Football

Karachi: Blessing Star has accumulated eight points and is leading the points table after fifth round with three wins and two draws in Leisure Leagues Inter-School U-19 small-sided football tournament. Nobel Academy School is sitting in the second position with seven points followed by Aga Khan School and Kiran School in third and fourth positions with six and five points ...

MILAN: Juventus will rest Cristiano Ronaldo for today´s Serie A game against Brescia but defender Giorgio Chiellini is set to return after a long injury layoff. Ronaldo, 35, has scored in ten consecutive Serie A games, but coach Maurizio Sarri has opted to rest the forward with Juventus playing Lyon in the Champions League last 16 on February 26. Captain ...

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 ...