European champions Portugal

Football: Portugal donate half of Euro 2020 qualifying prize money

 April 14, 2020   kridangan

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European champions Portugal will donate half of their prize money for qualifying for the now-postponed Euro 2020 championships to support amateur football amid the coronavirus outbreak, the team said on Monday. A statement from the Portuguese Federation later confirmed: “In this spirit of camaraderie between professional and non-professional football, we have decided, as a team, […]

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real madrid winner

GLORY FOR REAL MADRID

 June 4, 2017   Swapnil Pandey

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A Zidane Zidane inspired Real Madrid became the first Club in the history to win the trophy in consecutive years. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring at Millennium, with Juventus drawing level through a splendid strike from Mario Mandzukic before Casimiro edged Madrid in front through a deflected effort and the Portuguese skipper scored his second goal then […]

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TALKING POINT OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL

TALKING POINT OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL 2nd LEG

 May 11, 2017   Swapnil Pandey

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1. Barcelona made a wrong decision of releasing Dani Alves for free. Dani Alves played a major role when Barcelona beat Juventus 3-1 in 2015 Champions League final before leaving under caustic conditions the previous summer for Turin. The former Barcelona wingback has been phenomenal this season especially in European Competition, becoming Old Lady’s most influential […]

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS

TALKING POINTS OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS

 May 4, 2017   Swapnil Pandey

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After the exciting quarter finals round of champions league. This week first leg of Champion league semi finals dominated by Real Madrid & Juventus. Looks like Zedane dream will become true as Zidane wants Real Madrid-Juventus Final. Here we have talking points from first leg of Champions league Semi-finals. 1. Ronaldo- The Ultimate Goal Machine Cristiano Ronaldo […]

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Real Madrid reclaim top spot in LaLiga

Real Madrid reclaim top spot in LaLiga

 March 13, 2017   kridangan

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Real Madrid coming back in the final minutes to win the game against Real Betis and take the three points Real Madrid’s win puts them two points ahead of Barcelona, who lost 2-1 at Deportivo earlier on Sunday. Real Betis took early lead in the match but Cristiano Ronaldo headed Madrid level from a Marcelo […]

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Real Madrid retain top spot in La Liga

 February 13, 2017   Abhishek Das

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Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over Osasuna on Saturday, but it was overshadowed by another terrible ankle injury. Madrid lined up in a 3-4-1-2 formation with Isco in the hole against Osasuna, in what was their first game in two weeks due to bad weather at Celta Vigo last […]

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Cristiano Ronaldo Wins 2016 Ballon d’Or But the Best Footballer Award is Mired in Politics

 December 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten Lionel Messi for the 2016 Ballon d’Or. However, the general feeling points to the Ballon d’Or getting more and more controversial. The original Ballon d’Or, came into existence in 1956 and its ambit was restricted to just the European Footballers until 1995. The publishers of the bi-monthly France […]

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Oh! El Clasico!! Biggest Match in World Football Coming up at Camp Nou

 December 3, 2016   R K Gupta

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For a variety of reasons, El Clasico games between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have always remained the biggest and most awaited fixtures on the world football calendar. This rivalry has a 114-year old history, wrought with political overtones. Barcelona and Madrid are Spain’s two biggest cities divided on political lines from ages. While Real […]

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Greatest Footballers

Top 10 Greatest Footballers of all Time

 October 29, 2016   Abhishek Das

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This list cannot be just trimmed down to 10 men as it would be injustice for some of the best players in history to miss out. But there has to be only 10 and so there is a mention for some of the stars to have just missed out on the list. Honourable Mentions: Bobby […]

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Alternating fortunes for the clubs from the Capital

 October 3, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Real Madrid surrendered top spot in La Liga as they failed to win for a fourth consecutive game in a 1-1 draw at home to Basque minnows Eibar on Sunday. Atletico Madrid now lead their city rivals on goal difference at the top of the table despite missing two penalties as Antoine Griezmann and Kevin […]

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