Southampton hold a slender advantage in the EFL Cup semi-final after a fully deserved first-leg victory over Liverpool at St Mary’s. Nathan Redmond’s cool finish from Jay Rodriguez’s pass gave Saints a crucial lead to take to Anfield on 25 January – but Southampton can count themselves unlucky not to[Read More…]
Days after MS Dhoni stepped down as the Indian captain from the ODI and T20 formats, Yuvraj Singh posted a heartfelt video on Facebook. Also read: Dhoni steps down as ODI and T20 captain Thanking the captain, Yuvraj Singh said that Dhoni was the best captain ever. Yuvraj added that he[Read More…]
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United moved a step closer to a major trophy in his first season as goals from Juan Mata and Marouane Fellaini secured a first-leg victory over Hull City in the semi-final of the EFL Cup on Tuesday night. A near full-strength United struggled to break down resilient[Read More…]
Come 2026 and football fanatics will get to witness a bigger football world cup. The World Cup will expand to 48 teams from its current 32, starting with the 2026 edition of soccer’s showpiece tournament, the game’s governing body FIFA decided on Tuesday. FIFA’s decision making body, the FIFA Council,[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth FIFA best player award on Monday. He began his speech by exclaiming “Wow, wow, wow.” and went on,”it was a year that was magnificent at a personal level and at a sporting level,” the 31-year-old Ronaldo said in Portuguese his acceptance speech. Ronaldo’s 34.54 percent[Read More…]
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side thrashed Premier League rivals West Ham in the third round on Saturday night. City led 3-0 at the break, Yaya Toure starting the rout by firing a debatable penalty into the bottom left corner. Havard Nordtveit bundled Bacary Sagna’s teasing cross into his own net,[Read More…]
Sadio Mane’s injury-time winning goal sank Everton and settled a scrappy Merseyside derby in Liverpool’s favour at Goodison Park. The Reds’ £34m summer signing from Southampton reacted first to a loose ball after substitute Daniel Sturridge’s shot had hit the post in the fourth of eight minutes of stoppage time.[Read More…]
Atletico de Kolkata on Sunday lifted the Indian Super League trophy a second time by beating Kerala Blasters once again in the final. Unlike the last time though, they had to do ti the hard way and toiled through extra time to win 4-3 on penalties. Kerala Blasters had initially[Read More…]
Premier League leaders Chelsea face another test of their title credentials on Saturday when they take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, with Antonio Conte’s men looking for their 11th straight win in the top-flight. Chelsea secured another narrow victory in midweek with their 1-0 win over rock-bottom Sunderland, which[Read More…]
Chelsea opened a six point gap at the top of the Premier League as Cesc Fabregas’ first-half goal beat a stubborn Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Fabregas steered into the far corner from the edge of the box as the Blues recorded a 10th consecutive league victory. Sunderland keeper[Read More…]
Murtaza Ahmadi’s dream of meeting his idol finally came true. The Afghan boy had become an online hit after wearing a homemade shirt bearing Lionel Messi’s famous number 10 has met his hero. A photograph of six-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi wearing the shirt made from a striped blue plastic bag went[Read More…]
Arsene Wengers’ Arsenal will face Bayern Munich, Leicester City will play Sevilla and Manchester City are up against Monaco in the Champions League last 16. The Gunners have played the German champions four times in the previous five campaigns and finished behind them in the group stage last season. The[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo beat rival Lionel Messi to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or award for a fourth time. The 31-year-old is now one behind Barcelona’s Messi, who took the honour for a fifth time last year. Atletico Madrid’s French forward Antoine Griezmann finished third in the vote. Ronaldo helped Real Madrid[Read More…]
Manchester City have had an extra day to prepare for Saturday’s late kick-off, after both sides’ underwhelming exploits in the Champions League. City must cope without Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho after both saw red in their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea last weekend, while Nicolas Otamendi is suspended after picking up[Read More…]
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be crowned the latest winner of the Ballon d’Or on Monday night, according to Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Francesc Aguilar, a well-connected journalist within the Barcelona-based sports daily, has revealed that the announcement will be made a 7pm next Monday (8pm, CET) and the[Read More…]
Liverpool’s knack of grinding out results dealt a huge blow on Sunday. Bournemouth completed one of the comebacks of the season to beat Liverpool for the first time in a sensational Premier League game. The Cherries battled back from 2-0 down at half-time and 3-1 behind with 15 minutes to[Read More…]
When you think getting access to the new ₹2000 is tough, think again. When the whole nation is reeling under severe cash crunch, the new notes are flying high, like literally, at a programme organised by a famous Gujarati folk singer Kirtidan Gadhvi. In a video that Newsd accessed, a[Read More…]
Chelsea arrive at the Etihad Stadium as leaders and a point better off than City, which means a draw would be a fine result for them. Three points will put either team on top of the table, and a draw may keep Chelsea in first place if Liverpool can’t win.[Read More…]
Brazilian legend Ronaldinho and former Argentina international Juan Roman Riquelme have reportedly offered to come out of retirement to play for South American club Chapecoense, which was devastated when the plane carrying their first-team squad to Colombia for the Copa Sudamerica final crashed on Tuesday. Some reports have suggested Ronaldinho,[Read More…]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial scored twice each to help Manchester United ease into the League Cup semi-finals with a 4-1 home victory over West Ham United on Wednesday as Arsenal suffered a 2-0 home defeat by Southampton. Martial netted twice in the second half to take the tie at[Read More…]
It was a night to remember for teenager Ben Woodburn. The 17-year-old eclipsed Michael Owen as Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer as the Reds edged past Championship side Leeds United in the EFL Cup quarter-finals at Anfield. The Premier League hosts huffed and puffed before Divock Origi stole behind the Leeds defence[Read More…]
Chelsea remained top of the table after coming from behind at Stamford Bridge to inflict Tottenham’s first Premier League defeat this season. Spurs looked on course to recover from their midweek Champions League exit when Christian Eriksen’s superb 11th minute strike put them in front. Mauricio Pochettino’s side were completely[Read More…]
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard on Thursday announced his retirement from all form of professional football after an illustrious 19-year old career. Gerrard, 36, played 710 times for the Reds, winning eight major trophies, but joined MLS side LA Galaxy in 2015. He is England’s fourth most-capped player with 114 appearances[Read More…]
Gareth Southgate has been offered the England manager’s job and could be confirmed in the role as early as Monday, according to British newspaper reports on Thursday. Southgate, who recently completed a four-game stint as interim manager, was interviewed by a five-man panel at the St George’s Park national football[Read More…]
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that he needs more time to build a team that can emulate the dominance in English football that former manager Alex Ferguson achieved during his time at the club. Mourinho took over from former manager Louis van Gaal last May and has seen[Read More…]