German football club Werder Bremen put more distance between themselves and the Bundesliga drop zone with a 3-1 victory here over last-placed Cologne. A second consecutive win on Monday moves the hosts up to the 13th spot, with 30 points from 26 matches, while Cologne have just 17, reports Efe. Serbian U-21 international Milos Veljkovic put Werder...
India finished fifth at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament with a 4-1 thrashing of Ireland here on Saturday. Varun Kumar scored twice from penalty corners while Shilanand Lakra and Gurjant Singh got the other goals for India. Julian Dale exploited some poor marking by the Indian defenders to get a consolation goal for the European mi...
Uruguay will finalise their World Cup preparations with an international friendly against Uzbekistan in June, the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has said. The match will be played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo on June 7, just two days before the Celeste squad is due to depart for Russia, reports Xinhua news agency. Uruguay are...
Borusia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus has put pen to paper on a contract extension, the Bundesliga club have announced. Reus' current contract, running until June 2019, has been extended for four years to 2023, reports Xinhua news agency. "We are delighted that Marco has decided to extend his contract prematurely and for a very long time alth...
Star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has replaced injured fellow spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the Rest of India (RoI) squad for the Irani Cup. Jadeja, who has suffered a side strain, will be out of action for an indefinite period. This will be a comeback of sorts to domestic cricket for Ashwin. He had decided to opt out of the recently concluded Deodhar Trop...
Newly promoted Girona remain unbeaten at the Montilivi Municipal Stadium after defeating Deportivo 2-0 here to climb to sixth place in the La Liga. Deportivo suffered their 13th consecutive loss on Friday and sit 19th in the Spanish top division standings, two points from safety, report EFE news agency. The visitors appeared from the start to be aiming for no more...
FC Schalke 04 defeated FC Mainz 1-0 here to move into second place in the Bundesliga while the hosts remain in jeopardy of relegation. Their fourth straight win in the German top division lifted Schalke to 46 points on Friday, four ahead of third-place Borussia Dortmund, who will host fourth-place Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, repors EFE news agency. Main...
India football team coach Stephen Constantine on Friday announced a list of 32 probables for a preparatory camp in Mumbai ahead of the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup qualifier match against the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek on March 27. Regular captain and talismanic forward Sunil Chhetri was not included in the squad, probably in ...
Several female Brazilian soccer fans have created a project known as "Dibradoras" (Dribblers) in an effort to reduce male chauvinism in sports. Roberta Nina Cardoso, 35, is a Sao Paulo team fan and a regular at the local stadium, where she and three friends experienced an unsavoury incident a while back, reports Efe. While looking...
Valencia midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia has said he will "try to put his emotions to one side" as faces his former football club Sevilla in a La Liga match here on Saturday. After joining Sevilla in 2012 as a 19-year-old from RC Lens, Kondogbia had an outstanding first season in LaLiga, impressing observers everywhere, reports Efe. ...
