Football

Karachi: Zoodkhun Sunflowers overcame Kirmen Shaheen in the summit clash after a tough battle and clinched Leisure Leagues Women Small-sided Football Tournament, which was played at remote area of Chupersun in Gilgit-Baltistan. A total of ten teams participated in the tournament on knockout basis at a place where temperatures fell below freezing point – minus 15 degrees to be accurate, ...

Hakim Ziyech: Chelsea in advanced talks to sign Ajax winger for £38m Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Ajax winger Hakim Ziyech this summer in a £38m deal that is likely to be announced in the coming days. The 26-year-old was a January transfer target for Chelsea boss Frank Lampard. But the Dutch club were unwilling to sell in ...

Legendary Brazil forward Pele is reluctant to leave his house because he cannot walk unaided, his son has said. The three-time World Cup winner, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was taken to hospital with a urinary infection last year. Pele, 79, has had problems with his hip for some time and now needs a frame to ...

Chelsea thrashed West Ham 8-0 at Kingsmeadow to maintain their unbeaten run in the Women’s Super League. Chelsea dominated from start to finish, Maren Mjelde scoring the first goal in the seventh minute, slotting into the bottom left of the goal after West Ham failed to clear an Erin Cuthbert corner. Chelsea thrashed West Ham 8-0 at Kingsmeadow The second ...

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalties to take his tally to 10 goals in his last six games as Juventus beat Fiorentina 3-0. The hosts were first awarded a spot kick for handball in the first half and Ronaldo swept home the penalty. Rodrigo Bentancur was fouled inside the box towards the end of the second half and Ronaldo again converted. ...

Karim Benzema scored the only goal as Real beat Atletico in the Madrid derby to go six points clear at the top of La Liga. The French striker converted Ferland Mendy’s cross from six yards out to give Real a deserved win. Fifth-placed Atletico, who have not won in five games, were disappointing, although Angel Correa hit the post. Real ...

Karachi: Both girls and boys’ teams from host PAF Chapter campus won titles in The City School Inter-Branch U-14 Football Tournament. The City School organized its second tournament after successfully hosting U-10 tournament in collaboration with Leisure Leagues, a well-known small-sided football organizer in the country, which has presence in nearly 80 cities of the country. A total of 16 ...

Quique Setien suffered his first defeat as Barcelona manager as Valencia claimed their first home win over the Spanish champions since 2007. The hosts broke the deadlock when Jordi Alba deflected Maxi Gomez’s powerful strike past Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Gomez, who had a first-half penalty saved by Ter Stegen, completed the scoring in the second half. There were unsavoury scenes ...

Arsenal overcame David Luiz’s dismissal against his old club to twice come from behind against Chelsea in an eventful London derby. The Gunners looked beaten when Jorginho fired Chelsea ahead from the penalty spot after Luiz was shown a straight red card for bundling over Tammy Abraham. The Chelsea forward had pounced on a terrible backpass by Shkodran Mustafi and ...

Karachi:A total of eight boys and six girls teams are featuring in two respective U-14 Inter-School leagues here at Haque Academy School Ground. Leisure Leagues is organizing these six-a-side football leagues separately for U-14 girls and boys in collaboration with Haq Academy with an aim to promote healthy activities especially football among youngsters. In the girls’ league, Bay View School ...