Football

Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s youth continue to display their extraordinary football talent in the Ufone Football Tournament, organized within the KPK province. Match winners from 6 out of 21 cities have already been announced while the remaining matches continue as per schedule. The first match was played in Lakki Marwat’s Kabir Khan Park where Carvaan FC and Registan FC faced each ...

Bayern Munich went from boom to bust after crushing Tottenham in the Champions League, while, Spain´s big guns may be misfiring but top La Liga anyway. In Italy Antonio Conte´s rebuilding of Inter is still a work in progress following defeat to dominant Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain have no real domestic rival. Here is a look at the four main ...

Two late goals by Wolves’ Adama Traore inflicted a stunning 2-0 defeat on Manchester City to leave the Premier League champions trailing leaders Liverpool by eight points. It was a thoroughly deserved victory for the Nuno Espirito Santo’s men, who enjoyed the better chances and became the first team to stop City scoring at the Etihad Stadium for 34 matches. ...

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has suffered a fresh injury blow after he was ruled out of Sunday´s game against Wolves with a hamstring problem. Mendy, 25, has endured a frustrating series of injuries since joining City from Monaco in 2017 and missed the start of the current campaign with a knee issue. In a statement posted on their website, ...

James Milner scored a stoppage-time winner as Liverpool moved eight points clear at the top of the Premier League with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Leicester, while Mauricio Pochettino’s problems mounted after Tottenham’s 3-0 loss at Brighton on Saturday. Liverpool won for the 17th consecutive league game thanks to Milner’s dramatic contribution to a thrilling clash at Anfield. Jurgen Klopp’s ...

Karachi: Pakistan Socca Football team will start their Socca World Cup campaign with a match against Slovenia in Crete, Greece on October 14. Pakistan has been placed in Group ‘H’ along with Slovenia, Germany, Hungary and Romania. International Socca Federation (ISF) is organizing the second edition of the Six-a-side Socca World Cup in Crete with the opening ceremony taking place ...

Milan’s San Siro Stadium unveils MILAN: An oval stadium with interlocked rings or a ´cathedral´ to football inspired by Milan´s Duomo, the two short-listed projects for a new 1.2 billion euro ($1.34 billion) San Siro Stadium were officially unveiled by the city´s two rival clubs on Thursday. AC Milan and Inter Milan — who share the iconic stadium to the ...

MADRID: Lionel Messi has sustained a strain in his left thigh, Barcelona confirmed on Wednesday. Messi was substituted at half-time of Barca´s 2-1 win over Villarreal on Tuesday in what was the striker´s first start of the season. He had previously been out with a calf injury sustained on August 5 and Barcelona have not indicated when they expect their ...

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s best, after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga ...

MADRID: Zinedine Zidane believes he has the backing of Real Madrid but admits he would leave if he ever felt he had lost the club´s support. Zidane has come under scrutiny after enduring his worst ever defeat as Madrid coach on Wednesday, a 3-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. The result also followed an underwhelming start in ...