Amsterdam: Coach Bert van Marwijk included uncapped 18-year-old Adam Maher on Tuesday in his provisional 27-man Netherlands squad for the European Championship. The talented AZ Alkmaar midfielder made the cut as Van Marwijk trimmed down a 36-player roster ahead of a pre-tournament training camp in Switzerland. The squad has to be reduced again to 23 players by May 29. Van Marwijk sent home Urby Emmanuelson of AC Milan and Vitesse...
10:05 PM, May 16, 2012
London: Former captain John Terry was included in England's European Championship squad on Wednesday despite facing trial immediately after the tournament for racially abusing an opponent. The Football Association's decision to strip Terry of the England captaincy in February over the alleged racial abuse of Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand led to coach Fabio Capello quitting. But Capello's replacement, Roy Hodgson, has included the Chelsea defender in the 23-man...
06:48 PM, May 16, 2012
London: France rightback Bacary Sagna will miss the European Championships after suffering a broken leg during Arsenal's 3-3 Premier League draw with Norwich City on Saturday. Sagna was carried off on a stretcher at the Emirates Stadium in the 32nd minute. The 29-year-old broke the same leg in October and was ruled out for three months of the current campaign. "It is a broken fibula, the same leg," Arsenal manager...
12:10 PM, May 07, 2012
It was a year of drama in both Indian and International football; unfortunately, far too much of it took place off the pitch rather than on it. The affairs of the sports governing body drew more attention than should be necessary, with charges of wrongdoing, corruption and politicking carrying into the new year, after the controversial selections of Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022 respectively...
03:29 PM, Dec 31, 2011
London: England boss Fabio Capello has given his strongest hint yet that Wayne Rooney will be in his Euro 2012 squad. The Italian was talking for the first time about the Manchester United striker since his one-match ban after his red card in Montenegro was extended to three games, ruling him out of the group stages at next summers European Championships. The 65-year-old veteran manager said the right mix of...
08:33 PM, Oct 20, 2011
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