Football

London, May 2 (IANS) Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger has said that backing from the majority of the English football club’s fans will not tempt him to try and match Alex Ferguson’s 26-year Manchester United…

Munich, May 2 (IANS) Bayern Munich head coach Pep Guardiola knows fully well that it will be a matter of life and death in the Champions League football semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid here…

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is organising a Youth Tournament in Goa, beginning on May 15, with participation of teams from various continents. The tournament will see five nations…

Turin, May 2 (IANS) Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri said that the Italian football champions must turn their attention to the Coppa Italia final against rivals AC Milan on May 21 after another Serie A…

Madrid, May 2 (IANS) The race for the La Liga football title remained unaltered as the top three all won their respective matches in the 36th round of games in Spain this weekend. Villarreal won…

Madrid, May 2 (IANS) Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz scored a goal and thus became the Spanish footballer with the highest goals in La Liga, with 18 goals in total. Aduriz shot his third penalty…

Rio de Janeiro, May 2 (IANS) Vasco da Gama took a major step towards securing back-to-back Rio de Janeiro state football titles on Sunday by beating Botafogo 1-0 in the first match of their two-legged…

Amsterdam, May 2 (IANS) With only one match round to go, the Dutch football title race remains a neck-and-neck affair between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, with the former still in pole-position after both teams won…

Algiers, May 2 (IANS) Mouloudia Club of Algiers (MCA) won 1-0 against the other city based club of Nasr Husein Dey (NAHD) in the Algeria Football Cup final at the 5th July Stadium here. Right…

Rio de Janeiro, May 2 (IANS) Eight-time Brazilian Serie A champions Palmeiras have signed Colombian under-23 international center-back Yerry Mina. The 21-year-old will join the Sao Paulo outfit from Bogota-based Independiente Santa Fe on a…

Canberra, May 2 (IANS) An Australian goalkeeper who was killed after being struck by lightning in Malaysia has been remembered as a promising young player with the “world at his feet”. Stefan Petrovski, an up-and-coming…

Madrid, May 1 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo participated in part of his squad’s training on Sunday and showed signs of recovery from his muscle injury that prevented him from taking part in…

Shillong, May 1 (IANS) British coach Trevor James Morgan’s fortunes as the new East Bengal coach failed to change as his side slumped to their second defeat in a row to hosts Shillong Lajong FC,…

Bilbao (Spain), May 1 (IANS) AC Milan and Italian football legend Paolo Maldini received the One Club Man Award on Sunday, presented by Spanish club Athletic Bilbao, to players who spent their entire careers in…

Madrid, May 1 (IANS) Spanish football club Atletico Madrid confirmed on Sunday that Uruguayan defender Diego Godin and Belgian winger Yannick Carrasco have been given medical clearance after recovering from their injuries. Godin and Carrasco…

Dortmund, May 1 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund captain Mats Hummels played down the reaction of home fans at the Westfalenstadion after the football club announced that the defender wanted to join traditional rivals Bayern Munich. Dortmund…

Manchester, May 1 (IANS) Manchester United head coach Louis van Gaal has asserted that he will hold on to his post at the English Premier League (EPL) club, no matter what happens at the end…

Betis (Spain), May 1 (IANS) FC Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo suffered a calf strain in his right leg towards the end of Saturday’s 2-0 La Liga win against Real Betis. The Chilean called to be…

La Paz, May 1 (IANS) Bolivia’s football team will leave for the United States on May 26 to participate in the international 2016 Centennial Copa America tournament which will run from June 3 to 26….