Sports / Football

2022 World Cup host Qatar to back home-grown talent 09 Apr 2014 - 12:29 am

Qatar football squad members warm-up before their training session in this file photo take in Doha in June 2013. Qatar have never qualified...

QFA applauds referees for their hard work 09 Apr 2014 - 12:26 am

Qatar referee Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Al Jassim who officiated in the final of the Cargills FA Cup played on February 22 in Colombo. ...

Dortmund pray for League miracle 08 Apr 2014 - 01:28 am

Dortmund’s striker Marco Reus (third right) warms up during a training session in Brackel, western Germany, yesterday. DORTMUND, Germany: Borussia Dortmund insist they...

Chelsea seek Napoli repeat 08 Apr 2014 - 01:27 am

Chelsea’s Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic kicks a ball during a training session at Cobham, Southwest of London, yesterday. LONDON: Chelsea will hope to...

Champions League training session 08 Apr 2014 - 01:21 am

Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Iker Casillas (left) and Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo warm up during a training session at the Dortmund Stadium, western Germany,...

Bayern determined to put defeat behind them 08 Apr 2014 - 01:21 am

From left: Bayern Munich’s Daniel van Buyten, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Javier Martinez and Mario Mandzukic react after their German first division Bundesliga soccer match...

Llorente brace helps Juventus regain eight-point lead 08 Apr 2014 - 01:16 am

Juventus’ Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez (centre) vies for the ball with Livorno’s Argentinian defender Nahuel Valentini (right) during their Italian Serie A football...

Too late to finish World Cup airports, say experts 08 Apr 2014 - 01:14 am

Planes parked behind the site of delayed construction of a new terminal that is supposed to help with increased traffic during the 2014...

Liverpool back on top; Everton down Arsenal 07 Apr 2014 - 01:25 am

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (right), celebrates his second penalty with team-mate Lucas during their English Premier League soccer match against West Ham United at...

QFA inks deal with ASPETAR 07 Apr 2014 - 01:24 am

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani (left), President of QFA, and Dr Khalifa Jeham AlKuwari, Director General of ASPETAR exchanging the...

Pellegrini glad City’s fate in own hands 07 Apr 2014 - 01:23 am

MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said his side were in charge of their own destiny after a 4-1 win at home to...

Chelsea grab Euro boost with return to top in EPL 06 Apr 2014 - 12:45 am

Midfielder Frank Lampard celebrates after scoring Chelsea’s second goal from a rebound after Stoke City’s Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic saved Lampard’s penalty during...

Bayern suffer first league defeat in 54 matches! 06 Apr 2014 - 12:44 am

Al Wakra players celebrate one of their goals against Al Ahli during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match at Al Wakra Stadium yesterday....

Atletico, Barca maintain title push with wins 06 Apr 2014 - 12:43 am

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates his goal against Betis during their La Liga match at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona yesterday. MADRID: Barcelona remain...

EPL: Mourinho aims to revive ailing Chelsea 05 Apr 2014 - 02:25 am

Former French football star Christian Karembeu poses with the FIFA World Cup trophy during a ‘Trophy Tour’ in Seoul yesterday. The trophy arrived...

Mourinho left with regrets as Chelsea lose in Paris 04 Apr 2014 - 05:44 am

Real Madrid’s Protuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg match against Borussia Dortmund at Santiago...

Ibra out for at least four weeks, says PSG president 04 Apr 2014 - 05:43 am

Paris St Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahomovic (bottom) is comforted by team mates as he lies on the pitch during their Champions League quarter-final first...

Barca transfer plans remain intact 04 Apr 2014 - 05:42 am

MADRID: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has described the one-year transfer ban on signing players handed down on the club as a “grave...