Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has insisted he is on good terms with Barcelona teammate David Villa after the two players had a heated exchange of words during their 2-0 victory over Grenada on Saturday. “I have absolutely no problem with Guaje (Villa’s nickname), in fact it is quite the opposite. Do not look for problems where there are none,” Messi told Barca TV. Just before ...
British tennis has undergone some sort of resurgence in recent years. Andy Murray has always been there or there abouts, and has finally won his first grand slam at the U.S. Open. He joined the scene when Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski were in the twilight of their careers, but has surpassed both in terms of achievement. An Olympic gold and the U.S. Open title has seen the Scot realise his potential ...
There were no tears from Lionel Messi as he left the Camp Nou pitch after this Champions League game - just that familiar smile after another multiple-goal performance that secured a come-from-behind victory. In Group G, Messi scored a late brace on Wednesday to bring Barcelona back to win 3-2 over Spartak Moscow and successfully launch their campaign for a fourth European title in eight seasons. ...
The team, which faces Spartak Moscow in their opening Champions League tie this evening, made the request to Turkish Airlines – the club’s official airline partner – after they became tired of autograph-hunting male flight attendants. Other complaints made to the carrier included staff asking for shirts, and others attempting to discuss the finer points of the game with the Catal ...
AP- The Olympic Stadium in London could be used as one of the venues for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, with organisers looking to feed off the success of the London Games for Britain's next major sporting event. There are still uncertainties regarding who the tenants of the 80,000-seat arena will be after the London Games, with Premier League football club West Ham one of four bidders. But if a tenant ...
Lionel Messi was in his usual blistering form on Saturday scoring two goals as Barcelona brushed aside Getafe 4-1. The double strike means that Messi has now scored 61 goals for club and country this calendar year beating his previous best of 60 from 2010. The little magician has also scored six goals in four La Liga games this season. Barcelona are top of the league with 12 points and four wins o ...
What do these Argentines - Ariel Ortega, Marcello Gallardo, Juan Roman Riquelme, Pablo Aimar, Javier Saviola, Andres D’Alessandro, Carlos Tevez, and Lionel Messi - have in common? At some points in their respective careers, they’re all dubbed as "the next Maradona." So great is the image a footballing icon like El Diego, and so predictable are the fans and journalists, associ ...
AP- Japan moved a step closer to a place at Brazil 2014 by beating an inexperienced Iraq 1-0 in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier. The sole goal came in the 25th minute from some lax defending, as Shinji Okazaki got in behind the defense from a throw-in and his volleyed cross found an unmarked Ryoichi Maeda, who headed home from inside the six-yard box. “It worked just like in practice,&rd ...
Reigning World and European champions Spain needed an 86th-minute strike from Roberto Soldado to beat Georgia 1-0 in their opening Group I qualifier for the 2014 World Cup in Tbilisi on Wednesday. It looked set to be a frustrating start to La Roja's bid to make it to the finals in Brazil, as a wall of Georgian defenders repelled wave after wave of attack and the hosts even initially overcame the l ...
Reuters - Armed security forces have formed a tight cordon around the Cameroon football federation offices in Yaounde after disappointed fans threatened to ransack them following an ambarrassing defeat for the national team. Cameroon's Indomitable Lions, three-times winners of the African Nations Cup, are in danger of missing out on a place at the next finals in South Africa after losing 2-0 to th ...
