Barcelona forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior has been ordered to appear before a judge to testify in an investigation into alleged irregularities involving his transfer to Barcelona, Spain’s national court said Wednesday. Neymar’s parents, former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell and current president Josep Bartomeu also will have to appear before a judge, according to […]
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Liverpool and United to battle it out for Roma wonderkid
Liverpool who have been severely hit by injuries in recent times are busy in the January Transfer Market as manager Jurgen Klopp is looking to strengthen his squad and build one that can take the club to Europe next season. After already acquiring the signing of young Marco Grujic from Red Star, Liverpool are read […]
Sevilla, upstart Mirandes qualify for Copa del Rey quarters
La Coruna (Spain), Jan 13 (IANS) Spanish Second-division football side Mirandes embarrassed Deportivo La Coruña 3-0 here in the second leg of their Copa del Rey clash to advance 4-1 on aggregate while Sevilla sailed past cross-town rival Real Betis to claim their berth in the quarter-finals. Fans at La Coruña’s Riazor stadium on Tuesday […]
Would like to play in Argentina one day: Messi
Zurich, Jan 13 (IANS) European champions FC Barcelona’s star forward Lionel Messi said on Wednesday he would like to someday return to his native Argentina and play club football there. The Argentina national team skipper on Monday won an unprecedented fifth FIFA Ballon d’Or award, given to the footballer of the year by world football’s […]
Aizawl FC happy to be underdogs: Coach Fraile
Aizawl, Jan 13 (IANS) Manuel Retamero Fraile who is in charge of Aizawl FC, the new entrants in this year’s I-League, says they are happy to be the underdogs. The outfit lost their opening game against defending champions Mohun Bagan and have to face formidable Bengaluru FC this weekend. “Definitely it’s going to be an […]
Who voted for whom in the Ballon d’Or?
Lionel Messi won his 5th Ballon d’Or getting 41.33% of the votes while Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar got 27.76% and 7.86% of the votes respectively. Let us take a look at who did some of the international captains and Coaches vote for –Some really surprising choices. Barcelona won the treble last season and it was […]
Arsenal ready to trigger HUGE release clause for Nolito
According to Spanish media outlet Mundo Deportivo, Arsenal are ready to outcast Barcelona in their race to sign the 29-year-old attacker by triggering the £13.4m clause. The Celta Vigo attacker has netted eight times along with providing five assists in 15 La Liga matches this season after scoring 13 last season to make it to the […]
Atletico lead La Liga at halfway point
Madrid, Jan 11 (IANS) Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Carrasco scored second half goals to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 away win against Celta Vigo to keep them top of the table as the La Liga reached its midway point. The football game was played in difficult conditions on Sunday after heavy rainfall in the north-west […]
Australia's Big Bash League among most watched top-10
Melbourne, Jan 11 (IANS) Australia’s national Twenty20 cricket competition has rocketed into the top-10 most watched sporting leagues for 2015-16, with an average of 28,279 fans attending the matches this season. The Big Bash League (BBL), which is in its fifth year, has drawn record crowds around the country, with more than 80,000 spectators attending […]
Chelsea makes star manager their top priority and it is not Guardiola
If media reports in Spain are to be believed then Premier League giants Chelsea FC have made Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone their top priority as the managerial candidate next summer. The Blues owner Roman Abramovich sacked superstar manager Jose Mourinho last month after a series of poor performances by the defending champions this season. […]