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  Forward James Rodriguez likely headed for Real Madrid

  July 22, 2014 9:06 IST

  MADRID :  James Rodriguez, the Colombia striker who was the top scorer at the World Cup, is closing in on a deal with Real Madrid. The 23-year-old  Monaco forward scored six goals in Brazil, including

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  U-23 Indian football team leaves for Czech Republic

  July 21, 2014 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: A 25-member Under-23 Indian football squad left for Czech Republic for a 19-day exposure tour in preparation for the Incheon Asian Games to be held from Sep 19 to Oct 4.Four from the

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  Cristiano Ronaldo's mother says she tried to abort him

  July 20, 2014 12:21 IST

  London:  Cristiano Ronaldo's mother Dolores Aveiro has revealed in her autobiography that she had tried to abort the Portuguese football star when she was pregnant.In the book, Mae Coragem, released in Portugal Friday, Aveiro claims

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  Mohun Bagan signs Balwant Singh for upcoming season

  July 20, 2014 10:03 IST

  Kolkata:  Mohun Bagan today announced the signing of Churchill Brothers' ace forward Balwant Singh for the upcoming season. The 27-year-old struck 17 goals last season including four in Churchill Brothers Federation Cup triumph last season

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  Alvaro Morata joins Juventus in 20 million transfer

  July 20, 2014 8:27 IST

  TURIN, Italy :  Spanish forward Alvaro Morata has completed a *20 million ($27 million) transfer from Real Madrid to Juventus. Juventus announced details of the deal Saturday, saying that Morata signed a five-year contract with

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  EPL: Chelsea complete Luis signing from Atletico Madrid

  July 19, 2014 14:43 IST

  London:  English Premier League club Chelsea have completed the signing of Brazilian defender Filipe Luis from Spanish side Atletico Madrid.The left-back Friday signed a three-year contract with the London based club and will be donning

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  Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber back from injury

  July 19, 2014 9:53 IST

  MEMMINGEN, Germany : Bayern Munich defender Holger Badstuber made his long-awaited comeback from injury in his side's 3-0 friendly win over a fan club team on Friday.   Badstuber tore the cruciate ligament in his right

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  2 Newcastle fans flying to watch games killed in crash

  July 19, 2014 9:35 IST

  LONDON :  Two Newcastle fans flying to watch the team play in New Zealand were among the 298 people killed on the Malaysia Airlines jet shot down near the Ukraine-Russia border, the English Premier League

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  Hero title sponsor of Indian Super League

  July 19, 2014 9:08 IST

  New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp Ltd, the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, has signed a three-year deal to be the title sponsor of the Indian Super League (ISL), the first-of-its-kind franchise-based football league in the country.With this

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  Know German World cup winning captain Lahm who retires from international football

  July 20, 2014 10:26 IST

  BERLIN :  World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm has retired from playing for Germany. The 30-year-old Lahm informed German Football Federation (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach of his decision in a telephone call on Friday.   Lahm played

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  Star wants IMG-Reliance to postpone ISL

  July 18, 2014 9:29 IST

  New Delhi:  Broadcast partner and co-promoter of IMG-Reliance, Star wants to postpone the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) since it is clashing with the Champions League Twenty20.CLT20 cricket is likely to start Sep 7 while

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  EPL: Louis Van Gaal needs time to impose philosophy at Man United

  July 18, 2014 9:10 IST

  While avoiding starting his Manchester United reign with any bold predictions or statements of intent, Louis van Gaal still projected an aura of authority and conviction in his ability to take on one of the

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  Ex-Man United defender Rio Ferdinand joins Queens Park Rangers

  July 18, 2014 8:05 IST

  LONDON : Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand is staying in the English Premier League after joining Queens Park Rangers on Thursday. The 35-year-old Ferdinand signed a one-year contract with the London club to be

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  Germany top of FIFA rankings after World Cup win

  July 17, 2014 18:30 IST

  ZURICH, Switzerland :  Germany climbed to the top of the FIFA rankings on Thursday after winning the World Cup for the first time in 24 years, while several European rivals paid the price for their

