Football
OLIVOS: Argentine football great Diego Maradona is recovering "without complications" from successful brain surgery for a blood clot, his personal doctor said on Wednesday. Surgeons at a specialist private clinic…
MILAN: Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has tested negative for coronavirus after nearly three weeks but Serie A clubs Atalanta, Sassuolo, Crotone and Parma on Friday revealed new cases. Ronaldo first…
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo "is asymptomatic" and "will not play against Sweden" in Wednesday's Nations League match, the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Qatar will host East Zone matches for Asia's Champions League after the West Zone games were successfully staged in the Gulf state following a long coronavirus hiatus, officials…
MADRID: Real Madrid moved to the top of La Liga on Sunday as Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema both scored in a 2-0 win over Levante. Vinicius, who had proved decisive…
PARIS: Neymar received a two-match ban Wednesday for his red card against Marseille as the French league announced it would open an investigation into accusations of racism by the Brazil…
PARIS: Lionel Messi may have had to stay put at Barcelona but the Argentine legend did succeed in joining one new club this year -- the one reserved for sporting…
MADRID: Lionel Messi was named in the starting line-up for Barcelona's first pre-season friendly on Saturday as Ronald Koeman showed no hesitation in reintegrating the Argentinian following his failed attempt…
LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed Harry Maguire will remain Manchester United's captain this season despite his involvement in a Greek court case. Maguire was given a suspended 21-month sentence…
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi was back in full training with Barcelona on Wednesday for the first time since conceding defeat in his battle to leave the club. Unlike Monday, when the…
MADRID: Lionel Messi returned to Barcelona training for the first time on Monday since his failed attempt to leave the club this summer. Messi was seen driving into the Ciutat…
LISBON: Portuguese Media and fans were on Monday (7th of Sept.) anticipating Cristiano Ronaldo's 100th international goal after the attacker hinted on social media that he was fit to return…
LISBON: Cristiano Ronaldo is a doubt as Portugal start the defense of their Nations League title against Croatia on Saturday in Porto and Sweden on Tuesday in Solna. Ronaldo is…
MADRID: Barcelona will play Real Madrid in the first Clasico of the season at Camp Nou on 25th if October, after the La Liga fixtures were announced on Monday. Barca…
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi's bombshell request to leave Barcelona is expected to spark a legal battle over a multi-million-dollar buy-out clause but also raises the question of which club could afford…
LONDON: Harry Maguire has been withdrawn from the England squad for their Nations League matches against Iceland and Denmark after the Manchester United captain was given a suspended prison sentence…
SHANGHAI: The Chinese Super League is planning to allow a very limited number of spectators into a high-profile match on Saturday, the first time fans can attend a game since…
MADRID: Crisis-hit Barcelona hailed the "return of a legend" as the Spanish giants on Wednesday officially named Ronald Koeman as their new coach through until 2022. "FC Barcelona and Ronald…
ROME: US billionaire Dan Friedkin on Monday promised to turn Roma into "one of the greatest names in world football" after completing his 591 million euros ($700 million) purchase of the…
MADRID: Lionel Messi's body language said it all as Barcelona were sent into full-blown meltdown in their historic Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich on Friday.…
ZAGREB: Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic, who led the nation to the 2018 World Cup final, will remain in charge of the team until the 2022 tournament, the country's football federation…
LE HAVRE: Paris Saint-Germain routed second division Le Havre in a friendly on Sunday remarkable not for the 9-0 score, but because it drew the biggest crowd for a match in…
PARIS: The fans will return to French football stadiums before Ligue 1 does. Domestic competitive football shut down in France in early March and the authorities decided to scrap their…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Normalization Committee has appointed Daniel Limones of Spain as its technical director. Limones was previously associated with Spanish La Liga giants Club Atletico de Madrid…
