Sports / Football

Llorente’s winner helps Juve move clear at top 02 Dec 2013 - 11:37 am

Juventus’ Fernando Llorente celebrates after scoring against Udinese during their Italian Serie A match at Juventus Stadium in Turin, yesterday. MILAN: An injury-time...

Hull owner labels protesting fans ‘hooligans’ 02 Dec 2013 - 11:36 am

Hull, England: Owner Assem Allam has called Hull City fans “hooligans” and said “they can die as soon as they want” following protests...

Angry Villas-Boas hits back at media critics 02 Dec 2013 - 11:36 am

Bordeaux’s forward Cheickh Diabate (centre) vies for the ball with Ajaccio’s defender Claude Dielna during the French L1 match at the Chaban-Delmas Stadium,...

Ramsey stars for Arsenal 01 Dec 2013 - 10:56 am

Fulham’s midfielder Scott Parker (right) vies with West Ham United’s midfielder Mohamed Diame during the English Premier League match at Upton Park in...

Al Sadd trounce Muaither in QSL 01 Dec 2013 - 10:51 am

Al Sadd striker Ibrahim Khalfan (left) is challenged by a Muaither player during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match at Jassim Bin Hamad...

Monaco defeat Rennes to keep pressure on PSG in Ligue 1 01 Dec 2013 - 10:50 am

St Etienne’s French defender Loic Perrin (left) vies with Reims’ French forward Nicolas De Preville during a French Ligue 1 match at the...

EPL boss worried by fixing claims 01 Dec 2013 - 10:31 am

LONDON: Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore yesterday urged anyone with information about match-fixing in the English top flight to report the matter...

Coach Martino seeking response from defeated Barca 01 Dec 2013 - 10:29 am

MADRID: Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has urged his side to bounce back from their first defeat of the season to Ajax in midweek...

Rangers reach Scottish Cup last 16 stage 01 Dec 2013 - 10:29 am

GLASGOW: Fallen giants Rangers needed two late goals to book their place in the last 16 of the Scottish Cup with a 2-0...

United veteran Giggs reaches 40 and still going strong 30 Nov 2013 - 05:56 am

Manchester United’s Alexander Buttner and Ryan Giggs (right) celebrate after defeating Bayer Leverkusen in their Champions League match at the BayArena in Leverkusen...

Two in court in English fixing probe 30 Nov 2013 - 05:53 am

LONDON: Two men with Singaporean nationality suspected of fixing matches in lower-league English football were remanded in custody by magistrates yesterday. The men,...

PSG aim to go ‘one step at a time’ 29 Nov 2013 - 10:10 am

Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva (right) celebrates with tema-mate Alex Costa after a goal during the Champions League group C match against Olympiakos...

Asia, Oceania bid to merge World Cup slots 28 Nov 2013 - 09:49 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Asia and Oceania are in talks to share their World Cup qualifying slots to give teams more chance of reaching football’s...

Chelsea reach knockout stage despite loss to Basel 28 Nov 2013 - 09:44 am

Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar (left) falls next to Ajax Amsterdam’s Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen during the UEFA Champions League Group H match at...

Second edition of QSL Nations Cup begins today 28 Nov 2013 - 09:43 am

Abdulrahman Al Dosari, (left), Chief Commercial Officer of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) and Ghanim Al Mohannadi, Chairman of QSports during a press...

Lippi would be a ‘great’ coach for China, says Guangzhou’s Muriqui 28 Nov 2013 - 09:42 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Guangzhou Evergrande striker Muriqui said World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi would be a “great” coach for China’s national team when he...

QFA to be Gold Sponsor for Indian Community Festival 28 Nov 2013 - 09:41 am

Doha: Qatar Football Association (QFA) will be the Gold Sponsor of this year’s Indian Community Festival, it was announced yesterday. The festival this...

Rooney shines as United hammer Leverkusen 5-0 28 Nov 2013 - 06:45 am

Manchester United’s Jonny Evans celebrates with his team-mate Ryan Giggs after scoring a goal during their UEFA Champions League Group A match against...