Colombia: A second-half comeback from Argentina earned Alejandro Sabella's side a narrow 2-1 victory over Colombia, who faded badly after an encouraging start. Lionel Messi levelled the game after Dorlan Pabon had opened the scoring just before half-time, before his attacking verve led to Sergio Aguero turning in a rebound from close-range. The win, however, fails to clear the doubts circling around Alejandro Sabella's charges, who until the equaliser struggled...
08:58 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Bueno Aires: Bolivia frustrated Argentina for the second time in four months when they held them to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup qualifier on Friday. The result left Argentina with four points from three matches after last month's 4-1 home win over Chile and shock 1-0 defeat away to Venezuela. Bolivia picked up their first point having previously lost to Uruguay and Colombia. "It hurts us to draw,...
08:37 AM, Nov 12, 2011
Caracas: Even a draw would have been momentous, but Venezuela went a step further by beating Argentina 1-0 in a World Cup qualifier for their first ever win over the South American heavyweights. Venezuela, no longer the whipping boys of South American soccer, had lost all 18 of their previous matches against Argentina, but Fernando Amorebieta's 61st-minute header turned the tables on Tuesday night against a star-studded team captained by...
06:53 PM, Oct 12, 2011
Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi is trying to ease the pressure on himself ahead of Argentina's upcoming World Cup qualifiers, saying on Tuesday that he can't win matches all on his own. The Barcelona star made the comments on his arrival in Buenos Aires before Friday's game at home to Chile and next Tuesday's match away to Venezuela. Messi has never played as well for Argentina as he has for Barcelona....
10:25 AM, Oct 05, 2011
Auckland: Australia and Japan left it late on Friday as they began their bid to reach the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with narrow home victories over lowly ranked opposition. After receiving byes in the opening two rounds of Asian qualifying after reaching last year's World Cup finals, both looked rusty in their first competitive matches since contesting the Asian Cup final in January. Japan's defender Maya Yoshida was the...
09:19 AM, Sep 03, 2011
New Delhi: Their new-found confidence having suffered a huge beating after their 0-3 loss in the away match, India face an uphill task to advance to the next stage of the 2014 World Cup football qualifiers as they take on United Arab Emirates here on Thursday. India had beaten Qatar in an international friendly 2-1 in Doha just before the World Cup qualifiers second round, raising hopes of a strong...
06:41 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Male: A new-look Indian football team will test their strength in Armando Colaco's first match as coach when they take on Maldives here on Sunday in an international friendly ahead of their World Cup qualifiers. The match against South Asian rivals Maldives will be the first international friendly in preparations for India's World Cup qualifiers against United Arab Emirates on July 23 and 28 and the maiden game for Colaco...
05:35 PM, Jul 09, 2011
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12:28 AM, Nov 20, 2009
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11:02 PM, Nov 19, 2009
In Marseille, home to many Algeria supporters, youths set fire to vehicles. ...
12:44 PM, Nov 15, 2009
Slovakia reached the World Cup finals for the first time after defeating Poland. ...
02:26 PM, Oct 15, 2009
Portugal comprehensively dominated their Maltese visitors on Wednesday. ...
02:08 PM, Oct 15, 2009
Almost 33 year wait for victory in Montevideo is over for Argentina. ...
01:50 PM, Oct 15, 2009
England concluded their World Cup qualifying campaign with a win. ...
01:36 PM, Oct 15, 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo says he will try to shorten his expected recovery time. ...
03:25 PM, Oct 12, 2009
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