Football

MADRID: Lionel Messi delivered another masterful performance as Barcelona sailed past Athletic Bilbao 2-0 on Sunday to take an 11-point lead over nearest rivals Atletico Madrid in La Liga. After putting Chelsea to the sword in the Champions League midweek, Messi scored for the sixth game in a row against Athletic at the Camp Nou to propel Barca closer to ...

MADRID: Brazil’s World Cup preparations have suffered a blow with a serious injury to Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis. He had been preferred over Juventus’ Alex Sandro in Brazil coach Tite´s squad released Thursday for the upcoming friendlies against France and World Cup hosts Russia. But hours later he suffered a broken leg in Atletico’s Europa League tie at Lokomotiv ...

BARCELONA: Antonio Conte´s Chelsea will aim to frustrate Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday but they may find an opponent less expansive than they expect. Barca have set the standard in recent years for the most glittering style of football but Ernesto Valverde has instilled a new style this season, built on resilience, ...

DUBAI: The world Football governing body FIFA restored the membership of Pakistan Football Federation by lifting the suspension it imposed on Pakistan due to the third party’s interference. A letter from FIFA’s secretary general Fatma Samoura, addressed to PFF’s secretary general, was released to media by the officials of PFF with says “lifting of the suspension of the Pakistan Football ...

Athens :The Greek top-flight match between PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens on Sunday was abandoned after PAOK’s president invaded the pitch with a gun. Ivan Savvidis tried to confront the referee with a gun in a hip holster after his side had an 89th-minute goal ruled offside with the score 0-0. AEK’s players left the pitch concerned for their safety ...

Paris: – Angry Lille supporters invaded the pitch and tried to attack players at the end of their struggling side s 1-1 draw with Montpellier in France s Ligue 1 on Saturday. Some of the fans who swarmed onto the pitch managed to shout insults and even aim kicks at players, including Nicolas Pepe, the Ivory Coast forward whose goal had earned ...

Lahore:-A judgement by the Lahore High Court (LHC) reinstating Faisal Saleh Hayat as the president of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) may lead to the lifting of the FIFA ban imposed on Pakistan in September 2015. The LHC judgement by Justice Ayesha A. Malik upholds the results of the disputed PFF elections held in June 2015 ordering the administrator, who ...

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada Friday said after the successful victory against terrorism Pakistan has become a safe country for sports activities. Speaking at the opening ceremony of International Futsal Cup 2018 here at Liaquat Gymnasium of the Pakistan Sports Complex, he lauded Pakistan Army’s efforts in eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country. ...

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LONDON: – Real Madrid strike Christiano Ronaldo has become the first player to score more than 100 goals in Champions League history. The Portuguese forward converted a first-half penalty against Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their last-16 tie at the Santiago Bernabeu to takehis Champions League tally into triple figures for Real Madrid. The 33-year-old has 115 goals ...