Sports / Football

West Brom sack Anelka for gross misconduct 16 Mar 2014 - 09:20 am

LONDON: West Bromwich Albion have given French striker Nicolas Anelka notice they are terminating his contract for gross misconduct, the Premier League club...

Celebration time for QNB Cup winners Qatar Sports Club 16 Mar 2014 - 09:19 am

Qatar SC’s Adriano Ferreira Martins (left) and Al Sadd SC’s Abdelkerem Hassan vie for the ball possession during their QNB Cup final match...

Qatar SC edge Al Sadd 3-2 to clinch QNB Cup victory 16 Mar 2014 - 04:23 am

Salem Al Naimi, Assistant General Manager, Corporate Relations at Qatar National Bank Group handing over the winner’s cup to Qatar SC at Al...

Can Qatar SC stop Al Sadd in the QNB Cup final today? 15 Mar 2014 - 03:14 am

Qatar SC coach Sebastiao Lazaroni during a news conference. BELOW: Al Sadd coach takes a question during a separate press conference. INSET: The...

Lekhwiya pay the penalty 13 Mar 2014 - 01:54 am

UAE’s Al Ahli player Grafite Ismail Al Hammadi (right) challenges Qatar’s Al Sadd’s Khalfan Ibrahim (centre) for the ball during their AFC Champions...

Barca, PSG reach quarter-finals 13 Mar 2014 - 01:54 am

PSG’s French defender Lucas Digne (right) vies for the ball with Leverkusen’s midfielder Sidney Sam during the UEFA Champions League last 16 second-leg...

Bayern and Atletico reach Champions League last 8 13 Mar 2014 - 01:50 am

Arsenal’s Polish-born German striker Lukas Podolski (left) vies for the ball with Bayern Munich’s defender Philipp Lahm during the UEFA Champions League, last...

Ghana police probe death of beaten football referee 13 Mar 2014 - 01:47 am

Bayern Munich’s Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates with Arjen Robben (left) after scoring a goal against Arsenal. ACCRA: Police in Ghana have launched an investigation...

Indian sports charity behind Olympic medallists closes 13 Mar 2014 - 01:25 am

NEW DELHI: A sports charity set up by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal that helped produce India’s only individual Olympic gold medallist has shut...

Wenger slams Robben as Arsenal exit Europe 13 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

MUNICH: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blamed Wojciech Szczesny’s first-leg red card for the Gunners’ Champions League last 16 exit and slammed Arjen Robben...

‘Very happy’ Lippi says no chance of China job 13 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

YOKOHAMA, Japan: World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi has dismissed the possibility of one day coaching China’s national team after signing a new deal...

Atletico Madrid thump AC Milan 12 Mar 2014 - 03:07 am

Atletico Madrid’s forward Diego da Silva Costa jumps to score during the Uefa Champions League quarter-finals second leg football match against AC Milan...

Crisis-hit Barca in need of boost 12 Mar 2014 - 12:28 am

Barcelona’s players train at the Sports Center FC Barcelona Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona yesterday, on the eve of the...

AFC Champions League: Al Rayyan, El Jaish win 12 Mar 2014 - 12:13 am

Kalu Uche of Qatar’s Al Rayyan celebrates after scoring a goal against Iran’s Esteghlal during their AFC Championship League match yesterday. RIGHT: Uche...

$100,000 bonus offer for Nigerian World Cup players 11 Mar 2014 - 11:57 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria’s footballers could earn more than $100,000 each if they become the first African team to win the World Cup this year....

Reed captures Cadillac title 11 Mar 2014 - 12:11 am

Patrick Reed watches his tee shot on the 16th hole during the final round of the World Golf Cadillac Championship at National Doral...

McCoist breathes easy after Rangers escape 10 Mar 2014 - 11:57 pm

Japan’s midfielder Homare Sawa (right) vies with Sweden’s midfielder Caroline Seger during the Algarve Cup football match at Algarve Stadium in Faro yesterday....

Spurs boss Sherwood fearful for future 10 Mar 2014 - 11:55 pm

Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (right) shakes hands with Tottenham Hotspur’s English manager Tim Sherwood during the English Premier League at Stamford Bridge...