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  Alvaro Morata joins Juventus in 20 million transfer

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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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  FIFA: Costa Rica revelation of Brazil World Cup

  Football | 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

  Football | 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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  FIFA World Cup: Parreira against Brazil appointing foreign coach

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

  Football | 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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  FIFA World Cup : Scolari quits as Brazil coach

  Football | 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

  Football | 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

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  FIFA World Cup: United Germany stands at the top of the world

  Football | July 15, 2014 8:21 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO: United they stand, right at the top of the football world. And right on South American soil.   Germany won its fourth World Cup title on Sunday, but its first since a country

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  FIFA World Cup: Germany basks in 4th World Cup after 24-year wait

  Football | December 27, 2014 12:19 IST

  BERLIN :  It's been a long wait, and now Germany is basking in its fourth World Cup title. The Die Welt newspaper celebrated Monday with a three-word headline in the national colors of black, red