Lisbon, Feb 3 (IANS) Sporting Lisbon extended the contracts of striker Gelson Martins and defender Sebastian Coates until 2022 here on Friday. Martins, who has played 30 games so far this season, will now have…
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) Mohun Bagan hope their Haitian star striker Sony Norde can shake off a niggling knee injury to feature against Aizawl FC in a crucial I-League football match here on Saturday. Norde,…
Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS) I-League football champions Bengaluru FC on Friday loaned Honduran striker Roby Norales to second division side Ozone FC till the end of the season. The 26-year-old joined Bengaluru a game into…
Milan, Feb 3 (IANS) Uruguayan defender Martin Caceres, who has been without a team since last June, could sign a contract with Italian football giants AC Milan. The former Juventus defender is reported to be…
Paris, Feb 3 (IANS) Olympique Marseille President Jacques-Henri Eyraud has hailed the decisive role played by the French football club’s Sports Director Andoni Zubizarreta in the new winter signings. Eyraud, the confidant of Marseilles owner…
Barcelona, Feb 3 (IANS) Croatian Ivan Rakitic has said he will continue to play at Spanish football giants FC Barcelona and believes the team can still win La Liga this season. The player said in…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (IANS) Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has accepted an ambassadorial role with his former team FC Barcelona, the Spanish club has announced. The agreement will see the 36-year-old…
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (IANS) Highly-rated Uruguayan teenager Martin Chaves has joined Brazilian football club Gremio on a year-long loan deal from Penarol. The 18-year-old midfielder confirmed the move in an interview with Brazil’s…
Madrid, Feb 3 (IANS) Iago Aspas and Pablo Hernandez both hit the woodwork in an intense second half, but Celta Vigo were held to 0-0 at home to Deportivo Alaves in the first leg of…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Several former football stars came together at a workshop conducted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) here on Thursday. Richard Hood, Head of AIFF Youth Development, conducted the workshop…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) Former England midfielder and Chelsea legend Frank Lampard on Thursday announced his retirement from football, ending a long career of more than 20 years. “After 21 incredible years, I have decided…
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) Ahead of the Kolkata derby, Mohun Bagan’s mercurial forward Sony Norde on Thursday praised arch-rivals East Bengal who are on a five-match winning streak. “East Bengal are playing well at the…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Alakhpura FC defeated table toppers Rising Student FC 1-0 to grab pole position, while Eastern Sporting Union bagged their second win of the inaugural edition of the Indian Women’s League…
A Coru?a (Spain), Feb 2 (IANS) Spanish football club Deportivo La Coru?a is looking forward to signing Brazilian forward Guilherme dos Santos next season, the club’s Sporting Director Richard Barral has revealed. Guilherme Dos Santos…
Lisbon, Feb 2 (IANS) Portuguese top-division football club Vitoria Guimaraes has signed a loan contract with Colombian midfielder Guillermo Celis, who arrives from league leaders Benfica. The loan was made in the last hours of…
Seville (Spain), Feb 2 (IANS) Argentine midfielder Walter Montoya has said moving to Europe is a big step for him and stressed that through work and sacrifice, he might eventually join the Argentina national football…
London, Feb 2 (IANS) English football club Chelsea has confirmed the departure of Serb Branislav Ivanovic to Zenit St. Petersburg after “a wonderful nine-year Chelsea career”, describing him as a “legend”. “Branislav Ivanovic has today…
Rome, Feb 2 (IANS) Italian football club Genoa President Enrico Preziosi reckoned that Argentine forward Giovanni Simeone has the same qualities as his father Diego Simeone, the coach of Spanish club Atletico Madrid. Preziosi explained…
Rome, Feb 2 (IANS) Spanish left-back Gerard Deulofeu has said he wants to win several titles with his new football club, AC Milan, along with his fellow countryman and teammate Jesus Fernandez Saez ‘Suso’. Deulofeu…
Rome, Feb 2 (IANS) Italian football giants AC Milan midfielder Giacomo Bonaventura, who injured his left leg in Finland, will be out of action until the end of the season. “AC Milan announces that Giacomo…