Tag: Football

With the result, Italy progress into the semifinals where they will clash with Spain in Wembley on July 6.

Riding on goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, England defeated Germany 2-0 in a Round of 16 match at the European Football Championship -- Euro 2020 -- to advance to the quarter-finals here on Tuesday.

Bhubaneswar: The Tata Football Academy’s ace coach Ashok Tudu will train 65 young footballers from villages around Sukinda Chromite Mine (SCM) of Tata Steel in Odisha. The camp began yesterday at SCM’s central playground, a company release said today. The boys were selected for the 15-day training camp during a three-day long screening session.

Buenos Aires: Argentina Football Association (AFA) President, Luis Segura called for an end to the mistreatment of star playmaker Lionel Messi after Argentina were defeated in the 2015 Copa America final by hosts Chile. “I don’t understand people. One can have preferences, make comparisons but to mistreat Messi the way they did is an immense […]

Santiago: Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal publicly apologised after being arrested for crashing his car under the influence of alcohol during the Copa America tournament held here. “I went to the casino, I had two drinks, I had an accident, I put my wife’s life at risk and the lives of many people, I am very […]

Rio de Janeiro: Barcelona have paid 3,000,000 euros for the option to buy Brazilian footballer Gerson, according to media reports. Gerson’s agent, Jorge Machado, yesterday said the agreement paved the way for the 18-year-old to join the Catalan club when their transfer ban ends in January, reports Xinhua news agency. “It’s true that Barcelona have […]

Lisbon: Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has criticised media through a video posted on social networking sites over interfering in his personal life and asked them to leave him “alone”. “I never speak for the press. I never speak about my private life. But I want this opportunity to say the last couple of […]

Beijing: Re-elected FIFA president Sepp Blatter blasted at the tactics used by the US anti-corruption investigators, saying the arrests two days ago were timed to interfere with Zurich congress, a media report said today. Seven out of 14 senior officials and sports marketing executives charged by the US prosecutors of corruption and bribery were arrested […]

Warsaw: In a thrilling final match played at the Polish capital, Spanish football team, Sevilla defeated Ukrainian Dnipro Dniprotrovsk by 3 goals to 2. In a fast and pacy match both teams scored twice before the interval.It was after 70 minutes Colombian striker Carols Bacca scored the winning goal for Sevilla. This was his second […]

The Netherlands scored a convincing 3-0 win over North Macedonia to end their Group C campaign with an all-win record and enter the pre-quarterfinals of Euro 2020.

A Euro 2020 Group B match between Denmark and Finland was on Saturday suspended after Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field in the 43rd minute with both teams still goalless.

India captain Sunil Chhetri struck twice in the closing minutes to hand India a 2-0 win over Bangladesh to revive his team's prospects of advancing from Group E of the FIFA World Cup 2022 and AFC Asian Cup 2023 qualifiers.

A dominant Qatar beat a 10-man India 1-0 in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 preliminary Round 2 qualification match here on Thursday.

The 2022 FIFA under-17 Women's World Cup will be held in India from October 11 to 30, 2022, football's global governing body said. India was set to host the 2021 u-17 Women's World Cup before it was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Manchester City were on Tuesday crowned 2020-21 Premier League champions after Leicester City's 2-1 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford here. This is their third title in the last four years.