Late Messi winner sees Barca sink Atletico
Lionel Messi delivered a major boost to Barcelona’s La Liga title hopes by scoring a late winner in a 1-0 victory at Atletico Madrid on Sunday.Messi is the favourite to win a record-breaking sixth...
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Martinez fires Inter top of Serie A as Juventus slip up
Lautaro Martinez’s first-half brace sent Inter Milan top of Serie A on Sunday with a 2-1 win over SPAL after champions Juventus were held at home by Sassuolo.“We didn’t use our heads,” lamented Juventus...
Messi and Rapinoe expected to take Ballon d’Or honours
The biggest names in world football will descend on Paris on Monday for the 2019 Ballon d’Or ceremony, with Lionel Messi and USA women’s World Cup superstar Megan Rapinoe tipped to leave with the...
Portugal, France, Germany drawn together at Euro 2020 as England get Croatia
AFP, Bucharest :Reigning European champions Portugal will come up against World Cup winners France and Germany in the standout group at Euro 2020 following Saturday’s draw for the tournament, while England were placed with...
Elites FC emerge champions in Bangabandhu Futsal
Elites FC clinched the Bangabandhu-Walton Amateur Futsal title beating Dhaka Tribune by 2-1 goals in tie-breaker at the Shaheed Capt (retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium on Friday. Earlier, the final match between...
Radonjic’s late strike extends Marseille’s win streak to four
Nemanja Radonjic came on as a second half substitute to score in the 89th minute and earn Marseille a 2-1 win in a breathless Ligue 1 encounter with Brest on Friday.Coach Andre Villas-Boas has...
Maradona’s 10-man Gimnasia hold Banfield
Xinhua, Buenos Aires :Diego Maradona’s Gimnasia La Plata earned a 1-1 draw at Banfield in the Argentinian Superliga on Friday despite playing for more than an hour with just 10 men.Eric Ramirez put Gimnasia...
Schalke grab late winner to beat Union and go second
Reuters :Schalke 04’s Suat Serdar scored an 86th-minute winner as the Royal Blues beat Union Berlin 2-1 on Friday to provisionally climb into second place in the Bundesliga.Serdar’s curled low shot gave the hosts...
Newcomers Wolves advance in EL, Arsenal, United beaten
AP :Daichi Kamada scored twice in the second half as Eintracht Frankfurt came from a goal down and stun Arsenal 2-1 in the Europa League (EL) on Thursday.The loss at Emirates Stadium extended Arsenal’s...
Emery axed as Arsenal boss after worst run in decades
Agency :Unai Emery was sacked as Arsenal manager Friday after less than two years in charge and with the club without a win in seven games, their worst run since 1992.The 48-year-old Spaniard was...