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  Germany midfielder Toni Kroos joins Real Madrid

  July 17, 2014 14:05 IST

  MUNICH:  Germany midfielder Toni Kroos has joined Real Madrid from Bayern Munich on a six-year contract. Madrid said the 24-year-old Kroos, a key member of Germany's World Cup-winning team, would be presented at the Santiago

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  Robin Van Persie holidaying in Barbados after World Cup

  July 17, 2014 9:08 IST

  Bridgetown :  Striker Robin Van Persie has flown to Barbados on holiday after helping the Netherlands to third place in the FIFA World Cup, which ended Sunday in Brazil.Van Persie is on a three-week break

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  Joan Capdevila to be NorthEast United's marquee player in ISL

  July 17, 2014 8:48 IST

  Kolkata: World Cup 2010 and European 2008 Championship winner and Spanish defender Joan Capdevila will be the marquee player of the NorthEast United Football Club for the inaugural season of Indian Super League.Capdevila, who marshalled

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  FIFA: Costa Rica revelation of Brazil World Cup

  July 17, 2014 8:33 IST

  San Jose:  Costa Rica's national team was the revelation of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, according to event organiser and world football governing body FIFA, Federation International of Football Association.Costa Rican media outlets Wednesday cited

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  Chelsea signing Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid

  July 17, 2014 8:09 IST

  LONDON :  Chelsea says a deal has been struck with Atletico Madrid to sign defender Filipe Luis. The Premier League club says the transfer is dependent on the 28-year-old Luis agreeing personal terms.   The Brazilian

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  Suarez's initial absence no tragedy for Barcelona

  July 16, 2014 21:18 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is not overly concerned about the absence of new signing Luis Suarez for the early part of the upcoming season as the Uruguayan serves his biting ban from the

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  Indo-Pak football series in India next month: PFF

  July 16, 2014 20:43 IST

  Karachi: India and Pakistan will play a bilateral football series in the former's den next month, the PFF said on Wednesday.The bilateral series will be the first between the two countries after a gap of

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  Germany players criticized over 'gaucho' dance

  July 16, 2014 19:37 IST

  BERLIN: The German Football Federation is defending Germany's World Cup-winning players after they performed a routine that poked fun at defeated opponent Argentina.During Tuesday's raucous Berlin victory party, six players bent double and sang "this

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  FIFA World Cup: Parreira against Brazil appointing foreign coach

  July 16, 2014 13:32 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: Brazil's 1994 World Cup-winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has urged the country's football confederation (CBF) against appointing a foreign successor to Luiz Felipe Scolari.The CBF Monday announced the resignation of Scolari and

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  Dani Alves discussing Barcelona future with coach

  July 16, 2014 7:24 IST

  BARCELONA:  Brazil back Dani Alves is meeting new Barcelona coach Luis Enrique in hopes of locking down his future at the Spanish league club.   The 31-year-old right back is in the last year of his

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  Striker Diego Costa signs 5-year Chelsea contract

  July 16, 2014 7:13 IST

  LONDON : Spain striker Diego Costa has completed his move to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid. Chelsea announced on Tuesday that Costa signed a five-year contract, two weeks after the London club agreed to meet the

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  Germany World Cup heroes return to huge fan party

  July 15, 2014 15:48 IST

  Berlin: Germany's World Cup-winning team returned home to share the country's fourth title with huge crowds of cheering fans on Tuesday.   The team's plane touched down at Berlin's Tegel Airport midmorning after flying low over

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  FIFA World Cup : Scolari quits as Brazil coach

  July 15, 2014 14:24 IST

  Rio de Janeiro:  Luiz Felipe Scolari has tendered his resignation as coach of Brazil following the team's ignominious FIFA World Cup exit - and it has been accepted.The 65-year-old made the decision following a meeting

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  Meet Ann-Kathrin Brommel, the love of Germany's hero Mario Goetze

  October 23, 2014 11:41 IST

  New Delhi: The latest heart throb and the hero of the Germans Mario Götze got a huge kiss from his supermodel girlfriend Sunday after scoring the World Cup-winning goalMario Gotze at  22, and his  girlfriend