Sports / Football

With Zlatan Ibrahimovic gone Edinson Cavani enjoying spotlight at PSG 02 Dec 2016 - 04:09 pm

PARIS: Used to playing second fiddle to Zlatan Ibrahimovic for years, Edinson Cavani is blossoming as a great soloist for Paris Saint-Germain. Criticized...

Walter Mazzarri says Watford must become more consistent 02 Dec 2016 - 04:06 pm

Watford's season has been a story of "ups and downs" and the players must try to become more consistent, their manager Walter Mazzarri...

Four substitutions allowed in German Cup competition 02 Dec 2016 - 04:01 pm

BERLIN: Teams competing in the men's and women's German Cup this season will be allowed to make four substitutions if matches go into...

Middlesbrough’s resilience built on familiar Friend under Karanka 02 Dec 2016 - 03:55 pm

Middlesbrough’s 2-2 draw at Leicester on Saturday moved Aitor Karanka’s men onto 12 points in what has been a respectable start to Premier...

Xavi confident Messi will stay at Barcelona 02 Dec 2016 - 01:23 pm

BARCELONA: Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez cannot imagine Lionel Messi leaving the Catalan club, despite the Argentine forward stalling over a new contract with...

Winger Raheem Sterling wants Manchester City to make statement against Chelsea 02 Dec 2016 - 12:40 pm

Winger Raheem Sterling has urged Manchester City to declare a statement of intent with a victory over Premier League leaders Chelsea at the...

Former Spain manager Camacho takes charge of Gabon 02 Dec 2016 - 10:55 am

LIBREVILLE: Former Spain manager Jose Antonio Camacho was on Friday put in charge of hosts Gabon's fortunes at the African Nations Cup finals,...

Palace defender Souare fears for career after horror crash 02 Dec 2016 - 10:33 am

Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare said he is not certain he will ever recover completely from injuries he suffered in a horrific car...

Southgate handed task of reviving England's fortunes 01 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

London: Gareth Southgate was handed the onerous task of ending England's decades of under-achievement at major tournaments when he agreed a four-year deal...

Nice regain top spot as PSG overtake Monaco 01 Dec 2016 - 10:37 pm

Paris: Nice returned to the top of Ligue 1 as Younes Belhanda's early goal downed Guingamp 1-0 away on Wednesday while Paris St...

United and Southampton into League Cup semis 01 Dec 2016 - 10:20 pm

London: Anthony Martial and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice each to help Manchester United ease into the League Cup semi-finals with a 4-1 home...

Kane to stay with spurs until 2022 01 Dec 2016 - 10:17 pm

London: Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has signed a new contract that runs until 2022, the Premier League club said on their website...

UK football abuse hotline receives 860 calls in a week 01 Dec 2016 - 10:15 pm

London: A hotline established amid England's growing football sex-abuse crisis received over 860 calls in its first week, the National Society for the...

Eric Black: Southampton close investigation into assistant manager 01 Dec 2016 - 04:57 pm

LONDON: Southampton have cleared assistant manager Eric Black of wrongdoing and closed an internal investigation after he was named in a newspaper sting...

Bodies of Chapecoense team expected back Friday 01 Dec 2016 - 04:09 pm

CHAPECO, Brazil: The bodies of Brazilians killed when a plane carrying Chapecoense soccer team crashed in Colombia have all been identified and are...

Manchester United: Why Mourinho hasn’t yet freed Henrikh Mkhitaryan 01 Dec 2016 - 03:48 pm

Paul Pogba may have hogged all the headlines for becoming the most expensive signing in all the history of the modern game, but...

AS Roma - Lazio: Rome derby fan boycott looms again 01 Dec 2016 - 01:55 pm

MILAN: AS Roma fans have said they will boycott Sunday's derby against Lazio for the third time in a row, once again taking...

Enzo, Zidane's son, scores for Real Madrid on debut 01 Dec 2016 - 01:52 pm

Madrid: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane's son, Enzo, scored on his senior debut as the European champions brushed aside third tier Cultural Leonesa...