Barranquilla, Nov 30 (IANS) Teofilo Gutierrez scored a goal and was sent off as Junior Barranquilla advanced to the Copa Sudamericana final with a 1-0 victory over their Colombian rivals Santa Fe in an exciting…
Kiev, Nov 30 (IANS) English Premier League club Arsenal routed Vorskla Poltava 3-0 to remain undefeated in its 2018-2019 Europa League campaign and clinch the first place in Group E. The London team, which had…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 30 (IANS) Fluminense have sacked manager Marcelo Oliveira, less than 24 hours after the club’s elimination from the Copa Sudamericana. Assistant coach Fabio Moreno will take charge on a caretaker basis,…
Buenos Aires, Nov 30 (IANS) Lionel Scaloni will remain Argentina’s interim manager at least until next year’s Copa America in Brazil, the country’s top football official said. Scaloni has led the Albiceleste to four wins,…
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Chelsea routed PAOK 4-0 to clinch the top spot in Europa League Group L, thanks to a brace by Olivier Giroud and goals by Callum Hudson-Odoi and Alvaro Morata. The first-placed…
Liege (Belgium), Nov 30 (IANS) Five-time Europa League winners Sevilla lost 0-1 to Standard Liege, putting in doubt whether they will reach the knockout stage in the 2018-2019 edition of the tournament. With nine points,…
Glasgow, Nov 30 (IANS) Villarreal blew a great opportunity to clinch a spot in the Europa League round-of-16, drawing 0-0 with a Rangers side who played the entire second half with 10 men. The outcome…
Chennai, Nov 29 (IANS) The Southern derby between Chennaiyin FC and Kerala Blasters ended in a hard-fought goalless stalemate as both teams now face bleak play-off chances in the ongoing edition of the Indian Super…
Madrid, Nov 29 (IANS) Atletico Madrid’s Spanish forward Diego Costa on Thursday trained normally with his teammates as he seemed to have fully recovered from the foot discomfort he has been suffering from recently. That…
Madrid, Nov 29 (IANS) Real Madrid held a training session on Thursday, preparing for its upcoming La Liga match against Valencia. Spanish defenders Sergio Reguilon, Alvaro Odriozola and Jesus Vallejo seemed to have got past…
Madrid, Nov 29 (IANS) Belgium’s national football team remained atop of the FIFA men’s world ranking for November with 1727 points, followed closely by France in second place, while Spain continues to occupy the ninth…
Buenos Aires, Nov 29 (IANS) River Plate president Rodolfo D’Onofrio poked fun at his Boca Juniors counterpart Daniel Angelici urging him to reconsider and play the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final. “I’m asking…
Madrid, Nov 29 (IANS) Atletico Madrid punched their ticket to the Champions League knockout stage with a comfortable 2-0 win against AS Monaco. The Monaco squad that took the field at Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium…
Eindhoven (Netherlands), Nov 29 (IANS) It wasn’t pretty, but Barcelona got the job done in a Champions League contest with PSV Eindhoven, prevailing 2-1 to clinch the top spot in Group B heading into the…
Naples (Italy), Nov 29 (IANS) Napoli took the lead in Champions League Group C with a 3-1 win against Red Star Belgrade. But the Italian club is still not assured of a spot in the…
Montevideo, Nov 29 (IANS) Mexico qualified for the first time to a final of the Women’s U-17 World Cup by defeating Canada 1-0, thanks to a goal by Nicole Perez from a penalty kick, to…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 29 (IANS) Atletico Paranaense will face their first Copa Sudamericana final against Colombian rivals Junior Barranquilla or Independiente Santa Fe after beating Fluminense 2-0 at the Maracana stadium. The comfortable victory…
Berlin, Nov 29 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund failed to achieve more than a goalless draw against Brugge, enough for them to qualify for the Round-of-16 of the Champions League, but also made Atletico Madrid the leader…
Paris, Nov 29 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain defeated Liverpool 2-1 in a Champions League Group C action, a win that greatly improves its chances of reaching the tournament’s knockout stage. PSG, which found itself in a…
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) There was no revenge, either for Manuel Lanzarote or Sergio Lobera as ATK and FC Goa were involved in an engaging stalemate in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the…