Soccer
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Athletic Bilbao clinches Champions League berth
Football | May 03, 2014, 07:23 AM ISTMADRID : Athletic Bilbao secured its return to the Champions League next season by winning 3-0 at Rayo Vallecano on Friday to lock up a fourth-place finish in the Spanish league. With Atletico Madrid, Real
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Ganguly Lisbon-bound for Champions League football final
Football | May 02, 2014, 09:17 PM ISTKolkata: When his former team Kolkata Knight Riders play the home leg during the business end of the ongoing IPL, Sourav Ganguly would be busy discussing football this time.The former India cricket captain, who co-owns
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Meet TV presenter Christine Bleakley, the fiancee of footballer Frank Lampard
Football | May 03, 2014, 07:02 AM ISTNew Delhi: Frank James Lampard is an English professional footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He has two daughters with his former fiancee, Spanish model Elen Rivas.
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EPL: Liverpool looks to rival Everton for big favour
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:54 PM ISTLONDON : For once, the biggest supporters of Everton will be on the red half of Merseyside this weekend, with Liverpool's Premier League title hopes on the line. If Everton can extend its four-year winning
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Atletico Madrid closes in on 1st league title in 18 years
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:41 PM ISTMADRID : Atletico Madrid can follow up its feat of reaching the Champions League final by winning its first Spanish league title in 18 years if closest rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid slip up this
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Madrid celebrates Champions League final success
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:35 PM ISTMADRID : Madrid is celebrating the success of its two major football clubs after Atletico Madrid ensured a historic Champions League final derby against crosstown rival Real Madrid. Atletico's 3-1 victory at Chelsea saw it
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Europa League: 10-man Benfica returns to final
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:26 PM ISTTURIN, Italy : Ten-man Benfica returned to the Europa League final following a 0-0 draw at tournament-favourite Juventus on Thursday, advancing on 2-1 aggregate. Juventus created numerous chances but either couldn't find the target or
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Europa League: Sevilla's late goal beat Valencia for a place in final
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:19 PM ISTVALENCIA, Spain : Stephane Mbia scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time for Sevilla to make the Europa League final despite a 3-1 loss at Valencia on Thursday. Valencia looked set to play in
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800 defend fan who taunted Alves with banana
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:14 PM ISTVILLARREAL, Spain: Eight hundred people have gathered to show support for the Villarreal fan who racially taunted Dani Alves by throwing a banana at the Barcelona player. Spanish news service Efe reported on Thursday the
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England coach Roy Hodgson appeal to clubs over players' rest
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:07 PM ISTLONDON : England coach Roy Hodgson has urged Premier League clubs not to use World Cup squad members in postseason friendlies to ensure they are rested and their minds are clear for Brazil. Abu Dhabi-owned
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US coach Jurgen Klinsmann to call 30 players into training camp
Football | May 02, 2014, 01:02 PM ISTCHICAGO: United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann intends to call a full complement of 30 players for his team's pre-World Cup training camp at Stanford University. Klinsmann plans to announce his preliminary squad May 12, a
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Brazil: Cellphone coverage faulty at World Cup stadiums
Football | May 02, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTSAO PAULO: Brazil's top communications official admits some soccer fans won't be able to access the Internet on their cellphones inside some World Cup stadiums. Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo says there was no time to
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FA bans Mourinho's Chelsea assistant for 6 games
Football | May 02, 2014, 12:49 PM ISTLONDON : The English Football Association has given an assistant to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho a six-match stadium ban for misconduct on the touchline. During Chelsea's loss to Sunderland 12 days ago, the FA says
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Madrid becomes European football capital
Football | May 01, 2014, 08:29 PM ISTMadrid: This Spanish capital is steeling itself for what could be the most important sporting event in its history, even though the football match will be played in Portuguese capital Lisbon.Atletico Madrid's stunning 3-1 win
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Indian football is in better shape today: Toal
Football | May 01, 2014, 08:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian football's outgoing youth development chief coach Colm Joseph Toal said he was proud of his seven-year stint and feels the youngsters are in better shape today.The Englishman, whose contract expired Wednesday, said
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Banana-thrower seized for racial insult on Dani Alves
Football | May 01, 2014, 08:35 AM ISTVILLARREAL, Spain : Spanish police arrested the man who racially insulted Barcelona defender Dani Alves by throwing a banana at him, with reports on Wednesday claiming the perpetrator worked for Villarreal. Police confirmed 26-year-old David
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Wigan Athletic fined over signing French striker Marc-Antoine Fortune deal
Football | May 01, 2014, 08:12 AM ISTLONDON : Wigan Athletic has been fined 40,000 pounds ($67,500) for breaking Football Association rules on the use of agents. The second-tier Championship club admitted it had broken FA rules by signing French striker Marc-Antoine
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Anti-racism campaign was planned for Neymar
Football | May 01, 2014, 07:57 AM ISTSAO PAULO : The social media campaign against racism that started after Dani Alves ate a banana in a Barcelona match had already been planned in advance for Neymar, who was waiting for the right
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Champions League: Atletico Madrid beats Chelsea 3-1 to reach final
Football | May 01, 2014, 07:26 AM ISTLONDON : A season of the unexpected for Atletico Madrid will end with a shot at a first Champions League title against its fiercest rival. Having disrupted the established order of power in Spanish football,
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England: Andros Townsend out of World Cup,Kyle Walker a doubt
Football | May 01, 2014, 06:56 AM ISTLONDON : England winger Andros Townsend was ruled out of the World Cup through injury on Wednesday as coach Roy Hodgson sweats on the fitness of other players he planned to take to Brazil. Although