London, Feb 22 (IANS) Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry believes that the Gunners must be prepared to sacrifice their attacking game and defend as a unit if they have to edge past Barcelona in their…
Barcelona, Feb 22 (IANS) Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakir will be at the helm of the upcoming Champions League game between Arsenal and Barcelona next Tuesday in the first leg of the competition’s knockout stage. Previously,…
Barcelona, Feb 22 (IANS) Spanish football giants Barcelona will be travelling to London on Monday with 19 players for the first leg of the Champions League’s knockout stage against Arsenal next Tuesday at the Emirates…
Rome, Feb 22 (IANS) Roma coach Luciano Spalletti has decided to exclude Italian football legend Francesco Totti from the team’s training following the latter’s controversial statements in which he asked for respect and claimed that…
Milan, Feb 22 (IANS) AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has stirred up a fresh controversy by describing on-loan Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli as an “Italian who has taken a bit too much sun”. Berlusconi, who…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Argentina coach Gerardo Martino has said that Lionel Messi cannot always be the saviour of the side always and asked the other players to support him after being drawn in…
Berlin, Feb 22 (IANS) Dortmund reaped their second straight victory with a narrow 1-0 win over German football rivals Leverkusen while Stuttgart secured a late 1-1 draw at Schalke to close the 22nd round of…
Madrid, Feb 22 (IANS) Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title in the 25th round as the Spanish football club opened a lead of eight points over Atletico Madrid and nine over Real Madrid….
The Hague, Feb 22 (IANS) While PSV, Ajax and AZ continued their winning streaks in Dutch football league Eredivisie, Feyenoord remained winless for the ninth time in a row. Feyenoord, which welcomed former Dutch national…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Argentinian player Patricio Toranzo strongly criticised South American football authorities, asking them to take responsibility for the recent road accident involving his current team Club Atletico Huracan in Venezuela. “Someone…
Malaga (Spain), Feb 22 (IANS) After the 1-1 draw against Malaga in their La Liga match, Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane admitted that his team’s mission is getting more “difficult,” but he believes that…
Madrid, Feb 22 (IANS) Atletico Madrid, in second place in Spain’s La Liga football standings but dropping ever farther behind leaders Barcelona, managed only a scoreless draw against Villarreal before some 53,000 fans at the…
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Following are the collated results of the English FA Cup results on Sunday, according to Xinhua. Fifth round Blackburn lost to West Ham 1-5 Tottenham lost to Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Goalkeeper for Argentina’s Newell’s Old Boys, Ezequiel Unsain, will be out for 45 days due to a double fracture in his lower jaw caused by accidentally colliding with Boca Juniors…
Santiago, Feb 22 (IANS) The coach for Chile’s national soccer team, Juan Antonio Pizzi, announced on Sunday he is open to the possibility of including players from foreign clubs in the team, if they maintain…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) City giants East Bengal edged past Goan outfit Salgaocar 2-1 in an I-League encounter at the Barasat stadium here on Sunday. The win has propelled the red and gold brigade to…
Madrid, Feb 21 (IANS) Veteran football manager Rafael Benitez believes that incoming Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola will be a success at the Premier League side when the latter succeeds Manuel Pellegrini next season. The…
Berlin, Feb 21 (IANS) Thomas Mueller’s brace helped German football giants Bayern Munich to turn the tides against Darmstadt while Wolfsburg snatched one point at Berlin in the 22nd round of Bundesliga. Mueller goals number…
Spanish La Liga standings Madrid, Feb 21 (IANS) Following are the Spanish La Liga standings after Saturday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua. Barcelona 25…
Rome, Feb 21 (IANS) Following are the Italian Serie A standings on Saturday (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua. Juventus 26 18 4 4 46 15…