Sports / Football

Messi fit to face Celta Vigo 03 Apr 2015 - 06:45 pm

Lionel Messi Madrid---Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has been passed fit to continue Barcelona's title charge when they travel to...

Chelsea ready for title 03 Apr 2015 - 06:43 pm

London---Chelsea have stuttered in their progress towards the Premier League title recently but Jose Mourinho's side can take a significant step towards being...

Liverpool mind the gap ahead of Arsenal trip 03 Apr 2015 - 06:32 pm

London---Liverpool visit Arsenal for a potentially definitive Premier League encounter this weekend, as the runners and riders in the race for Champions League...

Inter would be 'delighted' to sign Toure : Mancini 03 Apr 2015 - 06:25 pm

Yaya Toure Milan---Yaya Toure remains a target for Inter Milan although coach Roberto Mancini has claimed that no talks have been held to...

Football: Australian A-League result 03 Apr 2015 - 02:39 pm

Sydney - Result of an Australian A-League match played on Friday: Western Sydney Wanderers 1 (Takahagi 20) Melbourne City 1 (Novillo 40) Thursday...

Football: Locke signs permanent deal with Kilmarnock 03 Apr 2015 - 02:35 pm

Glasgow - Interim manager Gary Locke has been handed the role of Kilmarnock boss on a permanent basis after signing a three-year deal,...

Football: Morocco free to play 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations - CAS 02 Apr 2015 - 06:04 pm

Lausanne--The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday scrapped sanctions dished out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to Morocco, freeing...

Berlusconi agrees majority share deal with Chinese 02 Apr 2015 - 05:43 pm

Milan--AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi could sell the club to a group with direct links to the Chinese government in a move that...

Football: Liverpool's Sterling going nowhere - Rodgers 02 Apr 2015 - 05:10 pm

London--Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers declared on Thursday that Raheem Sterling will not be leaving the club at the end of the season after...

Football: Blatter says 'respect' Africa 02 Apr 2015 - 02:53 pm

Zurich--FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday that world football must "respect" Africa, a bastion of support for the veteran sports powerbroker as he...

Football: 'I'm no money-grabber' - Liverpool's Sterling 01 Apr 2015 - 08:04 pm

London--Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling rejected suggestions he was "money-grabbing" in an interview aired on Wednesday, after his talks over a new contract hit...

QFA gears up for Emir Cup 2015 01 Apr 2015 - 01:02 am

Ali Hmoud Al Naimi (centre), Head of Competitions of QFA and other officials during the draw of the 43rd Emir Cup 2015 held...

Football: Tunisia free to contest qualifiers after CAF decision 31 Mar 2015 - 08:14 pm

Paris--Tunisia will be allowed to compete in the 2017 Cup of Nations qualifiers after all as The African Confederation of Football (CAF) confirmed...

Football: It's Man Utd or no-one, says Dortmund's Hummels 31 Mar 2015 - 07:46 pm

Berlin--Manchester United-target Mats Hummels has said if he ever transfers abroad it will only be to the Red Devils after telling Borussia Dortmund...

Football: International friendly - China 1 Tunisia 1 31 Mar 2015 - 06:18 pm

Beijing--Result from an international football friendly between China and Tunisia in Beijing on Tuesday: China 1 (Yu 94) Tunisia 1 (Moncer 39) AFP

Football: AFP launches football Twitter application 31 Mar 2015 - 05:44 pm

Paris--Agence France-Presse on Tuesday launched its AFP TweetFoot application, in collaboration with Twitter, providing the comments of thousands of Europe's most influential football...

Football: AFP launches football Twitter application 31 Mar 2015 - 05:43 pm

Paris--Agence France-Presse on Tuesday launched its AFP TweetFoot application, in collaboration with Twitter, providing the comments of thousands of Europe's most influential football...

Football: Japan 5 Uzbekistan 1 in international friendly 31 Mar 2015 - 05:00 pm

Tokyo--Result of Tuesday's friendly international between Japan and Uzbekistan in Tokyo: Japan 5 (Aoyama 6, Okazaki 54, Shibasaki 80, Usami 83, Kawamata 90)...