Seville (Spain), April 4: Bayern Munich came back from a deficit here Tuesday to defeat Sevilla 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final and give the Spanish club a high mountain to climb in next week’s return engagement in Germany. Playing without their on-field leader, the suspended Ever Banega, Sevilla were the better […]
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Valverde insists Barca being Champions League favourites means nothing
San Juan Despi (Spain), April4: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde warned on Tuesday that his team being considered the favourites to win the Champions League would not actually help them win any matches. According to Valverde, Wednesday’s first-leg quarter-final against Roma at the Camp Nou was not likely to decide who would be eliminated in the quarters, […]
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Tennis world turns focus on clay court season
Miami, April 3: The tennis world is turning its attention to the clay court season, with the field wide open due to the absence of Swiss great Roger Federer and Argentina’s Juan Martín del Potro, as well as questions about the health of Spain’s Rafa Nadal, the undisputed “king of clay.” Nadal, the World No. 1, […]
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Betis climb to sixth place in La Liga with win over Getafe
Getafe (Spain), April 3: Real Betis defeated Getafe 1-0 to move into sixth place in La Liga – the final European slot – at the expense of a host side who could be forgiven for blaming bad luck. At least 200 Betis supporters made the trip from Seville, joining some 10,400 locals in the stands at […]
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Porto fall 2-0 to Belenenses
Lisbon, April 3: Porto lost 2-0 to Belenenses to remain at 70 points, one fewer than first-place Benfica in the race for the Primeira Liga championship. The result on Monday makes it likely that the title will be decided when Benfica and Porto face each other later this month in the clasico, rpeorts Efe. The home […]
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MatchPreview: Huge European tie as Juventus entertain ‘all or nothing’ Real Madrid
Turin, April3: Real Madrid and Juventus, finalists of the 2016-17 Champions League, face-off in the first leg of their quarter-final of this season on Tuesday. Real Madrid won 4-1 in the final in Cardiff last season, but Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has already warned that the tie will “be nothing like” that game and that […]
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Sevilla will fight to death against Bayern Munich, says coach
Seville (Spain), April: Sevilla FC’s head coach Vincenzo Montella on Monday vowed that his team would fight to the death in their upcoming Champions League quarter-final clash against Bayern Munich. The Italian coach addressed a press conference on the eve of the home first leg against the Bavarian giants, in which the Andalusian team looks to […]
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Halep maintains top spot in WTA rankings
Madrid, April 2: Simona Halep of Romania continued to lead the Women’s Tennis Association rankings released on Monday, while United States’ Sloane Stephens managed to leap into the top 10 for the first time in her career. Stephens won a 7-6 (5), 6-1 match on Saturday afternoon over Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, who maintained her fifth position […]
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Real Sporting downs Almeria, taking another step toward Spanish 1st division
Almeria (Spain), April 2: Real Sporting, thanks to its away 3-1 triumph over Almeria, took another decisive step toward ascending to Spain’s First Division, while its rivals could not overcome their problems and remain close to relegation. The Gijon team notched its sixth consecutive Second Division win on Sunday against an Almeria virtually devoid of offensive […]
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Germany can reach World Cup semis: Klinsmann
Bordeaux (France), April2: German football legend Jurgen Klinsmann, the 1990 World Cup winner, has said the German team has the capability of reaching the top four at the World Cup, while denying any chance of coaching the Chinese team or a Chinese club any time soon. Klinsmann featured in the French League Cup final here as […]