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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

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  Eight members of football fan club shot dead in Brazil

  April 20, 2015 10:46 IST

  Sao Paulo: Armed men gunned down eight members of a fan club of the popular Brazilian football team Corinthians, though police on Sunday ruled out linking the murders to a fight between the supporters of

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  Aston Villa beats Liverpool 2-1 to reach FA Cup final

  April 19, 2015 23:18 IST

  London: Aston Villa came from behind to beat Liverpool 2-1 in the semifinals of the FA Cup on Sunday to clinch a title match next month against Arsenal.Though fighting to stay up in the Premier

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  Manchester City beats West Ham 2-0; Silva hospitalized

  April 19, 2015 20:58 IST

  Manchester, England: A bizarre own goal from West Ham's James Collins helped Manchester City back to winning ways in the Premier League but its 2-0 victory on Sunday was overshadowed by a head injury to

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  Arsenal returns to FA Cup final with 2-1 win over Reading

  April 19, 2015 16:16 IST

  London: Alexis Sanchez sent Arsenal back into the FA Cup final, scoring his second goal of the semifinal in extra time Saturday to secure a 2-1 win over Reading at Wembley.Sanchez decided the game for

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  Hazard sends Chelsea 10 points clear by clinching United win

  April 19, 2015 16:13 IST

  London: Eden Hazard propelled Chelsea closer to its first English Premier League title in five years on Saturday by clinching a 1-0 victory over Manchester United that established a 10-point lead.It hasn't been a convincing

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  Burnley sinks to bottom of EPL after losing 1-0 at Everton

  April 18, 2015 22:38 IST

  Liverpool, England: Burnley sank to the bottom of the Premier League after losing 1-0 at Everton on Saturday, with midfielder Ashley Barnes compounding the team's struggles by being sent off.Burnley was already trailing to Kevin

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  West Brom beats Palace to ease relegation fears

  April 18, 2015 22:35 IST

  London: West Bromwich Albion eased any lingering relegation doubts as manager Tony Pulis enjoyed a 2-0 victory Saturday over his former club Crystal Palace in the Premier League.Pulis left Selhurst Park on the eve of

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  Southampton's EPL top-4 bid blown by late Stoke goal in loss

  April 18, 2015 22:32 IST

  Stoke, England: Southampton's bid for a Champions League berth was undermined when it conceded a late goal in a 2-1 loss to Stoke in the English Premier League on Saturday.Charlie Adam, scorer of a wonder

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  Bayern closes in Bundesliga title with win over Hoffenheim

  April 18, 2015 22:29 IST

  Berlin: Shinji Kagawa sealed Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 win over Paderborn while Bayern Munich closed in on the Bundesliga title with a 2-0 win at Hoffenheim on Saturday.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang crossed for Henrikh Mkhitaryan to head in

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  Messi, Suarez score as Barcelona beats Valencia 2-0

  April 18, 2015 22:25 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Lionel Messi set up Luis Suarez's first-minute opener before adding a goal of his own in stoppage time to give Spanish league leader Barcelona a hard-fought 2-0 win over Valencia on Saturday.Suarez netted

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  East Bengal play I-League match before empty stands

  April 18, 2015 21:10 IST

  Kolkata: City football giants East Bengal, known for their crazy fan following, on Saturday played an I-League game in front of empty stands at the huge Salt Lake Stadium as the police stayed away, citing

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  Would choose Messi over Ronaldo: Pele

  April 17, 2015 18:11 IST

  Sao Paulo: Brazilian football legend Pele has said he would pick Argentine forward Lionel Messi over his Portuguese counterpart Cristiano Ronaldo because of the former's ability to create more opportunities than just score goals.Ronaldo is

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  Delhi Dynamos select 20 children for grassroot programme

  April 16, 2015 18:43 IST

  New Delhi: Twenty school children were selected to represent Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos FC in the Reliance Young Champs Programme to be held in Mumbai. The 20 children were selected from 200 participants in

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  Quaresma gets 2 as Porto beats Bayern 3-1 in Champs League

  April 16, 2015 12:16 IST

  Porto, Portugal: Two goals from Ricardo Quaresma in the first 10 minutes helped FC Porto to a surprise 3-1 win over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.Bayern, a

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  Barcelona beats PSG 3-1 in CL quarterfinal

  April 16, 2015 12:13 IST

  Paris: Lionel Messi set up Neymar's opener and Luis Suarez scored twice with fine solo runs to give Barcelona a 3-1 victory against a struggling Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday that left the four-time champion with