Category: Football

Madrid, Feb 21 : Veteran football manager Rafael Benitez believes that incoming Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola will be a success at the Premier League side when the latter succeeds Manuel Pellegrini next season. The 45-year-old was announced as the successor to Pellegrini at the Etihad Stadium earlier in February, joining after the conclusion of […]

Berlin, Feb 21 : Thomas Mueller’s brace helped German football giants Bayern Munich to turn the tides against Darmstadt while Wolfsburg snatched one point at Berlin in the 22nd round of Bundesliga. Mueller goals number 16 and 17 of the season smoothed the way for Bayern Munich’s second straight win on Saturday. It was a […]

New Delhi, Feb 20 : The FIFA inspection team on Saturday advocated major renovations to the six stadia around the country which are scheduled to host the U-17 World Cup next year. The team, led by FIFA head of events Jaime Yarza, is satisfied with the overall standards at the tournament venues, but cautioned that […]

Aizawl, Feb 20 : Aizawl FC rode on a couple of second half strikes to defeat Mumbai FC 2-0 in an I-League clash at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Saturday. Debutant Joel Sunday Ayeni (66th minute) and H. Lalmuankima (68th) found the net in the second half to ensure the full three points for […]

Barcelona, Feb 20 : Barcelona striker Neymar on Saturday said it would be good if Cristiano Ronaldo played for Barcelona. Ronaldo recently suggested that he could leave Real Madrid when his current contract expires in 2018. The Portuguese international has been linked with a move to Major League Soccer (MLS) and French heavyweights Paris Saint-Germain. […]

Valencia (Spain), Feb 20 : Villarreal’s Mexican midfielder Jonathan Dos Santos will be sidelined for eight weeks after medical tests showed on Saturday that he has sustained a left thigh injury. The Mexican player was injured during his side’s 1-0 victory over Napoli in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 on […]