Tag: Football

Bhubaneswar: The team of Bureaucrats XI emerged winner by defeating Tata Steel XI  in a friendly football tournament organised by Tata Steel at Kalinga Stadium today. The tournament was organised under the banner of ‘Friendship Cup Football Tournament’. Other participants were Leaders XI and Media XI. The Leaders XI led by MLA Arun Sahoo was […]

The decks have been finally cleared for Chandan Nayak, the promising 11-year old football player of the Sabar Sahi slum in the city, to visit Germany, where he will undergo a two-month training at the iconic football club Bayern Munich as an academy player, after he got the visa for the visit

England added to their list of miserable history in penalty shootouts as despite being put ahead of goalkeeper Jordan Pickford who saved a couple of penalties.

The last time Argentina had won a major international trophy -- the Copa America itself -- was way back in 1993 when Messi was just six and Di Maria was only five.

Sharjah (UAE): India aim to create history when they take on yet another strong opponents in Bahrain in their third and final Group A match of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 football tournament here on Monday. If India do manage to enforce a favourable result, it will be their first entry into the second round […]

Kuala Lumpur: One match away from sealing a maiden berth in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, India U-16 football team coach Bibiano Fernandes feels although their next opponents South Korea are the favourites, they will not go down without a fight. “South Korea are one of the teams touted to win the AFC U-16 Championship […]

New Delhi: As part of their preparation for the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, India will play an international football friendly against China on October 13, it was announced on Sunday. The match which will be held in the scheduled FIFA October window will be played at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium at […]

London: An hour of football training session twice a week, combined with dietary guidance can improve bone health in older adults with prediabetes, claim researchers. Individuals with prediabetes and Type-2 diabetes have a higher prevalence of osteopenia — a condition that occurs when the body does not make new bone as quickly as it reabsorbs […]

Schmeichel was the hero again with a low save from Kane in the 93rd minute and even stopped his 104th-minute spot-kick after Sterling went down under a slight contact, but he could do nothing to stop the England captain slotting home the rebound to end a 55-year wait for his country.

St. Petersburg (Russia): A late goal from Marcos Rojo gave Argentina a 2-1 triumph over Nigeria in their final Group D match here on Tuesday as the two-time champions entered the FIFA World Cup pre-quarterfinals. Rojo scored the winner for Argentina in the 86th minute after Victor Moses’ penalty conversion in the 51st minute had […]

Volgograd (Russia): Saudi Arabia ended their FIFA World Cup 2018 campaign on a winning note, edging past Egypt 2-1 in their final Group A game at the Volgograd Arena here on Monday. With the dead rubber inching towards a 1-1 draw, Saudi’s Salem Al Dawsari struck in the additional injury time to help his side […]

Panaji: With FIFA expected to expand participation of Asian countries from four to eight in the football World Cup by 2026, former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday said, that India’s best chance at making it to the mega event lay eight years down the line. “2026 is when we are hoping to […]

Moscow: Russia’s attacking midfielder Alan Dzagoev has said that he wont have enough time to recover from a thigh injury and will have to miss the remaining FIFA World Cup Group A matches against Egypt and Uruguay. Dzagoev was injured in the 23rd minute of the opening match of the World Cup in which Russia […]

  Los Angeles: Google has joined the FIFA World Cup fever with a series of Doodles coming up every day till the final on July 15. Guest artists from all 32 countries taking part in the World Cup in Russia have been roped in by Google to create a Google Doodle every single day based […]

Moscow: Argentina goalkeeper Willy Caballero has insisted that the two-time world champions are well prepared for the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite playing only one warm-up match. The Argentines beat Haiti 4-0 in Buenos Aires on May 30 before a friendly against Israel slated for June 9 was cancelled, reports Xinhua news agency. “It’s true […]