw against Shillong Lajong FC in the second leg of their semi-final here on Saturday. Mohun Bagan had crushed Shillong…
Rome, May 14 (IANS) Capital football club Roma on Saturday denied media reports that Serie A champions Juventus have agreed to buy Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic. The claim emerged from Mediaset this morning, suggesting Juventus…
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Europol director Rob Wainwright admitted on Saturday that there are “great concerns” about the Euro football championship to be held in France in June as it will be “an attractive target…
Beijing, May 14 (IANS) Serie A giants Inter Milan launched their academy programme in Beijing on Saturday with the football club’s vice president Javier Zanetti attending the ceremony. Inter Academy will cooperate with Yihai Group…
Leicester, May 14 (IANS) Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri on Saturday said he believes guiding the football club to English Premier League (EPL) triumph has changed how people thought about him. “Now I won…
Milan, May 14 (IANS) Former AC Milan and Italy star defender Alessandro Costacurta rates Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain as the best striker in current football. Argentine Higuain, 28, has scored an astounding 33 goals in just…
Munich, May 14 (IANS) Outgoing Bayern Munich chief coach Pep Guardiola has said that he hopes the years he has spent with the Bavarian football giants have made him “a better coach and a better…
Madrid, May 14 (IANS) Spanish fooball giants Real Madrid have regretted “the terrible attack” that targeted Real Madrid supporters’ club in Iraq on Friday, claiming the lives of 16 people and wounding more than 20….
London, May 14 (IANS) Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp has praised Sevilla, his rival in the Europa League final next Wednesday, but said that the English football club has “shown what we’re capable of” in…
Montevideo, May 14 (IANS) Star striker Luis Suarez will make his first Copa America appearance in five years after being included in Uruguay’s squad for next month’s centenary edition of football’s oldest continental tournament. Paris…
Mexico City, May 14 (IANS) Football’s world governing body FIFA has voted here to admit Kosovo and Gibraltar and make them eligible for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Delegates to the 66th FIFA Congress on…
Rio de Janeiro, May 14 (IANS) Las Vegas City FC have revealed plans to turn a one-off appearance for the club by Brazil legend Ronaldinho into a permanent move. Ronaldinho will wear the Las Vegas…
Buenos Aires, May 14 (IANS) Italy international striker Dani Osvaldo has been sacked by Boca Juniors after being caught smoking in the dressing room after a Copa Libertadores match. The Argentina-born 30-year-old, who has been…
Kampala, May 14 (IANS) Confederation of African Football (CAF) has disqualified Uganda from the on-going Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers for using an illegible player. Darius Mugoye, the Uganda FA acting president, told Xinhua…
Mexico City, May 14 (IANS) Senegalese Fatma Samoura has been elected as the International Federation of Association Football’s (FIFA) first female general secretary, announced the sporting organisation’s president, Gianni Infantino on Friday in Mexico City….
Ankara, May 13 (IANS) World football superstars including Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Didier Drogba are scheduled to play a match in Turkish Mediterranean resort of Antalya on July 16, Turkish club Antalyaspor announced on…
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) side NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) have appointed Brazilian Sergio Farias as the new head coach for the third edition of the tournament. The team is expected to…