Football
Real Madrid, Besiktas advance in Champions League
Defending champion Real Madrid advanced again to the Champions League knockout stages after beating APOEL 6-0 and Tottenham piled the misery on Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on Tuesday.Besiktas also progressed, drawing with Porto 1-1 to...
FIFA bans three disgraced officials for life
AFP, Geneva :FIFA’s ethics committee on Tuesday slapped lifetime bans on three former world football executives who have all pleaded guilty to corruption charges in US courts.Rafael Esquivel, a former head of the Venezuelan...
FAI reports racist abuse of Ireland’s Christie
AFP, Dublin :The Football Association of Ireland has referred racist abuse sent to Republic of Ireland defender Cyrus Christie on social media to the country’s Gardai police. After scoring an own goal in Ireland’s...
Mourinho welcomes end of Lukaku goal drought
Jose Mourinho said he was delighted to see Romelu Lukaku back on the scoresheet after a barren spell as Manchester United try to keep runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City in their sights. Paul...
Valencia win 8th straight game to keep pace with Barcelona
AP. Barcelona : Valencia kept pace with Spanish leader Barcelona on Sunday by beating Espanyol 2-0 for an eighth straight league win despite having coach Marcelino Garcia Toral sent off.In his first season, Garcia...
Spurs boss Pochettino says no problem with Rose
Mauricio Pochettino says he has no issue with England defender Danny Rose despite leaving him out of Tottenham’s squad for the north London derby at the weekend. Rose was not even named on the...
Inter beat Atalanta to move 2nd after Juventus lose
AP, Milan :This season’s Serie A title race is shaping up to be the most interesting in years and it took another turn on Sunday when Juventus fell to a surprise 3-2 defeat at...
Sydney shoot down Jets to go top of A-League
Defending champions Sydney FC returned to the top of Australia’s A-League and ended the Newcastle Jets’ unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 win this weekend. Serbian midfielder Milos Ninkovic and Brazilian striker...