Indian football

Indian football: AIFF To Launch Multi-continental Champions Cup In August

 April 3, 2017   kridangan

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All India Football Federation (AIFF) plans to introduce a new invitational multi-continental Champions Cup competition in August 2017. The newly proposed Champions Cup will be an annual affair played between four Countries, starting 2017. The Champions Cup may possibly see participation from an Asian, African and a North American Country in addition to hosts India. AIFF […]

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Bastian Schweinsteiger to join Chicago Fire

Bastian Schweinsteiger to join Chicago Fire

 March 22, 2017   kridangan

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The 32 year old German football iconic player Bastian Schweinsteiger will head to the United States of America to play in Major League Soccer (MLS) for Chicago Fire after an unhappy stint at Manchester United under Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho. Schweinsteiger played his entire club career with German giant Bayern Munich before joining Manchester United […]

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Champions League quarter-final draw 2017

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2017 QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURE SCHEDULE AND DATES RELEASED

 March 17, 2017   kridangan

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Champions League quarter-final draw: Atlético Madrid v Leicester City; Borussia Dortmund v Monaco; Bayern Munich v Real Madrid; Juventus v Barcelona. as the draw for the last eight of the competition was made in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday. Quarterfinal first legs will be played on 11-12 April while second legs will take place on 18-19 April. Atletico Madrid vs. Leicester […]

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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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Barcelona have passed from success

Barcelona have passed from success to failure in just few days

 March 13, 2017   kridangan

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It seemed impossible that Barcelona would lose a single game for the rest of the season of Laliga. A feeling of being invulnerable, went away at Estadio Riazor against a Deportivo La Coruna side that won by control, intensity, and attention to detail. Shock defeats brings leaders back down to earth as they lost 2-1 […]

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UEFA Champions League First-Leg Round-16 Games Produce Intriguing Results

UEFA Champions League First-Leg Round-16 Games Produce Intriguing Results

 February 25, 2017   R K Gupta

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Over four days on February 15, 16, 22 & 23; six out of eight teams forked out a minimum of 2-goal lead over their rivals in first-leg Round-16 games and therefore placed themselves in advantageous positions going into the second-leg beginning on March 8, 2017.  In opening matches, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid […]

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MESSI COMES Barcelona

MESSI COMES TO RESCUE AGAIN FOR BARCELONA

 February 21, 2017   Abhishek Das

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It was the 89th minute and it could have been the end; 63,378 people watched, minus those who’d already departed depressed – and there were plenty of them – as he stood alone before them. Standing before him, meanwhile, was Iago Herrerín; Iago Herrerín and disaster. But there were no nerves, just annoyance, and there […]

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Champions League Round-of-16 Action Begins This Week With 1st-leg Games for 8 Teams

 February 15, 2017   R K Gupta

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On Wednesday and Thursday, 8 out of 16 qualified teams will play their first-leg Round-16 games in the UEFA Champions League. In the first match at Lisbon, the home side Benefica will face the German Club Borussia Dortmund. There has been a drop in Dortmund’s form since December and they have won only two of […]

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Vidal injury mars Barca

Vidal injury mars Barça celebration over Alaves win

 February 13, 2017   Abhishek Das

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A potentially-serious injury to Aleix Vidal marred Barcelona’s 6-0 demolition of Alaves and the Catalans moving top of La Liga for at least a few hours. Gerard Pique joined Arda Turan and Javier Mascherano on the sidelines with an injury, having not trained since his half-time substitution against Atletico Madrid midweek. Alaves, for their part, went […]

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top spot in La Liga

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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