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Leicester right at home on Champions League bow 15 Sep 2016 - 09:02 am

Paris: The Leicester City fairytale has another chapter after they eased to a 3-0 away win in their Champions League debut on Wednesday,...

Slovenia's Ceferin elected as UEFA president 14 Sep 2016 - 12:41 pm

ATHENS: Slovenian football boss Aleksander Ceferin was elected as the new head of European soccer's governing body UEFA at an extraordinary Congress on...

Platini says he has done nothing wrong in UEFA farewell speech 14 Sep 2016 - 10:52 am

ATHENS: Disgraced former UEFA president Michel Platini insisted he had done nothing wrong and said his conscience was clear as he gave a...

Barca's MSN sinks Celtic, deluge washes out City 14 Sep 2016 - 09:34 am

Paris: Barcelona's lethal MSN -- Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar -- dissected Celtic 7-0 while a deluge washed out Pep Guardiola's eagerly...

Klitschko eager for revenge over 'invisible' Fury 12 Sep 2016 - 06:55 pm

London: Wladimir Klitschko said he was content to bide his time and wait for "revenge" over Tyson Fury after the world heavyweight champion...

Manchester United earn more than £500m in a year 12 Sep 2016 - 04:15 pm

London: Manchester United became the first British football club to earn more than half a billion pounds in a single year after announcing...

Rashford will be Man Utd star: Ibrahimovic 11 Sep 2016 - 05:38 pm

London: Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has predicted that his teenage team-mate Marcus Rashford will one day "take over everything", in comments broadcast...

Wawrinka eyes another Djokovic Grand Slam hammer blow 11 Sep 2016 - 03:05 pm

New York: Stan Wawrinka will summon the spirit of his epic Grand Slam battles with Novak Djokovic in a bid to sweep past...

Barcelona beaten at home, Real hammer Osasuna 11 Sep 2016 - 03:02 pm

By Rik Sharma MADRID: Promoted Alaves dealt champions Barcelona a shock 2-1 defeat at the Nou Camp on Saturday while Cristiano Ronaldo returned...

Luis Enrique takes blame for shock Barca loss 11 Sep 2016 - 02:59 pm

Barcelona: Barca boss Luis Enrique admitted he must take responsibility for the Spanish champions' shock home defeat to newly promoted Alaves after starting...

Qatar’s Barshim finishes second in Diamond Race 11 Sep 2016 - 01:21 pm

DOHA/Brussels: Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim culminated a brilliant season by grabbing second position at the Diamond League Race after finishing runner-up in the...

Qatar Arc Trials: Chantilly set for top class action 11 Sep 2016 - 01:18 pm

Chantilly: The world’s most amazing thoroughbreds will be in action in the Qatar Arc Trials for the very first time at Chantilly racecourse...

Fighting blind: Paralympians take on judo -- and disability 11 Sep 2016 - 11:41 am

Rio de Janeiro: Being in a fight with an invisible attacker may sound like a nightmare. Christella Garcia, a medal-winning, blind Paralympian judoka,...

Angelique Kerber clinches first US Open title 11 Sep 2016 - 10:36 am

NEW YORK: Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday put the crowning touch of her newly-acquired world's No. 1 ranking by winning her first U.S....

Djokovic, sick-note Serb to Grand Slam king 10 Sep 2016 - 08:43 pm

New York: Novak Djokovic was once the sick-note Serb whose undoubted promise was at the mercy of a variety of frustrating aches, pains...

Pundits reaction to Manchester derby 10 Sep 2016 - 05:01 pm

London: Pick of five reactions from former football stars after the Manchester Derby on Saturday which Manchester City won 2-1: Graeme Souness on...

First blood to Guardiola as De Bruyne inspires City 10 Sep 2016 - 04:39 pm

Pep Guardiola drew first blood in his renewed managerial duel with Jose Mourinho as Manchester City deservedly won an absorbing Premier League derby...

Portugal back Ceferin for UEFA presidency 10 Sep 2016 - 03:24 pm

Lisbon: The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) on Saturday gave public backing to Slovenia's Aleksander Ceferin to become the new UEFA president. After the...