Football

Houston, June 22 (IANS) United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann admitted that Argentina were the better team after his side were handed a 4-0 drubbing in the Copa America semi-finals. A brace from Gonzalo Higuain and…

Moscow, June 22 (IANS) Russia fully supports the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s declaration, adopted on Tuesday at the organisation’s summit in Lausanne, on the transparent and effective anti-doping system, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said…

Lyon, June 22 (IANS) Ahead of the must-win clash against Hungary at the Euro 2016 football championship, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo threw a reporter’s microphone into a lake when asked if he was prepared for…

Houston, June 22 (IANS) Argentina thrashed the US 4-0 in the semi-finals of the Copa America Centanario football tournament at the Reliant Stadium here on Wednesday. Centre forward Gonzalo Higuain (50th, 86th minutes) struck twice…

Madrid, June 22 (IANS) FC Barcelona have revealed the football club’s massive contribution towards aiding the economy in its hometown, making public a study of its economic impact. The study entitled ‘The economic impact of…

Madrid, June 22 (IANS) Real Madrid have officially announced that Spanish forward Alvaro Morata will return from Turin giants Juventus and “will join up with the first team for pre-season training” ahead of the next…

Houston, June 22 (IANS) Argentina football star Lionel Messi, who became his country’s scorer of record goals, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta’s mark of 54, said he was happy to reach the landmark and thanked his teammates…

Barcelona, June 22 (IANS) Barcelona are not considering the sale of Brazilian forward Neymar this summer, despite the interest shown by some clubs in signing him, which would bring the Catalan football giants 190 million…

Rio de Janeiro, June 22 (IANS) Brazil’s 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto has urged new national coach Tite to relieve Neymar of the captaincy. The Barcelona forward was named captain by former coach…

Houston, June 22 (IANS) Argentina thrashed US 4-0 in the semi-finals of the Copa America Centanario football tournament at the Reliant Stadium here on Wednesday. Centre forward Gonzalo Higuain (50th, 86th minutes) struck twice while…

Madrid, June 22 (IANS) The 2015-16 season, which ended on Sunday with Osasuna defeating Girona to book their place in the La Liga for the forthcoming campaign, saw the Spanish football league LFP break the…

Bordeaux (France), June 22 (IANS) Ivan Perisic will remember the first day of summer 2016 for the rest of his life as he brought Croatian football fans all over the country and those in the…

Marseille, June 22 (IANS) Poland beat Ukraine 1-0 in their third and final Group C contest to secure a spot in the knock-out stages of the Euro football championship for the first time here on…

Paris, June 22 (IANS) Turkey beat Czech Republic 2- 0 in the UEFA EURO 2016 Group D here on Tuesday to earn the opportunity to qualify for last 16. Turkey’ s forward Burak Yilmaz, who…

Paris, June 22 (IANS) Spain, winner of the last two European championships, will find their road to a third successive title much trickier after losing 2-1 to Croatia here on Tuesday, ceding first place in…

Paris, June 21 (IANS) Mario Gomez scored the only goal of the game as Germany beat Northern Ireland 1-0 to finish as Group C winners and qualify for the round of 16 stage in the…

Montpellier (France), June 21 (IANS) Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon joined Italy’s last training session here on Tuesday before travelling to Lille, where they will face Ireland in the last group stage match of Euro football…

Turin, June 21 (IANS) Juventus star Alvaro Morata is expected to rejoin Spanish football giants Real Madrid this summer, according to the Italian club’s general manager Beppe Marotta. The striker ended a six-year spell with…