Tag: Football

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.

New Delhi: India lost 1-3 to Mexico to suffer its second defeat of the 2019 MU-15 Tournament in Palmanova, Italy on Monday. This was India’s second defeat in as many games, after it lost 0-3 against USA on Sunday. Jesus Hernandes Moreno opened the scoring for Mexico early on, before Carlos Eduardo Guillen added another. Aula […]

Mumbai: The La Liga Football Schools Scholarship is being granted to four Indian students this year — two from Mumbai and two from Bengaluru. The selected students will visit Spain from May 26 to June 5 to train with first division club, CD Leganes. The selected students for 2018/19 from Mumbai are Rian Katoch and […]

Buenos Aires: Argentine football great Mario Kempes said on Saturday that Lionel Messi should take a break from international football in his and his team’s interests. “As things stand I think that giving Messi a break would not be a bad thing,” the 1978 World Cup winner told TyC Sports. “Or maybe he should take […]

Porto Alegre (Brazil): Brazil has qualified for the Copa America 2019 semi-finals after winning 4-3 in the penalty shootout against Paraguay following a match where neither team managed to score. On the Brazilian side, Willian, Marquinhos, Philippe Coutinho and Gabriel Jesus managed to convert their penalties in the shootout, with the latter landing the winning […]

Sao Paulo (Brazil): Alexis Sanchez netted the decisive spot-kick as defending champions Chile reached the Copa America semi-finals by defeating Colombia 5-4 on penalties. On Friday, the Manchester United forward held his nerve after Leon defender William Tesillo sent Colombia’s fifth attempt wide in a dramatic finish to their quarterfinal at Arena Corinthians here, reports […]