Sports / Football

Ibra sets PSG goals record 18 Mar 2014 - 09:01 am

Paris Saint Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores a goal past St Etienne’s French goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier during the French L1 match, at...

Chelsea welcome Drogba; tough task for United 18 Mar 2014 - 09:00 am

Galatasaray’s Ivorian striker Didier Drogba is pictured during a training session in London, yesterday, ahead of the forthcoming UEFA Champions League, round of...

Liverpool sink sorry United 17 Mar 2014 - 10:31 am

Tottenham Hotspurs’ Danny Rose (left) vies for the ball with Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna during their Premier league match at White Hart Lane in...

Seven up for Barcelona as Messi breaks another record 17 Mar 2014 - 10:30 am

Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) vies with Osasuna’s French defender Jordan Loties during the Spanish league football match at the Camp Nou...

Parma put the boot into 10-man AC Milan 17 Mar 2014 - 10:29 am

MILAN: Antonio Cassano scored a brace as Parma stunned ten-man AC Milan 4-2 to drop the Serie A giants to 12th and virtually...

Belmadi named as Qatar coach 17 Mar 2014 - 04:13 am

Qatar Football Association (QFA) President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani shakes hand with the newly appointed Qatar national football team’s...

Aston Villa stun 9-men Chelsea 16 Mar 2014 - 09:21 am

Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke (centre) vies for ball possession with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill (left) and Nemanja Matic during their English Premier League...

West Brom sack Anelka for gross misconduct 16 Mar 2014 - 09:20 am

LONDON: West Bromwich Albion have given French striker Nicolas Anelka notice they are terminating his contract for gross misconduct, the Premier League club...

Celebration time for QNB Cup winners Qatar Sports Club 16 Mar 2014 - 09:19 am

Qatar SC’s Adriano Ferreira Martins (left) and Al Sadd SC’s Abdelkerem Hassan vie for the ball possession during their QNB Cup final match...

Qatar SC edge Al Sadd 3-2 to clinch QNB Cup victory 16 Mar 2014 - 04:23 am

Salem Al Naimi, Assistant General Manager, Corporate Relations at Qatar National Bank Group handing over the winner’s cup to Qatar SC at Al...

Can Qatar SC stop Al Sadd in the QNB Cup final today? 15 Mar 2014 - 03:14 am

Qatar SC coach Sebastiao Lazaroni during a news conference. BELOW: Al Sadd coach takes a question during a separate press conference. INSET: The...

Lekhwiya pay the penalty 13 Mar 2014 - 01:54 am

UAE’s Al Ahli player Grafite Ismail Al Hammadi (right) challenges Qatar’s Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim (centre) for the ball during their AFC Champions...

Barca, PSG reach quarter-finals 13 Mar 2014 - 01:54 am

PSG’s French defender Lucas Digne (right) vies for the ball with Leverkusen’s midfielder Sidney Sam during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second-leg...

Bayern and Atletico reach Champions League last 8 13 Mar 2014 - 01:50 am

Arsenal’s Polish-born German striker Lukas Podolski (left) vies for the ball with Bayern Munich’s defender Philipp Lahm during the UEFA Champions League, last...

Ghana police probe death of beaten football referee 13 Mar 2014 - 01:47 am

Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates with Arjen Robben (left) after scoring a goal against Arsenal. ACCRA: Police in Ghana have launched an investigation...

Indian sports charity behind Olympic medallists closes 13 Mar 2014 - 01:25 am

NEW DELHI: A sports charity set up by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal that helped produce India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist has shut...

Wenger slams Robben as Arsenal exit Europe 13 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

MUNICH: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blamed Wojciech Szczesny’s first-leg red card for the Gunners’ Champions League last 16 exit and slammed Arjen Robben...

‘Very happy’ Lippi says no chance of China job 13 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

YOKOHAMA, Japan: World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi has dismissed the possibility of one day coaching China’s national team after signing a new deal...