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  Valencia beats lowly Granada 4-0 in Spanish league

  April 28, 2015 15:01 IST

  Valencia, Spain: Two goals in each half gave Valencia a 4-0 win over relegation-threatened Granada in the Spanish league on Monday.Granada had managed to slow the host's pace in the first half until Javier Fuego

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  AIFF suspends three players for misconduct

  April 27, 2015 20:10 IST

  New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) today suspended three players for misconduct. The AIFF disciplinary committee slapped suspension on Dempo SC's Sheikh Jewel Raja and Prabir Das and Mohun Bagan striker Balwant Singh for

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  Madrid wins 4-2 thriller at Celta to stay in title hunt

  April 27, 2015 19:16 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain (AP):   Javier Hernandez scored twice as Real Madrid fought back for a thrilling 4-2 win at Celta Vigo on Sunday to keep the pressure on Spanish league leader Barcelona.Four days after Hernandez's

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  Bayern Munich clinches Bundesliga title

  April 27, 2015 19:07 IST

  BERLIN (AP):   Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title with four games to spare Sunday, thanks to a little help from traditional rival Borussia Moenchengladbach.'Gladbach forward Max Kruse scored in the last minute to inflict

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  Juventus beaten 2-1 by Torino in derby marred by violence

  April 27, 2015 18:45 IST

  ROME (AP):  Juventus was prevented from clinching a fourth consecutive Serie A title with a 2-1 loss at Torino on Sunday in a derby marred by fan violence.After Andrea Pirlo put Juventus ahead with a

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  Bayern wins Bundesliga; Chelsea close to EPL title

  April 28, 2015 16:03 IST

  Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title for the 25th time with four games to spare Sunday, while Chelsea took a step closer to winning the Premier league after nullifying Arsenal's threat in a gritty 0-0

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  United will win title within two years: Van Gaal

  April 27, 2015 17:12 IST

  Manchester:  English football club Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Sunday said he is confident that he will guide the team to the Premier League title before his contract expires in 2017. The 63-year-old signed

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  India Under-14 girl footballers return from earthquake-hit Nepal

  April 26, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi: After a scary ordeal that lasted more than a day in quake-hit Nepal, the 23-member Indian Under-14 football team returned to the country safely on board an Indian Air Force aircraft here today.Eighteen

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  Manchester United will win title within two years: Louis van Gaal

  April 26, 2015 18:08 IST

  Manchester: English football club Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Sunday said he is confident that he will guide the team to the Premier League title before his contract expires in 2017.The 63-year-old signed

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  India's U-14 girls soccer team stuck in Nepal due to earthquake

  April 26, 2015 0:04 IST

  New Delhi: Eighteen members of India's Under-14 girls football team find themselves stuck in Nepal following a massive earthquake, amid anxious wait that the rescue team sent from their home country will fly them out

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  La Liga: Neymar, Lionel Messi score in Barcelona's 2-0 win at Espanyol

  April 25, 2015 22:57 IST

  BARCELONA,Spain: Lionel Messi helped to set up Neymar's opener before scoring one himself to lead 10-man Barcelona to a 2-0 win at Espanyol, provisionally increasing its lead of the Spanish league on Saturday.Luis Suarez, the

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  Messi, Suarez among other Barcelona players to undergo dope tests

  April 24, 2015 22:20 IST

  Sant Joan Despi (Spain):  A list of 10 players from Spanish football club FC Barcelona including Argentine striker Lionel Messi and Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez underwent drug tests on Friday conducted by European football's governing

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  Barcelona to meet Bayern, Juventus gets Madrid in semifinals

  April 24, 2015 19:02 IST

  Nyon, Switzerland: In a pairing of coach Pep Guardiola's past and present teams, Barcelona will play Bayern Munich in the Champions League semifinals.Guardiola, who won two Champions League titles during four trophy-filled years at Barcelona,

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  Only God can explain Brazil's World Cup disaster: Pele

  April 24, 2015 16:59 IST

  London: Brazil football legend Pele on Friday said that "only God can explain" how Brazil were beaten so brutally by Germany in last summer's World Cup semi-final.Without Neymar and Thiago Silva, the tournament hosts were

