Champions League
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Bayern wins Bundesliga; Chelsea close to EPL title
Football | Apr 28, 2015, 04:03 PM ISTBayern 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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Barcelona to meet Bayern, Juventus gets Madrid in semifinals
Football | Apr 24, 2015, 07:02 PM ISTNyon, 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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Possible reunions add interest to Champions League draw
Football | Apr 23, 2015, 08:02 PM ISTGeneva: 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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Hernandez goal puts Real Madrid into Champions League semis
Football | Apr 23, 2015, 04:11 PM ISTMadrid: 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
Football | Apr 23, 2015, 04:08 PM ISTMonaco: 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
Football | Apr 22, 2015, 10:57 PM ISTNyon, 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
Football | Apr 22, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTMunich: 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
Football | Apr 22, 2015, 03:49 PM ISTBarcelona, 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
Football | Apr 21, 2015, 11:13 PM ISTOn 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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Injury-hit Madrid hosts Atletico in Champions League
Football | Apr 21, 2015, 04:58 PM ISTMadrid: 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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Southampton's EPL top-4 bid blown by late Stoke goal in loss
Football | Apr 18, 2015, 10:32 PM ISTStoke, 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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Quaresma gets 2 as Porto beats Bayern 3-1 in Champs League
Football | Apr 16, 2015, 12:16 PM ISTPorto, 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
Football | Apr 16, 2015, 12:13 PM ISTParis: 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
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Real Madrid meets Atletico in Champions League quarterfinals
Football | Mar 21, 2015, 09:31 AM ISTNyon, Switzerland: Real Madrid will take on crosstown rival Atletico Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and that could be bad news for the 10-time winners.The defending champions, who were routed 4-0 by
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Blame game in England after season of European failure
Football | Mar 21, 2015, 08:39 AM ISTLondon: The quarterfinals of the European cup competitions will have a glaring omission. For the first time in 22 years, England is not represented in the last eight of the continental tournaments.It started with five-time
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UEFA bans Ibrahimovic for 1 match, PSG teammate Aurier for 3
Football | Mar 20, 2015, 09:41 AM ISTNyon, Switzerland: UEFA has imposed the minimum one-match Champions League ban on Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his red card against Chelsea.However, Ibrahimovic's Paris Saint-Germain teammate Serge Aurier gets a three-match ban for insulting the match referee
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Juve & France midfielder Pogba out 2 months with leg injury
Football | Mar 20, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTTurin, Italy: Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will be out for nearly two months after tearing a muscle in his right thigh.Pogba was hurt on Wednesday, midway through the first half of the 3-0 Champions League
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Juventus beats Dortmund to qualify for CL quarters
Football | Mar 19, 2015, 07:08 AM ISTDortmund, Germany: Carlos Tevez scored two and set up another as Juventus beat Borussia Dortmund 3-0 away to reach the Champions League quarterfinals with a 5-1 aggregate victory on Wednesday.Tevez opened the scoring in the
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Barcelona beats City 1-0 to advance to CL quarterfinals
Football | Mar 19, 2015, 07:04 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Lionel Messi helped Barcelona to a convincing 1-0 win over Manchester City on Wednesday that only goalkeeper Joe Hart prevented from becoming a rout, as the Spanish hosts reached the Champions League quarterfinals
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Atletico beats Leverkusen on penalties to reach CL quarters
Football | Mar 18, 2015, 07:25 AM ISTMadrid: Fernando Torres scored the decisive spot-kick as Atletico Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in a penalty shootout on Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.The match finished 1-1 on aggregate after extra