World Champions Germany back on track to defend their title

 September 5, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Germany made a winning start to the defence of their World Cup crown, cruising to a dominant 3-0 qualifying victory over Norway on Sunday with the help of a Thomas Muller brace. Having fallen short at Euro 2016, where they lost to hosts France in the semi-finals, Joachim Low’s men set out with purpose to retain […]

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Messiah saves Argentina again in WC Qualifiers

Messiah saves Argentina again in WC Qualifiers against Uruguay

 September 3, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Lionel Messi scored on his return from international retirement as Argentina beat Uruguay 1-0 to go top of the South American World Cup qualifying group. The Barcelona forward decided to stop playing for his country in June, but reversed the decision two months later. “Lio: Thanks for so much, sorry for so little” read a banner hanging from the […]

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Tottenham holds on to a draw against a new look Liverpool

Tottenham holds on to a draw against a new look Liverpool

 August 29, 2016   Vignesh Aravind

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Liverpool’s dismal performance continued as they played out a tame draw against Tottenham. Klopp’s tactic were exploited by their opponents as liverpool’s defence looked much thinner on paper. He started off with a formation 4-3-3 which turned out to be ineffective. It also turned out to be one of the days where even a brilliant […]

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Consolidates after a Dream Debut for Manchester United

 August 27, 2016   R K Gupta

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Jose Mourinho must be a happy man. As the new ringmaster at Old Trafford, he has won three openers for Manchester United. The first was the Community Shield final against Leicester at Wembley on August 7 and then the first two matches in the new season of the English Premier League against Bournemouth and Southampton. […]

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Special to face Barcelona again

Special to face Barcelona again

 August 27, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Pep Guardiola says it will always be special to return to Barcelona after Manchester City were drawn in the same Champions League group as the Spanish giants. Guardiola admits he has a unique bond with the club he joined as a 13-year-old before breaking into the first team six years later and going onto win six La […]

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Griezmann more deserving the Cristiano, says Simeone

 August 27, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone says Antoine Griezmann was the best player in Europe last season, not Cristiano Ronaldo. According to the Argentine coach, his attacker enjoyed a better season than the Euro 2016 winner, who relied upon “the collective giving power to the individual” Ronaldo claimed UEFA’s Best Player prize ahead of Griezmann and […]

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Arsenal legends

Legendary match on the cards

 August 24, 2016   Abhishek Das

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Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Robert Pires are set to take part in a charity match against a star-studded Milan side on 3 September. The two footballing greats will field several past stars of the game between them at the Emirates Stadium, with all proceeds from the affair to go to the Arsenal […]

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Neymar delivers Brazil a much-needed ego boost with Olympic gold medal

Neymar delivers Brazil a much-needed ego boost with Olympic gold medal

 August 21, 2016   Abhishek Das

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During events at the Rio Olympics, when Argentina were in action, the locals enjoyed themselves by counting up to 23 – rubbing in the fact that it’s been 23 years since the Argentine football team won a senior title. The fans’ action was both an acknowledgement of the primacy of football in Brazilian sporting culture […]

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Barca send out a warning for their rivals from Day 1

 August 21, 2016   Abhishek Das

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An all new season but the same old Barça led by the new 29-year old blonde Messi. And apparently with some cunning summer signings, the team looks solid on paper and dished out a eye-catching performance even with stars like Iniesta, Mascherano and Jeremy Mathieu out injured. Captain Messi endured a difficult summer with Argentina, […]

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Brazil Win Their First Olympic Men’s Football Gold Germans Take the Honor among Women

 August 21, 2016   R K Gupta

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Maracana became a sea of endless celebrations when Neymar scored from the last spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out. The Brazilians rejoiced on the historic occasion as their nation snatched the men’s football gold in a 5-4 shoot-out result against Germany, after a 1-1 draw in regulation and extra time. History was in the making anyway […]

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