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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The Magic of World Cup Football

The Magic of World Cup Football

 December 23, 2017   R K Gupta

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Inarguably, 2108 FIFA World Cup in Russia is the next big global sporting event. And yet again, there can be no argument on football’s field participation, general interest, commercial advantage and viewership. It is quite simply the world’s most popular game and it would be impossible to find an individual, who can claim to have […]

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Get Ready to Rock and Roll, FIFA U-17 World Cup Is Here!

 October 8, 2017   Arunesh Varade

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After being awarded the hosting rights in 2013, the time is finally here. Yes, the FIFA U-17 World Cup is all set to be staged in India. The moment which every football fan in India ever dreamed of is going to realize tomorrow. This biennial tournament will see 24 teams battling it out from 6th to 28th […]

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EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL PREVIEW

 May 24, 2017   Swapnil Pandey

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Manchester United can book a place in next season’s Champions League by lifting the Europa League trophy(the only silverware missing in United’s trophy cabinet) in the big clash against Ajax in Stockholm. United finished their Premier League campaign in sixth place, in the other hand the Dutch side finished their campaign in second position. Jose Mourinho side will […]

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united

United’s unbeaten run has come to an end at Emirates Stadium

 May 8, 2017   Swapnil Pandey

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At last the “The Specialist in failure” got one over the “Special One”. The deflected effort from Xhaka gave Gunners the lead.  Furthermore, they multiplied their lead three minutes after the fact when Danny Welbeck headed home against his previous club after a pinpoint cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. The combine have persevered through a bad […]

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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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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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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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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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