Chapeco (Brazil), Dec 2 (IANS) The Chapecoense football club has denied that there was any type of pressure exerted by the South American Soccer Confederation (Conmebol) in chartering the plane from Bolivia’s Lamia Airlines to…
Madrid, Dec 2 (IANS) The Spanish press used to call matches between Barcelona and Real Madrid, meetings between the two of the biggest rivals in world football, the ‘Game of the year’. Then they called…
Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Dec 2 (IANS) Atletico Mineiro have said that they will not play their last game of the Brazilian Serie A football season against Chapecoense out of respect for their devastated rivals. Brazil’s…
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 2 (IANS) Football legend Pele has called on the soccer world to stand united in support of devastated Brazilian first division team Chapecoense. Most of the club’s squad and staff died…
Margao, Dec 1 (IANS) FC Goa scripted a pulsating 5-4 victory against Chennaiyin in their final Indian Super League (ISL) football clash here on Thursday. Both teams have failed to qualify for the semifinals and…
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) A bitter scuffle between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan fans on Thursday marred a U-18 I-League derby football match between the two city giants. The tension rose to such a pitch…
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) Reacting to their former coach Antonio Lopez Habas’ comments ahead of their Indian Super League (ISL) football match against FC Pune City on Friday, Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) clarified why his…
Manchester, Dec 1 (IANS) Manchester United’s resounding 4-1 win against West Ham United in the English Football League (EFL) Cup quarter-final gave manager Jose Mourinho “real happiness”. Mourinho has been under pressure after the recent…
Madrid, Dec 1 (IANS) The global might of Spanish football’s showpiece event — the derby between giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona called the “El Clasico” — will be on full view on Saturday. The…
London, Dec 1 (IANS) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger criticised his players for lack of alacrity after they leaked two “cheap goals” in their first defeat since the opening weekend of the season in the League…
Manchester, Dec 1 (IANS) Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Manchester United produced an “amazing” performance in their 4-1 quarter-final win against West Ham United in the English Football League (EFL) Cup. Ibrahimovic led from the…
London, Dec 1 (IANS) Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on Thursday said it will be difficult calming expectations from teenager Ben Woodburn, who at 17, created a new record by becoming the youngest goalscorer in the…
Madrid, Dec 1 (IANS) Real Madrid cruised into the round of 16 of Spain’s Copa del Rey football tournament, wrapping up a 13-2 victory on aggregate over third-division club Cultural Leonesa with an easy 6-1…
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) FC Pune City football coach Antonio Habas on Thursday made light of comparisons of coaching his former side Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) with his current employers, likening it to two girlfriends…
Medellin (Colombia), Dec 1 (IANS) Colombian aviation authorities have confirmed that the aircraft that crashed in Colombia earlier this week leaving 71 people dead, including majority of Brazilian football club Chapecoense, had no fuel at…
Abuja (Nigeria), Dec 1 (IANS) Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the country’s national football team to defend their title at the ongoing 2016 African Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Buhari, using his official…
The Hague (Holland), Dec 1 (IANS) Dutch football club ADO Den Haag has initiated a lawsuit against majority shareholder Wang Hui for failing to meet his financial obligations. Local media reported that during a general…
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 1 (IANS) Abel Braga is poised to be appointed coach of Brazilian football club Fluminense for a third time, according to media reports. The 64-year-old former Paris Saint-Germain defender agreed in…
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 1 (IANS) Brazilian soccer club Chapeceonse has said a mass wake for players and staff, who died in a plane crash earlier this week, would be put on hold until all…
Medellin, Dec 1 (IANS) Survivors of the Colombia air disaster continue to remain in hospital as they recovered from the worst plane crash this year. Six people were pulled alive from the wreckage of the…