Tag: Footballer

Washington: English football star Wayne Rooney was arrested and fined in the US last month for public intoxication and swearing, the media reported on Sunday. The former England and Manchester United captain, who now plays for Major League Soccer’s DC United, was arrested on December 16 in Virginia, the BBC reported. A spokesman for Loudoun […]

Moscow: Denis Cheryshev refused to say whether he deserved a place in Russia’s starting line-up after a sublime brace against Saudi Arabia in the FIFA World Cup opener. The Villarreal and former Real Madrid youth team winger netted either side of halftime after replacing injured midfielder Alan Dzagoev in the 24th minute as the hosts […]

Srinagar: Majid Khan, a footballer from south Kashmir who recently joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has contacted his family expressing a wish to return home, informed police officials. According to Kashmir police chief Munir Khan, the 20-year-old footballer had contacted his family. Khan dismissed reports that Majid Khan had surrendered. He said: “He has neither been apprehended […]

Kolkata: PK Banerjee, a footballing colossus of his time and a raconteur for life, died here on Friday aged 83, having dribbled and dazzled for a good part of his mind-boggling 51 years of service to the game. He was suffering from respiratory problems due to pneumonia and had an underlying history of Parkinson’s disease, […]