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Diego Costa will be the latest Chelsea star to wear a face mask after he suffered a broken nose in training, manager Guus Hiddink has confirmed. The controversial striker was injured in what Hiddink described as a “duel” with an unnamed academy player, and the collision resulted from Costa needing quick treatment on his bleeding […]

Napoli’s in-form striker Gonzalo Higuain rejected an apparent move to Chelsea during the recently closed transfer window as he felt he would not be the first choice at Stamford Bridge ahead of Diego Costa, according to a report from Daily Mail. The Argentine attacker, who has long been a target for Arsenal, was approached by […]

Vigo (Spain), Feb 12 (IANS) Sevilla battled Celta Vigo to a 2-2 draw to win the Copa del Rey semi-final clash 6-2 on aggregate to book a date with defending champions FC Barcelona in the final. Celta held nothing back in their bid to overcome the 0-4 drubbing they suffered in last week’s first leg in Seville, reports Efe. But the […]

Cornella de Llobregat (Spain), Feb 9 (IANS) Spanish football club Espanyol suffered an embarrassing 0-5 home defeat here by Real Sociedad, who picked up their first away win in La Liga since Eusebio Sacristan replaced David Moyes as coach in November. The Catalan club never recovered after falling behind 0-2 in the first seven minutes on […]

After winning the Premier League last season, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho found it hard to repeat the performance this season as he saw his team languish in the bottom half of the table in December. As a result of that, he was fired and Guus Hiddink replaced him at the helm of the Stamford Bridge […]

Seville (Spain), Feb 5 (IANS) Sevilla used its trademark counter-attacking game to good effect here Thursday in a 4-0 defeat of Celta Viga in the first leg of their Copa del Rey football semi-final. Five-time Copa winner Sevilla is in pursuit of an eighth trip to the finals while Celta – who have never won the […]

Valencia (Spain), Feb 5 (IANS) Valencia coach Gary Neville insisted he was not going to resign after suffering what he described as the “most painful night” of his career. Valencia’s 0-7 thrashing away to FC Barcelona in the first leg of the King’s Cup semi-final would have been a disaster on its own, but it came […]

Neymar’s dad has put Premier League giants on red alert as he revealed his son could leave Barcelona in near future. Manchester United actually lead the race now for the Brazilian maestro, while rivals Manchester City and Chelsea also keep an eye on his situation in Spain. According to some reports in Spain, Neymar Snr, […]

Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has revealed that the La Liga giants did not try to sign the out-of-favour Colombian forward Radamel Falcao who is currently on loan at Chelsea. Radamel Falcao enjoyed two splendid seasons at Vicente Calderon from 2011 to 2013, but then opted to join French outfit AS Monacco where his start […]