Luis Suarez was the only difference maker as Barcelona booked their spot in the Copa del Rey final with a 3-0 win over Real Madrid. Suarez scored twice and was also involved in another goal as Raphael Varane cleared the ball into his own net with the Barcelona striker putting pressure on the Madrid defenders […]
Arthur is back in Barcelona’s squad for Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final second leg away to Real Madrid following a hamstring injury. Barca announced on February 8 that Arthur had suffered a strain – a problem which it was thought would keep him out of action for a month, thus forcing him to miss the […]
Suresh Raina continues to make his presence felt in the domestic circuit as the left-handed batsman has become the first Indian player to score 8000 runs in T20 cricket on Monday. Raina (8001 runs) achieved this feat when he scored 12 runs for Uttar Pradesh against Puducherry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in […]
Barcelona drew (0-0) against Olympique Lyonnais in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday as both sides remained unbeaten in this season’s competition. The La Liga leaders dominated the match at the Groupama stadium but lacked accuracy up front and their goalkeeper Marc Andre ter Stegen made two great saves that could’ve given the […]
The 39-year-old Jamaican has played in 284 ODIs and needs 273 runs to become the 14th man, and the second West Indian after Brian Lara, to reach 10,000 in ODIs. Gayle said: “In 50-over cricket, definitely the World Cup (is the end). I’m looking to draw the line there. Let the youngsters have some fun […]
Roma has never been beaten Porto in European competition. They were eliminated by the Portuguese side in both previous two-legged encounters. Roma has reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the seventh time in their last eight participations. They won all three of their home games in the knockout phase last season, […]
Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City scored four times just in 25 minutes to thrash Chelsea 6-0 and beat Liverpool again to top spot in the Premier League on goal difference on Sunday. Raheem Sterling scored the first goal for City along with Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan also netted in the first […]
José Mourinho has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence and agreed to pay €2.2m (£1.9m) in fines after admitting tax fraud while he was the manager of Real Madrid. The 56-year-old is accused of committing tax fraud in 2011 and 2012 when he coached Spanish giants Real Madrid. According to the agreement, Mourinho accepted […]
The UAE football team played like champions against Australia in the AFC Asian Cup quarterfinals. The players said they had worked really hard and doubled their efforts to reach the semifinals and will push even further to win the Asian Cup at home. They also said that this opportunity comes once in a lifetime. The […]
Roger Federer’s dream of winning the of Australian Open titles 3 times in a row was crushed on Sunday as the Greek wonder-kid Stefanos Tsitsipas rose up to beat the Swiss beast and become his nation’s first Grand Slam quarter-finalist. In a match against the oldest and youngest players left in the men’s draw, the […]