Tag: Football

Owen says he won’t take kids to watch football

Former England striker Michael Owen said Wednesday he wouldn't take his children to watch a football match, contrasting the atmosphere at Premier League grounds...

I-Day Rugby

The Lahore Rugby Football Club (LRFC) Blacks outclassed DHA Greens by 26-7 in the festival rugby match organised by DHA Rugby Club to celebrate...

Mexico stun Brazil to win gold

Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men's football tournament as Oribe Peralta's double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over...

Japan proud of ‘Nadeshiko’ silver medal

Japan roared in support through pre-dawn hours Friday, from nightless cities to disaster areas, as their world champion women's football team bowed 2-1 to...

Canada cry foul after USA thriller

Canada's women footballers were left seething after their Olympic dream ended in an agonising 4-3 extra-time defeat to the United States on Monday. A superb...

Britain through to football quarter-finals

Hosts Great Britain won through to the Olympic men's football quarter-finals after Daniel Sturridge's goal secured a 1-0 win over Uruguay at Cardiff's Millennium...

Brazil’s Roberto Carlos hangs up his boots

Brazil World Cup winner Roberto Carlos has officially retired from football, the manager of Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala, where he was playing, has said....

Red Devils set to score another late winner

Popular British football (soccer) team Manchester United announced Monday that it hopes to earn over $300 million in its proposed IPO on Wall Street....

Football kicks off London Games

Women's football kicks off the London 2012 Olympics Wednesday -- two days before the official start -- as athletes pour into the country and...

Russia appoints Capello as new national coach

The Russian Football Union (RFU) on Monday appointed Italian coach Fabio Capello as new national manager to revive the flagging fortunes of the team...

Olympian Solo only warned after positive dope test

Hope Solo, the starting goalkeeper for the defending champion United States women’s Olympic football squad, has been given only a warning after a positive...

Augbsurg capture Hertha’s Ottl

Midfielder Andreas Ottl has left relegated Hertha Berlin to join Augsburg on a two-year contract, the Bavarian club announced on Monday. Ottl, 27, is a...

PFF determined to promote football at grass roots level PFF determined...

The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has carried out 30 times more activities in last eight years as compared to the corresponding eight years of...

Polish FA boss Lato refuses to bow out

The embattled head of Poland's PZPN football association, Grzegorz Lato, on Thursday said that he would not give in to pressure to quit and...

Malaysia detains 100 in football gambling raids: reports

Malaysian police have detained 100 people in nationwide raids on international crime syndicates who bet millions of dollars on the Euro 2012 championship, reports...

Another four matches played in Women Soccer

Another four matches were played in the 5th National Inter-Club Women Football Championship-2012 on Sunday at different evnues of the country. At Karachi,...

National Inter-Club Women Football starts

The 5th National Inter-Club Women Football Championship-2012 started at Karachi and Lahore with wins for Diya and Sports Sciences. Being organized by the Karachi-Sindh...