Barcelona completed a trophy treble in Luis Enrique’s debut season in charge as they beat Juventus 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League final in Berlin. Luis Suarez produced his most crucial contribution of his short career at Camp Nou when he restored Barca’s lead 22 minutes from time to effectively settle the ...
Read More »Kevin-Prince Boateng and Christian Atsu send prayers to Ghana after disaster
Kevin-Prince Boateng is just one high-profile football star to have taken to social media to send his thoughts and condolences to those affected by the Accra petrol station disaster. At least 150 people were killed on Wednesday night in a blaze at a petrol station in the Ghanaian capital. It ...
Read More »Rafa Benitez tearful as he returns to Real Madrid on 3 years contract
Rafa Benitez was in tears on Wednesday as he fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition taking over Real Madrid. The Madrid-born former Liverpool manager gave one of the shortest opening speeches of any coach taking over the club in the last 15 years. ‘It’s emotional to come home,’ he said. ‘I don’t know ...
Read More »Blatter re-elected Fifa president
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as president of Fifa after winning the vote against challenger Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan. Blatter had missed out on the required two-thirds majority in the first ballot – receiving 133 votes to his rival’s 73 – but Prince Ali then took to the stage to withdraw before a ...
Read More »Valdes: De Gea has a big question to answer
Manchester United goalkeeper Victor Valdes, admits David De Gea must answer a big question this summer regarding his future at the club. The former Barcelona man replaced his compatriot in the second half of United’s 1-1 draw with Arsenal on Sunday, in what could be De Gea’s final game at Old Trafford if ...
Read More »Photos: Emmanuel Adebayor shows off his new haircut on Instagram
Adebayor, has been on the fringes of the Tottenham squad this season and the striker appears set for an exit from the London club this summer. So with a change coming on, the 31-year-old changed his hairstyle and uploaded a picture of the new cut to Instagram. Adebayor appears to ...
Read More »Photos: Real Madrid 1-1 Juventus (agg 2-3) *As Alvaro Morata cancels out Cristiano Ronaldo penalty
Alvaro Morata, returned to haunt Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu as his goal sent the Champions League holders out of the tournament and put Juventus in the final. Juve went into Wednesday’s second leg of their semi-final at the Santiago Bernabeu holding a 2-1 advantage, but they were on the back ...
Read More »Photos: Messi,Suarez,Neymar reach final despite 3-2 defeat
A Neymar double helped Barcelona progress to their first Champions League final since 2011 despite a 3-2 second-leg semi-final defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday. A Lionel Messi double and Neymar’s strike at Camp Nou last Wednesday had given the Liga leaders a 3-0 lead after the first encounter and, despite ...
Read More »Photos: Chelsea drew 1-1 against Liverpool *As Man-City won 6-0 against relegated QPR
Chelsea and Liverpool played out an entertaining 1-1 draw on Sunday as Steven Gerrard played his final Premier League game at Stamford Bridge. John Terry gave the newly crowned Premier League champions the perfect start when he headed home a Cesc Fabregas corner in the fifth minute but the hosts struggled to maintain ...
Read More »You can’t keep Messi out of the game
Jerome Boateng says it is impossible to “keep tabs” on Lionel Messi after the Barcelona man embarrassed the World Cup winner on Wednesday. Messi scored two brilliant goals, while Neymar grabbed the third, as the Catalans ran out 3-0 winners at Camp Nou. After smashing in the first from the edge of the area, the ...
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