Sports / Football

" Put on Christmas show" Mourinho tells Chelsea 25 Dec 2014 - 10:30 am

LONDON--Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wants his players to show the world why they are currently on top of the Premier League table when...

Football Zola appointed as Cagliari boss 24 Dec 2014 - 11:27 pm

ROME - Serie A strugglers Cagliari have appointed club favourite Gianfranco Zola as their new coach, the club announced on Wednesday. Zola, 48,...

Blackpool appeal for Ranger to return 24 Dec 2014 - 11:17 pm

LONDON - Controversial striker Nile Ranger has gone missing and his Championship club Blackpool have not seen him for two weeks, manager Lee...

Absent Ronaldinho threatened with sack 24 Dec 2014 - 11:00 pm

MEXICO CITY - Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has been threatened with the sack if he doesn't return as soon as...

Heskey makes shock return with Bolton deal 24 Dec 2014 - 10:24 pm

Football player Emile Heskey of England speaks to the media in Sydney LONDON - Veteran former England international Emile Heskey is to make...

Sunderland lose French veteran Reveillere for a month 24 Dec 2014 - 09:24 pm

SUNDERLAND, United Kingdom - English Premier League strugglers Sunderland face a month without former France international defender Anthony Reveillere who has a calf...

Cameroon's Nkama replaces slain compatriot at Algerian club 24 Dec 2014 - 03:02 pm

Gael Gregoire Nkama ALGIERS--Cameroon striker Gael Gregoire Nkama has signed for Algerian club JS Kabylie to replace Albert Ebosse, his compatriot killed when...

Jedinak, Cahill to lead Australia bid 24 Dec 2014 - 12:42 am

Mile Jedinak (left) and Tim Cahill SYDNEY: Crystal Palace captain Mile Jedinak and stalwarts Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano will lead Australia’s bid...

Importance of purity of sport featured at Super Cup in Doha 24 Dec 2014 - 12:02 am

Doha: The importance of protecting the dream of pure, fair and clean sport took centre-stage as Save the Dream used the global platform...

Chelsea sink Stoke to go top 24 Dec 2014 - 12:01 am

Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic (left) in action against Chelsea’s Willian during the English Premier League match at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke, Britain,...

2014: Brazil’s semis rout tops list of sporting flops 23 Dec 2014 - 11:57 pm

Brazil’s defender Thiago Silva (right) comforts Brazil’s defender David Luiz after the semi-final against Germany at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, in...

Coming second is like being last - Ibrahimovic 23 Dec 2014 - 08:50 pm

STOCKHOLM - Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not take kindly to being voted Sweden's second greatest sportsman of all time. Named runner-up...

Swansea turn to Oliveira to plug Bony gap 23 Dec 2014 - 08:38 pm

LONDON - Portugal international Nelson Oliveira is the man Swansea City have turned to solve their striking problem in the New Year. Oliveira,...

Leeds boss allowed to carry on - for now 23 Dec 2014 - 08:23 pm

LONDON - Massimo Cellino, Leeds United's controversial Italian owner, can continue as a club director while waiting for his appeal to be heard,...

Algeria discounts Ebosse murder theory 23 Dec 2014 - 05:49 pm

ALGIERS - Claims that Cameroonian footballer Albert Ebosse could have been killed in a dressing room attack were dismissed by Algeria on Tuesday....

USA defender Yedlin to join Spurs in January 23 Dec 2014 - 03:57 pm

Defender DeAndre Yedlin LONDON--United States defender DeAndre Yedlin is joining Tottenham in January, the north London club announced on Tuesday. The 21-year-old signed...

Napoli clinch Italian Super Cup 23 Dec 2014 - 01:36 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani presents the Italian Super Cup Trophy to...

Ibrahim returns for national duty 23 Dec 2014 - 01:26 am

Caption DOHA: Inspirational striker Khalfan Ibrahim has been named in the Qatari squad for next month’s Asian Cup, according to a list published...