Sports / Football

Australia toasts Asian champs Wanderers 02 Nov 2014 - 10:00 pm

SYDNEY: Australia hailed Western Sydney Wanderers’ remarkable rise from new club to AFC Champions League winners in only two years after they became...

Western Sydney Wanderers win AFC Champions League 02 Nov 2014 - 01:48 am

RIYADH: Western Sydney Wanderers became the first Australian winners of the AFC Champions League after they withstood an onslaught from Al Hilal to...

Free-scoring Real Madrid move on top, Atletico into second 02 Nov 2014 - 01:45 am

MADRID: Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga for the first time this season as goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema...

Juventus go three points clear as Roma slip 02 Nov 2014 - 01:44 am

MILAN: Champions Juventus restored their three-point lead at the top of Serie A yesterday with a 2-0 win at struggling Empoli while rivals...

Chelsea survive QPR scare, Liverpool beaten 02 Nov 2014 - 01:43 am

Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (centre) celebrates with team-mates after scoring a penalty during an English Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers at Stamford...

Robben extends Dortmund’s losing streak 02 Nov 2014 - 01:41 am

MUNICH: A late Arjen Robben (pictured) penalty completed Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich’s dramatic 2-1 comeback win over Borussia Dortmund yesterday, with their rivals...

‘Paulinho’ stuns Lekhwiya with brilliant hat-trick 01 Nov 2014 - 11:47 am

Doha: Paulo Sergio scored a brilliant hat-trick as Al Arabi SC snatched a point from Lekhwiya with a 3-3 draw at the Qatar...

PSG bid to increase pressure on stuttering Marseille 01 Nov 2014 - 11:46 am

PARIS: As their meeting with bitter rivals Marseille approaches, Paris Saint-Germain will look to further increase the pressure on the Ligue 1 leaders...

Sydney eye historic win over Al Hilal in AFC final 01 Nov 2014 - 11:45 am

RIYADH: Western Sydney Wanderers can complete a run that will go down in Asian football lore when they take a 1-0 lead into...

United, City gear up for Manchester derby 01 Nov 2014 - 11:44 am

LONDON: Scarred by a run of three games without victory, misfiring Premier League champions Manchester City will attempt to reassert their authority when...

Al Sadd defeat Al Khor, Sailiya edge out Wakrah 31 Oct 2014 - 09:27 am

Al Sailiya’s Omar Ebrahim Hamad (left) fights for the ball with Al Wakrah’s Mohsine Moutaouali. Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) leaders Al Sadd...

Real cruise to victory in King’s Cup opener 31 Oct 2014 - 09:25 am

Real Madrid’s players celebrate a goal against Cornella during their Spanish King’s Cup match in Cornella-El Prat, near Barcelona, on Wednesday. BARCELONA: Raphael...

Holders Man City exit League Cup to resurgent Newcastle 31 Oct 2014 - 09:24 am

LONDON: Manchester City suffered a shock League Cup defeat at the hands of a reinvigorated Newcastle United, who reached the quarter-finals with a...

League Cup: Liverpool, Chelsea win 30 Oct 2014 - 12:42 am

Liverpool’s Italian forward Mario Balotelli (left) celebrates with a team-mate after scoring his team’s first goal in a League Cup fourth round match...

Al Sadd eye full points in QSL 30 Oct 2014 - 12:35 am

Doha: Qatar Stars League (QSL) leaders Al Sadd will seek to consolidate their position at the top of the summit when they take...

Impossible to shut Fifa chief Blatter up: Ancelotti 30 Oct 2014 - 12:33 am

MADRID: Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti (pictured) has launched a stinging attack on FIFA president Sepp Blatter as he backed Cristiano Ronaldo’s case...

Rummenigge calls for April World Cup in 2022 30 Oct 2014 - 12:33 am

LONDON: Leading European clubs want FIFA to hold the Qatar World Cup in April 2022, Bayern Munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said in...

FIFA boss Blatter opposes Russia World Cup boycott 28 Oct 2014 - 10:33 pm

FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) speaks as Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on” in Moscow yesterday. MOSCOW: World football boss Sepp Blatter yesterday...