San Sebastian (Spain), April 22 (IANS) Spanish football club Getafe tasted victory for the first time in 14 matches with a 2-1 triumph against Real Sociedad in La Liga. Desperately needing a win to have…
Granada (Spain), April 22 (IANS) Spanish football club Granada remained just above the drop zone after routing Levante 5-1 in a La Liga contest that was decided even before the half-time break. Yousseff El Arabi…
Buenos Aires, April 22 (IANS) Andres D’Alessandro struck a first-half brace as defending champions River Plate clinched top spot in their Copa Libertadores football group with a 4-3 victory over 10-man Trujillanos. The former Argentina…
Valencia (Spain), April 21 (IANS) Spanish football club Valencia on Thursday launched a campaign to help victims of the earthquake that took place in Ecuador and show solidarity with all those affected by the disaster….
Barcelona, April 21 (IANS) FC Barcelona revealed on Thursday the new design of the Camp Nou Stadium, in which the Catalan football club will invest an estimated 420 million euro ($475 million) to complete the…
Barcelona, April 21 (IANS) FC Barcelona squad trained on Thursday in the rain, after thrashing Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 in the 34th round of La Liga football. Despite the rainfall in Barcelona, the Catalan team…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Atletico Madrid returned to training on Thursday after Wednesday night’s 1-0 victory against Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, while waiting to find out the fate of ace defender Diego Godin who…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale returned to his side’s training session on Thursday after he missed Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over Villarreal due to muscle strain and could appear in Saturday’s La…
Turin, April 21 (IANS) Defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Roberto Pereyra on Thursday practiced with the Juventus outfit for a part of their training session. Chiellini has not even featured for 90 minutes in Serie A…
Leicester, April 21 (IANS) England coach Roy Hodgson has defended Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy saying he did not dive in Sundays English Premier League match against West Ham United and reacted like a “human…
Lisbon, April 21 (IANS) Atletico Madrid sold 40 percent of the rights of their midfielder Saul Niguez, to an investment fund for 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million) when the Spanish footballer was a junior, Football…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) India striker Robin Singh on Thursday said merging the Indian Super League (ISL) with the I-League would be great for Indian football. According to FIFA, there is only one national tournament…
Lagos, April 21 (IANS) Nigeria’s football governing body has appointed Shaibu Amodu and Salisu Yusuf to take charge of the national team on an interim basis. This was part of the decisions taken after Wednesday’…
London, April 21 (IANS) Arsenal’s French coach Arsene Wenger has ruled out leaving the English football club at the end of the current season, insisting he will always respect his contract. After a disappointing campaign…
Munich, April 21 (IANS) Bayern Munich could be crowned with the Bundesliga title on Saturday if the Bavarian football giants register a home victory over Hertha Berlin — provided that Borussia Dortmund lose against Stuttgart…
Moscow, April 21 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that the 2018 football World Cup will be held at the top level. “We hope that the championship we are preparing will be held…
Madrid, April 21 (IANS) Zinedine Zidane, coach of Spanish football giants Real Madrid, has said he regrets not resting his star forward Cristiano Ronaldo more often. The Portuguese international had to hop off the field…
Moscow, April 21 (IANS) Doping scandals will have no effect on the 2018 World Cup and Russian football, Russias sports minister Vitaly Mutko has said. “Doping scandals will not have any effect on the World…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Federation Cup will kick-off on April 30 with eight top teams from the I-League being eligible to play in it, an All India Football Federation (AIFF) statement said on…
Bogota, April 21 (IANS) Colombian striker Radamel Falcao has said that he would not be able to turn down a move to Major League Soccer (MLS) though he insisted that he is still focussed on…