Sports / Football

Barca top global sports pay league: Report 28 Nov 2018 - 03:58 am

Barcelona are the best-paid team in global sport and the first to have average basic annual pay of more than £10m according to...

Ajax fans injured in violence-hit Athens Champions League match 27 Nov 2018 - 10:54 pm

Athens: Eleven supporters from Dutch club Ajax were injured in a violence-hit Champions League fixture against AEK Athens in the Greek capital on...

PSG face tough Liverpool test 27 Nov 2018 - 12:03 am

This week Paris Saint-Germain’s will face an acid test in the Champions League when they take on Liverpool in a key match. A...

Genoa offers to host Libertadores final 26 Nov 2018 - 06:53 pm

MILAN: The Italian city of Genoa has offered to host the postponed Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors, stressing the...

Gerard Pique fined for driving with suspended license 26 Nov 2018 - 06:25 pm

BARCELONA, Spain: Gerard Pique has been fined nearly 50,000 euros ($56,700) for driving with a suspended license. The Barcelona defender appeared before a...

Suarez doubt for Spurs over knee injury 26 Nov 2018 - 05:10 pm

Barcelona: Luis Suarez faces a fight to be fit for Barcelona's last Champions League group game against Tottenham after the club confirmed on...

Red-hot Ronaldo gunning for revenge against Valencia 26 Nov 2018 - 01:52 pm

Turin, Italy: Cristiano Ronaldo is in hot form and gunning for revenge going into Tuesday's Champions League clash against Valencia after seeing red...

Sevilla go top of La Liga after narrow win over Real Valladolid 25 Nov 2018 - 08:43 pm

Seville, Spain: Sevilla moved back to the top of La Liga on Sunday as they capitalised on the stuttering form of their rivals...

Copa Libertadores final postponed after bus attack: Conmebol 25 Nov 2018 - 08:21 pm

Buenos Aires: The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final has been postponed for the second time in as many days following an...

FULHAM 3 SOUTHAMPTON 2: Ranieri leads Fulham to first league win since August 24 Nov 2018 - 08:20 pm

Claudio Ranieri celebrated a winning return to the Premier League as he helped his new Fulham team to move off the foot of...

Manchester City, Liverpool cruise as Man Utd stumble once more 24 Nov 2018 - 08:10 pm

London: Manchester City stretched a relentless winning run to eight games by thrashing West Ham 4-0 on Saturday but remain just two points...

Alcacer scores again as Dortmund edge past Mainz 2-1 24 Nov 2018 - 07:49 pm

BERLIN: Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund got second-half goals from supersub Paco Alcacer and Lukasz Piszczek to edge past Mainz 05 2-1 on Saturday...

Minnows Eibar humiliate Solari's dire Real Madrid 24 Nov 2018 - 04:49 pm

MADRID: Rampant Eibar humiliated European champions Real Madrid with an emphatic 3-0 win in La Liga on Saturday thanks to strikes from Gonzalo...

PSG's Neymar and Mbappe expected to be fit to face Liverpool 23 Nov 2018 - 11:24 pm

PARIS: Injured strikers Kylian Mbappe and Neymar will miss Paris St-Germain's Ligue 1 date against Toulouse on Saturday but both could be back...

Former Chelsea striker Drogba announces retirement at 40 23 Nov 2018 - 12:23 am

LONDON: Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba announced his retirement on Wednesday, calling time on a 20-year career in which the bullish centre forward...

Griezmann must prove worth to Atletico in Barca clash 22 Nov 2018 - 11:18 pm

BARCELONA: Barcelona's interest in signing Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann was the worst kept secret in football last season and on Saturday the...

Carroll, Wilshere back in squad ahead of Man City test 22 Nov 2018 - 04:35 pm

West Ham United's Andy Carroll and Jack Wilshere have shaken off their respective ankle problems and are available for Saturday's Premier League clash...

Diego Costa in scoring slump before Atletico hosts Barcelona 22 Nov 2018 - 04:25 pm

BARCELONA, Spain: With his imposing frame, aggressive attitude and talent for scoring difficult goals, Diego Costa has rightfully earned his reputation as a...