Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS) Chile international midfielder Leonardo Valencia is set to make his debut for Botafogo after securing a Brazilian work permit. The 26-year-old has been training with the Rio de Janeiro…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS) French Ligue 1 outfit Lyon has announced a football friendly match against tragedy-stricken Brazilian club Chapecoense next week. The fixture comes just over eight months after 19 Chapecoense players…
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay was on Tuesday honoured by East Bengal football club on its foundation day here with its highest award, Bharat Gaurav. Former India international Subhash Bhowmick,…
Barcelona, Aug 1 (IANS) Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and midfielder Andre Gomes on Tuesday passed their pre-football season medical checks at Bar?a’s Joan Gamper Sports City. Both the German goalkeeper and the Portuguese midfielder…
Madrid, Aug 1 (IANS) Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, accused of tax fraud, has denied any wrongdoing. In a statement on Monday published by an agency which represents him, Rolando said he had no intentions…
Munich, Aug 1 (IANS) Bayern Munich have appointed former midfielder Hasan Salihamidzic as their new Sporting Director, the German record champions confirmed in an official statement. After a long back and forth on the vacant…
Madrid, Aug 1 (IANS) Manchester United defender Phil Jones will miss the English football club’s next two European matches for having insulted an anti-doping official at the May 24 Europa League final, the Union of…
Barcelona, Aug 1 (IANS) Spanish football club Espanyol have travelled to Germany to play two pre-season friendly matches against Dutch side Twente and Hamburger. The La Liga side will play its first friendly against Twente…
Girona (Spain), Aug 1 (IANS) Spanish football league’s newly-promoted side Girona on Tuesday confirmed the loan of defender Pablo Maffeo from Manchester City for the third consecutive season. The 20-year-old Spaniard joined the club for…
Manchester, Aug 1 (IANS) Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic has signed a three-year contract with English Premier League (EPL) football giants Manchester United to complete his move from Chelsea. “Manchester United is delighted to announce the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 1 (IANS) English Premier League side Watford have agreed to sign Brazil under-20 forward Richarlison from Rio de Janeiro outfit Fluminense. Richarlison had also been linked with Premier League champions Chelsea…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 1 (IANS) Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku, who recently joined Manchester United, could be an “excellent signing” for the Old Trafford club, former full-back Rafael feels. “I’ve seen Lukaku play at Everton…
Los Angeles, Aug 1 (IANS) Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti feels the return of English Premier League’s top clubs to the UEFA Champions League will make the competition all the more difficult. Chelsea, Manchester United,…
Kuala Lumpur, July 31 (IANS) A brace from substitute Pyari Xaxa enabled a dominant Indian womens team to beat Malaysia by two goals in an international friendly at the MP Selayang Stadium here on Monday….
Madrid, July 31 (IANS) Real Madrid will face Fiorentina on August 23 in the 37th edition of the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy, which will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the European Cup final between both teams,…
Kochi, July 31 (IANS) FIFA U-17 World Cup tournament director Javier Ceppi on Monday reckoned that the inaugural match between Brazil and Spain at the Jawaharlal Nehru International stadium here will witness a huge crowd….
Barcelona, July 31 (IANS) Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen returned from his holiday after winning the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup with Germany in June and trained alone on Monday. The Germany international worked out in…
Madrid, July 31 (IANS) A Spanish judge has ordered that the currently suspended and jailed president of Spain’s football federation can leave detention if he posts bail of 300,000 euros ($352,000). ?ngel Mar?a Villar, who…
Madrid, July 31 (IANS) Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo left a court near the Spanish capital on Monday after giving a 90-minute testimony in response to a state prosecution accusation that he has defrauded the tax…
Madrid, July 31 (IANS) Spanish football giants Atletico Madrid’s 29-player squad will travel to Munich on Monday for the friendly Audi Cup tournament. Atletico are to participate in the pre-season two-day tournament for the first…