New Delhi: Nehru Cup soccer champions India have been clubbed with hosts Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Guam in Group A of the AFC Challenge Cup 2014 qualifiers. India will play their matches on March 2, 4 and 6. Wim Koevermans's side will be looking to top the group in order to advance to the AFC Challenge Cup to be held in the Maldives. The draw took place at the AFC...
06:34 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Warsaw: UEFA has charged the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Russian Football Union (RFS) for racist behaviour and racist chanting by their national teams' fans during Euro 2012 matches. "UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the improper conduct of their supporters (racist behaviour, racist chanting) at the UEFA Euro 2012 Group C match against Italy in Gdansk on Sunday 10 June," European soccer's...
09:02 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Moscow: Russian soccer chief Sergei Fursenko quit his post on Monday following Russia's disappointing showing at Euro 2012. Fursenko, who also sits on the UEFA executive board, resigned after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I would like to apologise to our fans for such a result. I have taken a difficult decision - to step down as head of the Russian Football Union (RFU)," Fursenko told his close friend Putin,...
02:12 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Gdansk: Germany booked a semi-final against England or Italy after thrashing Greece 4-2 in Friday's Euro 2012 quarter-final at the PGE Arena here. A first half which saw profligate finishing from the 2008 finalists, Philipp Lahm broke the deadlock with a fine long-range strike after 39 minutes. Greece secured a shock equaliser ten minutes into the second half with Georgios Samaras tapping in a Dimitris Salpingidis cross. Germany retook the...
02:26 AM, Jun 23, 2012
CNN-IBN's football experts Novy Kapadia and Karim Bencherifa preview the Euro 2012 quarter-final between Germany and Greece on Friday night. ...
09:14 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Warsaw: Cristiano Ronaldo stood up to be counted once again as he lead Portugal into the Euro 2012 semi-finals after a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The Real Madrid star would head home the only goal of the game with 11 minutes to seal a narrow victory for the Seleccao and set up a date with either Spain or France on June 27....
02:16 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Wroclaw: Czech Republic captain Tomas Rosicky has resumed training a day before the European Championship quarter-final match against Portugal. Rosicky picked up an Achilles tendon injury during the 2-1 win over Greece on June 12 and hasn't trained since. The injury forced him to miss his team's 1-0 victory over Poland on Saturday when his place in the midfield went to Daniel Kolar. The last training session before Thursday's match...
09:16 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Warsaw: Cristiano Ronaldo has plenty of experience turning a nearly hopeless cause into a triumph. He was the lead figure in a Real Madrid team that battled hard, but helplessly, to wrest the Spanish league title from Barcelona for two years before finally topping its archrival in the 2011-12 season. Now, Ronaldo is in the process of triggering another reversal of fortune with Portugal at the European Championship. He has...
08:15 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Warsaw: Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland and Ukraine have "already won the European Championship" for the legacy it will leave, UEFA president Michel Platini said on Monday. Despite disappointment on the pitch for Poland and Ukraine's chances of reaching the quarter-finals depending on them beating England in their final group match, Platini said both countries could be proud of what they had delivered after problematic preparations, mainly involving infrastructure. "It's not...
10:39 PM, Jun 18, 2012
CNN-IBN's panel of experts said that Greece played like champions against Russia to qualify for Euro quarterfinals. ...
10:28 AM, Jun 17, 2012
Warsaw: Greece's qualification for the Euro 2012 quarter-finals is a triumph because the team has constantly been victimized by referees, captain Giorgos Karagounis said. The Greeks felt they were denied a clear penalty in the 1-0 win over Russia that secured a place in the knockout stages, as Karagounis was tripped by Russia defender Sergei Ignashevich but given a yellow card for diving. All referee calls were against our team,"...
10:27 AM, Jun 17, 2012
Wroclaw: Poland coach Franciszek Smuda has confirmed that he will leave his current post after he failed to guide the host nation through the group stage of Euro 2012. The hosts followed up draws with Greece and Russia with Saturday's defeat to Czech Republic, and the former Lech Poznan coach admitted that he will leave his role when his contract officially expires at the end of the tournament. Looking back...
03:30 AM, Jun 17, 2012
Warsaw: Greece were simply too hard for to break down in the crunch Euro 2012 match Saturday that saw Russia knocked out, Russia coach Dick Advocaat said. Greece won 1-0 courtesy of a Sotiris Karagounis goal on the stroke of half-time, and combined with the Czech Republic's 1-0 win over Poland, the result was enough to send the Czechs and Greeks through from Group A. "We played quite well, we...
03:08 AM, Jun 17, 2012
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