Brazilian club Vasco da Gama have been ordered to play home matches behind closed doors after a fan was shot dead during disturbances at their ground. Vasco’s 1-0 defeat on Sunday at home to title-chasing Flamengo in the Rio de Janeiro derby was marred by crowd trouble at the final whistle. Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho, … Read more
Brazilian club Vasco da Gama have been ordered to play home matches behind closed doors after a fan was shot dead during disturbances at their ground. Vasco’s 1-0 defeat on Sunday at home to title-chasing Flamengo in the Rio de Janeiro derby was marred by crowd trouble at the final whistle. Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho, … Read more
Amid links to a move to Real Madrid, the Premier League Golden Glove winner says he is ready to commit his future to the Stamford Bridge club Thibaut Courtois is hoping to be rewarded with a new Chelsea contract after helping his team to win the Premier League title. Courtois claimed the Premier League Golden … Read more
Michael Essien missed a penalty and Persib Bandung missed a chance to go top of the Indonesia Liga 1 after being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Borneo on Saturday evening. A last-minute equaliser from the visitors silenced the vast majority of a near 26,000 crowd. But the former Chelsea and Real Madrid midfielder could have put … Read more
FIFA has been urged to ban Christian players from making the sign of the cross after scoring a goal. A Muslim cleric from Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Alarefe called on football’s governing body to write it into the game’s laws that players be prohibited from tapping their stomach, chest, left shoulder then right shoulder to make … Read more
Barcelona claim a bumper extension remains on course for Lionel Messi and Neymar has urged the La Liga club’s hierarchy to get the deal done Neymar said it is time for Barcelona to get to work on Lionel Messi’s contract amid uncertainty over the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s future at Camp Nou. Messi is out … Read more
Despite sitting out Persib Bandung’s first win of the Indonesia Liga One season on Saturday, big-name stars Michael Essien and Carlton Cole are not guaranteed to start in Wednesday’s game at Gresik United. Persib defeated Sriwijaya 2-0 to move fifth in the table after three games. Another win could, if other results go their way, … Read more
Lionel Messi scored his 500th career goal for Barcelona to give the Catalan club a dramatic 3-2 win in injury time against 10-man Real Madrid in the “Clasico” on Sunday, leaving the Spanish league title race wide open. Messi netted his milestone goal his second of the night with a low left-foot shot from inside … Read more
Lionel Messi scored his 500th career goal for Barcelona to give the Catalan club a dramatic 3-2 win in injury time against 10-man Real Madrid in the “clasico” on Sunday, leaving the Spanish league title race wide open. Messi netted his milestone goal — his second of the night — with a low left-foot shot … Read more
Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send the Catalans top of La Liga with a last-minute winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. It puts Barcelona level on points with Real Madrid, but with a better goal difference and head-to-head record. Casemiro had put the hosts ahead before Messi and Ivan Rakitic … Read more
Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal to send the Catalans top of La Liga with a last-minute winner against 10-man Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. It puts Barcelona level on points with Real Madrid, but with a better goal difference and head-to-head record. Casemiro had put the hosts ahead before Messi and Ivan Rakitic … Read more
One month after leading the most improbable of comebacks, Neymar earned himself the scorn of Barcelona’s fans with a pair of senseless bookings. He’ll get a chance to redeem himself today when his team faces Juventus in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. Neymar picked up a pair of senseless yellow cards on … Read more
Neymar is a worthy successor to Lionel Messi at Barcelona, according to Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli. Brazil international Neymar took a back seat as Barca recorded a 3-0 La Liga win over Sevilla on Wednesday, Messi scoring a first-half brace after Luis Suarez’s opener. Neymar, 25, has nine league goals and 12 assists this season … Read more
There were huge crowds and enthusiasm for Akosua Puni Essien when the Ghanaian businesswoman visited the Sinigaglia Stadium to watch her recently-bought Italian team in their match against Piacenza on Saturday. The wife of Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien was at the stadium to watch her first match since taking over as the owner of the … Read more
Black Stars players Thomas Partey and Daniel Amartey will face each other in the quarter-final of the 2016/2017 UEFA Champions League as their clubs have been drawn to clash. Spanish side Atletico Madrid will play English champions Leicester City in the Last 8. The Madrid side will play at home in the first leg on … Read more
The news that Michael Essien’s wife, Akosua Puni, had purchased the Italian third division side Como at an auction certainly raised a few eyebrows this week. She paid £206,000 to take control of the bankrupt club, facing no competition, and will try to lead the Lega Pro outfit back into the big time. But those … Read more
Manchester City are out of the Champions League after Monaco struck late to seal a thrilling away-goals victory, which ended 6-6 on aggregate. The English side were 13 minutes from a place in the quarter-finals after clawing themselves back into a second leg their hosts had dominated, but slack marking from a set-piece allowed Tiemoue … Read more
Ghana international Kevin Prince Boateng took a slight dig at Cristiano Ronaldo after finally scoring his first goal against Real Madrid over the weekend. The suspended Ghana international put his side three goals up against a ten man Real Madrid side and could not hold off the temptation of having a go at the World’s … Read more
The 46-year-old, in his third season in charge of Barca, was speaking after their 6-1 win over Sporting Gijon. He won the Champions League as part of the treble in his first year and led them to a domestic double last season. But they are on the verge of elimination from the Champions League after … Read more
Ten-man Real Madrid rescued a 3-3 draw at home to Las Palmas on Wednesday thanks to a late double from Cristiano Ronaldo. Goals from Tana, Jonathan Viera and Kevin-Prince Boateng overturned an early opener from Isco and looked set to give the visitors a shock three points, especially after Gareth Bale’s red card early in … Read more