Sports / Football

Rooney seals United win at sombre Everton 18 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal as Wayne Rooney walks off the pitch after the match. Liverpool: Wayne Rooney scored against former club...

Unstoppable Bayern beat Werder for record league start 17 Oct 2015 - 06:51 pm

Bayern Munich's Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal tries to score during the German first division Bundesliga football match SV Werder Bremen vs FC Bayern ...

Ronaldo overtakes Raul as record Real goalscorer 17 Oct 2015 - 06:15 pm

MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo overtook Raul as Real Madrid's record scorer when he found the net with a trademark long-range piledriver in Saturday's La...

Liverpool held by Spurs in Klopp's first game 17 Oct 2015 - 04:47 pm

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp following his teams 0-0 draw against Tottenham during a English Premier League soccer match at White Heart Lane in...

Botswana judge bars deportation of Eritrean footballers seeking asylum 17 Oct 2015 - 04:16 pm

Gaborone, Botswana: Ten Eritrean footballers who sought political asylum in Botswana after playing in a qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup can...

FIFA plunges into new corruption scandal 17 Oct 2015 - 04:00 pm

Wolfgang Niersbach and Franz Beckenbauer led Germany's effort to land the 2006 World Cup. Berlin: Already reeling from various accusations, FIFA has been...

Klopp picks Origi in first Liverpool game 17 Oct 2015 - 02:03 pm

London: Jurgen Klopp selected 20-year-old Belgium international Divock Origi up front for his first game as Liverpool manager at Tottenham Hotspur in the...

Everton great Howard Kendall dies 17 Oct 2015 - 02:01 pm

London: Former Everton player and managerial great Howard Kendall has died at the age of 69, the Premier League club announced on Saturday....

Kuwaiti clubs kicked out of AFC Cup semi-finals 17 Oct 2015 - 09:47 am

Malaysian champions Johor Darul Ta'zim will take on Tajikistan outfit Istiklol in the final of the AFC Cup after their semi-final opponents were...

El Jaish’s Ribeiro confident about his team’s resurgence 17 Oct 2015 - 12:11 am

Doha: El Jaish’s Brazilian attacker Wagner Renan Ribeiro feels his team has one of the best attack among the Qatar Stars League (QSL)...

QSL: Al Wakrah target maximum points against Al Sailiya as action resumes 17 Oct 2015 - 12:10 am

Al Arabi’s Ali Jasemi and Al Wakrah Soud Sabah (right) vie for ball possession during their QSL match at Al Arabi Stadium in...

FIFA suspends Kuwait Football Association 17 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Brian Homewood BERNE, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Kuwait, home to influential sports power broker Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, were banned from international...

UEFA backs Platini, FIFA vote to go-ahead 16 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino arrives to give a press conference following a UEFA Executive meeting on October 15, 2015. NYON, Switzerland: Suspended...

Nepal skipper held in World Cup fixing probe 15 Oct 2015 - 12:13 pm

KATHMANDU: The captain of Nepal's football team was among five current and former international players who have been arrested over match-fixing allegations, including...

Prince Ali registers FIFA bid 15 Oct 2015 - 11:17 am

London: FIFA presidential contender Prince Ali bin al Hussein on Thursday formally registered his candidacy for the election to replace Sepp Blatter at...

10 footballers from Eritrean national squad seek asylum in Botswana 15 Oct 2015 - 10:38 am

Gaborone, Botswana: Ten footballers from Eritrea's national squad are seeking political asylum in Botswana, where on Tuesday they played in a qualifier for...

Depleted Monaco and Lyon looking for lift-off 15 Oct 2015 - 08:30 am

Paris: Tipped as the most likely challengers to Paris Saint-Germain this season, Monaco and Lyon have been hit by injuries and inconsistency as...

Buoyant Bayern eye more goal records in Bremen 15 Oct 2015 - 07:57 am

Berlin: Thomas Tuchel is looking to break Borussia Dortmund's winless streak at former club Mainz on Friday while runaway league leaders Bayern Munich...