“Pukki Party” in full flow as striker becomes unlikely star
AP, Dhaka :Teemu Pukki hung back toward the corner of the penalty area. The ball was about to be delivered into the middle of the...
Football
Booters’ residential training camp begins today
All the national footballers are set to back into business as the residential training camp of the national team against Afghanistan for joint qualifiers of...
Real Madrid striker Jovic laughs off loan rumors
Serbian striker Luka Jovic has so far struggled to impress after joining from Eintracht Frankfurt over the summer in a deal worth around 60 million...
Ajax finish with 10 men and a goalless draw in Cyprus
Ajax finished with 10 men on Tuesday but moved closer to the Champions League group stage with a 0-0 draw away to APOEL in Nicosia...
FIFA appoints emergency committee to run Egyptian football
AFP, Lausanne :With Egyptian football in chaos following the sudden departure of the national federation’s leadership, FIFA on Tuesday appointed a temporary committee to take...
Ribery set for two-year deal at Fiorentina pending medical
Franck Ribery has landed in Florence and will undergo a medical ahead of completing a free transfer to Fiorentina.The 36-year-old left Bayern Munich in June...
Dembele has no desire to leave Barcelona, says his agent
Ousmane Dembele has no desire to leave Barcelona this summer, according to his agent, despite attracting interest from “several great European clubs”.Dembele, 22, has enjoyed...
US women footballers’ equal pay lawsuit to go to trial in 2020
AFP, Los Angeles :The equal pay lawsuit filed by US women footballers against the US Soccer Federation has been scheduled to go to trial on...
Messi and Ibrahimovic nominated for FIFA goal of the year
AFP, Lausanne :Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are the star names on the 10-player short-list announced on Monday by FIFA for its Puskas award for...
Solskjaer refuses to blame Pogba after penalty miss
AFP, Wolverhampton :Ole Gunnar Solskjaer refused to blame Paul Pogba after the Manchester United star missed a penalty in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Wolves after...
Barcelona forward Dembele out 5 weeks with thigh injury
Forward Ousmane Dembele has joined Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez on Barcelona’s injury list. The club says on Monday that Dembele has a left thigh...