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Messi scores 4 in Barca's 6-1 win against Eibar

Barcelona: Lionel Messi’s four goals led FC Barcelona to a 6-1 victory here over Eibar to leave the Catalan club in sole possession of first place in La Liga, with 15 points from five matches. Barca, with plenty of substitutes in the line-up, were not quite themselves in the opening minutes during the match on […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Striker Higuain again left out of Argentina football squad

Buenos Aires: Argentina chief coach Jorge Sampaoli has called up Atalanta forward Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez for pivotal 2018 football World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador. But there was still no place in the squad for Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain as Sampaoli kept faith in Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardo. Gomez, who was named in […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Lionel Messi marries childhood sweetheart

Buenos Aires: Argentine football star Lionel Messi has married his childhood sweetheart in his hometown Rosario. A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and Antonela Roccuzzo, 29, was held at a luxury hotel in the city of Rosario on Friday, reports the BBC. Messi met Roccuzzo when he was just five years old. She is the […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Maradona named Al-Fujairah's coach

Buenos Aires: Argentina football legend Diego Maradona has been named the coach of United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Fujairah. The 56-year-old confirmed he agreed to a deal with the second division club in a Facebook post on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency. “I want to tell you that I am the new coach of Al-Fujairah SC,” […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Maradona to visit Kolkata for a 2-day trip in September

Kolkata: Argentine legend Diego Maradona is set to kick off the football carnival in India during his September 18-19 visit, about a month ahead of the City of Joy’s historic date with FIFA U-17 World Cup Final. This will be the 1986 World Cup winner’s second visit to the city after December 2008 when thousands […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Champions League final is a special game: Messi

Barcelona: Barcelona Argentine star Leo Messi underlined that his teammates “have suffered a lot” to finally reach to the UEFA Champions League final on last Sunday against Juventus in Berlin, and so he is thinking only about this clash. “It is a Champions League final and we have suffered a lot to get here. We […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Argentina beat Venezuela, advance to Copa America semis

Rio de Janeiro: Argentina defeated Venezuela 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals of the 2019 Copa America, where they will face host nation Brazil. On Friday, Venezuela turned out with a solid performance, but were not up to the task of stopping Argentina, who continue to win despite captain Lionel Messi’s lack of form, reports […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: India Clubbed With Great Britain In Women's Hockey

New Delhi: The Indian women’s team has been placed in Pool A along with defending champion Great Britain and world number one Netherlands for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. Germany, Ireland and South Africa are the other teams in the pool. Ranked ninth in the world, the Indian women’s team had qualified for the Olympics […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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