Unloved Rafa focused on Basel, not Mourinho
Continued speculation that Jose Mourinho is set to return to Chelsea "where people love me" cut little ice with interim manager Rafa Benitez who remains focused on guiding the London side to the Europa...
View ArticleChampions League: Messi missing as Bayern humiliate Barcelona 3-0
Bayern Munich completed an unprecedented 7-0 triumph against Barcelona with a 3-0 win in the Champions League second leg at Nou Camp on Wednesday night. The newly-crowned Bundesliga champions had...
View ArticleBahrain's Sheikh Salman wins Fifa seat
The Asian Football Confederation elected Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa on to Fifa's executive committee at Thursday's vote in Malaysia. Â The Bahraini secured 28 votes of the 46 available,...
View ArticleChelsea's top four hopes face United test
Manchester United are already basking in the glow of the Premier League title but if anything is likely to put the summer holiday planning on hold it is a visit from Chelsea. Hurt by Capital One...
View ArticleGatting to be next MCC president
Former England captain Mike Gatting was named as the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Wednesday. A statement from the Lord's-based institution that presides over the rules of...
View ArticleIPL6: Chennai seal superb 15-run win over Punjab
A sensational unbeaten century from Suresh Raina ensured Chennai Super Kings defeated Kings XI Punjab by 15 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Raina was in a blistering mood as...
View ArticleIPL6: Bangalore ease past Pune to win by 17 runs
AB de Villiers and Saurabh Tiwary hammered half centuries as Royal Bangalore Challengers eased past Pune Warriors by 17 runs at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune. Chasing a imposing total, Pune...
View ArticleChelsea storm into Europa League final
Chelsea crushed FC Basel 3-1 on Thursday for a 5-2 aggregate semi-final victory to secure their place in the Europa League final against Portugal's Benfica later this month in Amsterdam. The reigning...
View ArticleBale named England's Footballer of the Year
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gareth Bale was named England's Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers' Association on Thursday. The Wales international, 23, topped the poll of journalists with a...
View ArticleCardozo fires Benfica into Europa League final
Paraguay striker Oscar Cardozo's double fired Benfica into a Europa League final with Chelsea after they beat Fenerbahce 3-1 in Lisbon to win their semifinal 3-2 on aggregate. Benfica took just nine...
View ArticleKallis skips Champions Trophy
JP Duminy was named in South Africa's Champions Trophy squad on Thursday but veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis will miss the tournament due to personal reasons. Duminy suffered a horror Achilles...
View ArticleSri Lanka recall Welegedara for Champions Trophy
Left-arm fast bowler Chanaka Welegedara was recalled after an absence of three years to Sri Lanka's one-day squad for the Champions Trophy in England next month. Welegedara, who last played a one-day...
View ArticleStarc Ashes warning for England
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is well on his way back to fitness and has warned England not to write off the tourists' chances of wrenching back the Ashes in July and August. The tall left-armer,...
View ArticleBlatter drops hint he plans to stay on as Fifa president
Fifa president Sepp Blatter dropped a hint he plans to stand again for another four-year term as the head of world soccer's governing body during a speech to AFC delegates in Malaysia on Friday....
View ArticleMultiplex romp past Nucaf by four wickets in Superstars T20
Mohammed Zahid ripped through the Nucaf Tellicherry Titans line-up bagging four of the top five batsmen to hand Multiplex Dubai Royals a comfortable four-wicket win in the Superstars T20 cricket...
View ArticleDSC and Etisalat Academy sign MoU
Dubai Sports Council (DSC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Etisalat Academy to enhance cooperation and initiatives aimed to boost the local sports sector. The memorandum of...
View ArticleUAE U-19 team leave for ACC Elite tournament
The UAE under-19 team led by Rohit Singh Jamwal left for Malaysia to participate in the Asian Cricket Council Elite 2013 tournament, a qualifier for the Under-19 World Cup, from May 3 to 11. Since UAE...
View ArticleUBL rout Alubond Tigers in KFC T20
Rameez Shehzad and Babar Hassan smashed superb unbeaten half centuries as UBL outclassed Alubond Tigers by a huge seven wickets in the newly launched KFC Emirates T20 Club Cricket League 2013 at the...
View ArticleIbsons notch easy win over Danube in Superstars T20
A superb team effort from Ibsons Sialkot Sharks enabled them to beat Danube Mumbai Warriors by seven wickets in Group C of the Superstars T20 cricket tournament at the Fairground Oval of the Dubai...
View ArticleBlues edge Stormers in Auckland cliffhanger
The Blues weathered a furious fightback by the Stormers to win a Super Rugby cliffhanger 18-17 in Auckland and cement their place in the southern hemisphere competition's top six on Friday. Flyhalf...
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