Barcelona vs Leicester City- As it happened

Barcelona vs Leicester City- As it happened

 August 6, 2016   Abhishek Das

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One of the games to look out for the pre-season, the champions of England and Spain went head to head in what at times looked like a one-sided affair. However, Leicester City showed commendable resolve to go toe-to-toe with Barcelona in the International Champions Cup after going down 3-0, though the club eventually fell to a 4-2 […]

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De Rossi looking for a final push for club trophy

De Rossi looking for a final push for club trophy

 August 2, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Legendary midfielder Daniele De Rossi is determined to bring success to Roma in what could be his final season with his boyhood club. De Rossi has only played for Roma in his 15-year professional club career, racking up over 500 appearances in all competitions, but he has just two Coppa Italia titles to show for […]

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Record Breaker Messi

Record Breaker Messi guides Argentina to a third consecutive final

 June 23, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Tough losses are a fact of life in sports, and sometimes the biggest failures provide the most insightful lessons. The United States’ systematic 4-0 demolition by Argentina on Tuesday night was not one of those defeats. It’s hard to overstate how poor the Americans were in this Copa America semi-final, how big the egg they […]

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Messi

Messi inspired Argentina bulldoze past Venezuela

 June 19, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Lionel Messi scored one and created two in his first Copa America Centenario start to lead Argentina to a 4-1 win over Venezuela – and into a semi-final against the United States. Messi’s goal after an hour gave Argentina a 3-0 lead and was his 54th for the national team, equalling the record set by Gabriel Batistuta. The […]

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Ronaldo

EURO 2016: Portugal on the brink after Ronaldo penalty miss

 June 19, 2016   Abhishek Das

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The movie-star grin Cristiano Ronaldo had worn throughout became a grimace after 80 minutes when the Portugal captain smacked a penalty he had just won against Austria’s right-hand post and to safety. A later headed finish chalked off for offside emphasised this was not his night and this second successive draw leaves Portugal with only two points […]

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Barcelona transfer news

Barcelona transfer news: Samuel Umtiti would sign a five-year contract with Barcelona FC

 June 19, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Samuel Umtiti has reportedly agreed a five-year contract with Barcelona as the club hope to sign the Lyon defender for no more than €25m. According to Mundo Deportivo, Umtiti will put pen to paper until 2021 once he returns from Euro 2016 duty for France and is awaiting news of a done-deal from his brother-agent […]

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Unstoppable Suárez

Unstoppable Suárez guides Barça to La Liga win

 May 20, 2016   Abhishek Das

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It’s been a long time since anybody at Barça came close to replicating Messi’s contribution purely in terms of goals and assists. Even on an European level, only Cristiano Ronaldo competed against Messi and it seemed it would be forever before anybody came to gatecrash their party. And in came Luis Suárez. Born in Uruguay […]

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Barca transfer news

Barca transfer news: Latest transfer rumours

 May 15, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Barcelona are officially champions of Spain this season by beating Granada 3-0 courtesy of a hattrick from the man-in-form Luis Suárez. With this victory Barça edged out as the winners with a one point lead over rivals Real Madrid thereby resulting in another Matchday laced with uncertainties. Away from all these are talks of a […]

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Sunderland 2016

Sunderland survive, Newcastle, Norwich relegated in EPL

 May 14, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Sunderland secured their English Premier League place and relegated Norwich and Newcastle United after beating Everton 3-0 at home. Patrick van Aaanholt scored with a 25-metre free-kick and added two more to give Sunderland an insurmountable four point lead over both Newcastle and Norwich with just one game left to play on Wednesday. Sunderland’s survival […]

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Vijender

Vijender confident ahead of sixth pro fight

 May 14, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh on Thursday hit the weight at the weigh-in ahead of Friday’s show-down with Andrzej Soldra of Poland at the Macron Stadium here. The red-hot super middleweight ace who took bronze at the 2008 Olympic games, has made an explosive start to his professional career by blowing away his past five […]

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