Sports / Football

Ribery to play on for a couple of seasons after Bayern exit 07 May 2019 - 03:40 pm

BERLIN: Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery plans to play on for a few more seasons after leaving the Bavarians at the end of...

Liverpool seek new 'heroes' with Salah absent against Barcelona 07 May 2019 - 03:21 pm

Liverpool: Liverpool face mission impossible as they seek to overturn a 3-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg deficit on Tuesday against Lionel Messi's Barcelona...

Conte rules out coaching Roma in near future 07 May 2019 - 02:36 pm

MILAN: Former Juventus, Italy and Chelsea coach Antonio Conte has ruled out an immediate move to AS Roma where he was considered the...

Liverpool seek new 'heroes' with Salah absent against Barcelona 07 May 2019 - 10:16 am

Liverpool: Liverpool must turn to unlikely heroes to overturn a 3-0 Champions League semi-final, first leg deficit against Barcelona on Tuesday, according to...

Atalanta nears Champions League with win over Lazio 06 May 2019 - 12:17 am

ROME: Atalanta asserted its Champions League credentials and stretched its unbeaten run to 10 matches with a 3-1 comeback win at Lazio on...

Man United's top-4 chances over, Chelsea moves to 3rd in EPL 06 May 2019 - 12:17 am

LONDON: Manchester United will have to settle for Europa League football next season after a dismal end to this campaign reached another low....

Dembele injures leg, will miss Barca's game at Liverpool 05 May 2019 - 03:16 pm

BARCELONA, Spain: Barcelona says that France forward Ousmane Dembele has a leg injury and is unfit to play just two days before its...

Liverpool face nervous wait on gravity of Salah head knock 05 May 2019 - 02:51 pm

Newcastle, United Kingdom: Liverpool face an anxious wait to see if Mohamed Salah will be fit to play against Barcelona in the second...

Three things we learned from Barcelona v Liverpool 02 May 2019 - 01:23 am

Barcelona: Barcelona beat Liverpool 3-0 in the Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday. Here AFP Sport looks at three things we learned...

Not over yet, warns Messi after Barca masterpiece 02 May 2019 - 01:04 am

Barcelona: Lionel Messi warned his Barcelona teammates that their place in the Champions League final is still not certain despite his two-goal salvo...

Messi hits 600 goals with brace, Barcelona beats Liverpool 3-0 02 May 2019 - 12:05 am

Barcelona: Lionel Messi hit the 600-goal mark for Barcelona after scoring twice to lead the Spanish club to a 3-0 victory over Liverpool...

Spanish goalkeeper Casillas stable after heart attack 01 May 2019 - 07:07 pm

Lisbon: Veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas was stable in hospital after suffering a heart attack in training, his club Porto said on Wednesday. The...

Liverpool aim to spoil Messi's Champions League dream 01 May 2019 - 11:19 am

Barcelona: Jurgen Klopp has insisted Liverpool are ready to end Lionel Messi's Champions League mission by beating Barcelona in the semi-finals. Messi has...

Liverpool upbeat over Firmino's fitness to face Barcelona 01 May 2019 - 01:08 am

London: Liverpool are increasingly confident Roberto Firmino will be fit to face Barcelona at the Camp Nou in Wednesday's first leg of their...

Klopp: It's not all about Messi 01 May 2019 - 01:08 am

Barcelona: Jurgen Klopp has warned his players they cannot concentrate only on Lionel Messi when Liverpool face Barcelona in the first leg of...

Van de Beek gives Ajax edge over Tottenham in semi-final 01 May 2019 - 01:08 am

LONDON: Ajax Amsterdam took a massive stride towards a first Champions League final for 23 years as Donny Van de Beek's early goal...

Ronaldo nets 600th club goal as goalscoring race heats up 29 Apr 2019 - 11:49 pm

MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo's unrelenting hunger for goals is plain to see. The Juventus forward netted his 600th club goal on Saturday and celebrated...

De Gea's latest blunder puts United goalkeeper in spotlight 29 Apr 2019 - 04:34 pm

London: David de Gea's forlorn expression in the final seconds of Manchester United's damaging draw against Chelsea laid bare the error-prone goalkeeper's despair...