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  Possible reunions add interest to Champions League draw

  April 23, 2015 20:02 IST

  Geneva: The semifinal draw for the Champions League could bring together some old friends and some old foes.Every potential pairing in Friday's draw is loaded with history, and titles. Defending champion Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern

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  Bayern can seal Bundesliga title with 4 matches to spare

  April 23, 2015 16:22 IST

  Frankfurt, Germany: Bayern Munich can seal its 25th Bundesliga title with four matches to spare with some outside help this weekend.If Bayern beats Hertha Berlin at home on Saturday and Wolfsburg fails to win at

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  Barcelona, Madrid face tough away games in Spanish league

  April 23, 2015 16:19 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Having booked their spots in the Champions League semifinals, Barcelona and Real Madrid now face tough away fixtures in the Spanish league this weekend with just two points separating the title rivals as

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  Arsenal looks to delay Chelsea's title coronation

  April 23, 2015 16:15 IST

  Manchester, England: With Chelsea holding a 10-point lead in the Premier League with six games left, it's surely no longer a question of whether the team will win the title.To many, it's about when it

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  Hernandez goal puts Real Madrid into Champions League semis

  April 23, 2015 16:11 IST

  Madrid: A late goal by Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez gave Real Madrid a tense 1-0 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid and a place in the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday.After the first leg of their quarterfinal

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  Juventus rounds out mouthwatering final four in Champions League

  April 23, 2015 16:08 IST

  Monaco: Juventus and Italian football are back among the elite of the elite in Europe.The so-called 'Old Lady' of Turin, looking not old at all, ground out a 0-0 draw with Monaco on Wednesday to

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  UEFA charges Bayern coach Guardiola over T-shirt statement

  April 22, 2015 22:57 IST

  Nyon, Switzerland: Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has been charged by UEFA after he wore a T-shirt to a Champions League news conference that supported a campaign to investigate the death of a journalist at

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  Bayern routs Porto 6-1 to reach Champions League semifinals

  April 22, 2015 15:52 IST

  Munich: Bayern Munich outclassed Porto 6-1 on Tuesday to reach its fourth consecutive Champions League semifinal and give coach Pep Guardiola an emphatic victory in his 100th match in charge of the German powerhouse.Robert Lewandowski

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  Neymar nets 2 as Barca beats PSG 2-0 to reach CL semifinals

  April 22, 2015 15:49 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Neymar scored two goals as Barcelona beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on Tuesday to seal its return to the Champions League semifinals, joining Europe's elite four teams for the seventh time in eight seasons.Neymar

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  Juventus ready to end Italy's Champions League semis drought

  April 21, 2015 23:13 IST

  On Monaco's sun-kissed shores, Juventus can prove Italian football isn't on its deathbed.The first decade of this millennium was one of Italian glory. Between them, Milan's teams — AC and Inter — won the Champions

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  AIFF brings Germany onboard for

  April 21, 2015 21:14 IST

  Margao: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) entered into a partnership with DFB (German Football Association) aimed at technical collaboration here on Tuesday.AIFF general secretary Kushal Das signed the agreement with Markus Weidner, director, coach

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  Injury-hit Madrid hosts Atletico in Champions League

  April 21, 2015 16:58 IST

  Madrid: If beating Atletico Madrid wasn't hard enough for Real Madrid, the defending champions must now find a way to better their crosstown rivals in the Champions League without four of their most important players.A

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  Lionel Messi can play for Barcelona till his retirement, says club President

  April 21, 2015 16:38 IST

  Barcelona: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu on Tuesday said he would like star player Lionel Messi to play for the club until his retirement.The Argentine has been at the club since he was 13, making

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  Pune take on Bengaluru in I-League

  April 20, 2015 19:44 IST

  Pune: Coach Ashley Westwood expects nothing short of a game at full throttle when his team Bengaluru FC take on Pune FC at the Balewadi Stadium here Tuesday in an I-League football match.Sitting fourth on