Tag: Soccer

With electoral upsets having become the norm, the latest upheaval that last week swept aside the long-standing president of Fenerbahce SC, the political crown jewel of Turkish soccer, has taken ...

FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday that world football must "respect" Africa, a bastion of support for the veteran sports powerbroker as he seeks a new term. Blatter sent his ...

Dhaka, SANA – Syria’s Olympic football team has qualified for the finals of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup to be held next January in Qatar after achieving a third win ...

The Netherlands and Italy needed late equalisers to earn draws in Euro 2016 qualifying on Saturday, while Gareth Bale inspired Wales to a fine win in Israel that left them ...

The New York Cosmos will play Cuba in a "historic" football friendly on June 2 in Havana, the US team said Monday, hoping to break down decades-old political barriers through ...

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti admitted he is at a loss to explain the European champions dramatic slump in form as they sneaked into the quarter-finals of the Champions League ...

A Hong Kong company announced Tuesday plans to buy French football club FC Sochaux-Montbeliard for seven million euros ($7.89 mn), as an increasing number of Chinese businessmen expand into the ...

As Bayern Munich steam towards an inevitable 25th German league title, Pep Guardiola wants a return to "tiki-taka" football in the Bavarian giants' assault on the much-coveted Champions League title. ...

Climbers in Chile's Andes say they have found the wreckage of a missing plane that disappeared more than half a century ago with a team of soccer stars on board. ...

Former champions Zambia must defeat Cape Verde on Monday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals in Equatorial Guinea. A win for the ...