Sports, Football, 28th Apr 2019, News & Stories from India

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Sports Football 28 Apr 2019

Sports, Football, 28 Apr 2019

Mertens scored the opener with a perfectly executed free kick around Frosinone's wall into the near top corner. (Photo: AP)

Mertens equals Maradona's record of 81 Serie A goals

Mertens and Maradona are tied for third on the club list of Serie A scorers behind 1930s star Antonio Vojak.

28 Apr 2019 6:43 PM

Neymar's temper got the better of him earlier this season after PSG lost to Manchester United in the Champions League. (Photo: AP)

Video of Neymar 'Punching' a fan post PSG's loss goes viral

The Brazil forward was walking up the stairs to collect his losers' medal at Stade de France when he was involved in an altercation.

28 Apr 2019 6:15 PM

The 1-0 defeat further confused the position behind soaraway frontrunners Liverpool and Manchester City, neither of whom played on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Premier League 2019: Spurs suffer first loss at their new stadium

Spurs, who had not even conceded a goal in their first four games back home, were looking for a boost ahead of their CL clash against Ajax.

28 Apr 2019 3:36 PM

It had all started perfectly for Dortmund with Mario Goetze’s header from a superb Jadon Sancho assist putting them in front in the 14th minute. (Photo: AP)

Bundesliga 2019: Dortmund's title hopes eliminated by Schalke

Axel Witsel cut the deficit in the 85th minute but Breel Embolo netted Schalke’s fourth goal a minute later to seal a memorable derby.

28 Apr 2019 2:58 PM

The game was decided by a glaring error from Valladolid defender Joaquin Fernandez, who appeared at the near post to try to clear a cross from Atletico’s Saul Niguez but instead headed the ball straight into his own net. (Photo: AFP)

La Liga: Atletico gains an unlikely 1-0 win against Real Valladolid

A win for Valladolid would have handed Barca the title before their kick-off at home to Levante but they were made to wait a few more hours.

28 Apr 2019 2:43 PM

Lauber’s office has been investigating several cases of suspected corruption surrounding Zurich-based FIFA after it filed a criminal complaint in November 2014. (Photo: AFP)

Swiss prosecutor rejects criticism of his handling of FIFA probe

FIFA has the status of a private plaintiff in the probe into suspected breach of trust, fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

28 Apr 2019 2:39 PM

Atletico ran Barca a little closer but never really looked like catching the Catalans, who wrapped their tentacles around the title by beating Diego Simeone’s side 2-0 this month with late goals from Messi and Luis Suarez. (Photo: AFP)

Relentless Barcelona in Liga of their own

Barca’s dominance of Spanish soccer has been so pronounced that newspaper Marca recently described their grip on La Liga as 'dictatorship'.

28 Apr 2019 1:29 PM

Former Real Madrid winger Paco Gento holds a Spanish record of 12 league titles and his old team mate Pirri lifted the La Liga trophy 10 times. Manchester United great Ryan Giggs holds the most league titles in Europe’s top five leagues with 13 Premier League triumphs, while his former team mate Paul Scholes collected 11. (Photo: AFP)

Messi becomes club’s first player to win 10-league titles

Messi’s first Barca title came in 2005 when he was 17 years old and he collected his second La Liga medal a year later.

28 Apr 2019 1:08 PM

Solskjaer was hugely successful as a player at United under the management of Alex Ferguson, famously scoring the goal that won the 1999 Champions League final against Bayern Munich. (Photo: AFP)

Solskjaer adamant that he won't be victim of player power at troubled United

Solskjaer's early form as manager, which brought 14 wins from 17 matches, has dropped off alarmingly, with seven defeats in nine games.

28 Apr 2019 12:50 PM

Into extra time they went, and Neymar set up Mbappe for a shot against the post, but proof that Rennes had done more than just ruffle PSG's feathers came when France's golden boy was sent off. (Photo: AFP)

Mbappe sent off as PSG lose French Cup final to Rennes

Penalties were already looming when Mbappe was shown straight red card by referee Ruddy Buquet for a dreadful challenge on Damien Da Silva.

28 Apr 2019 12:22 PM

Ronaldo has scored 28 goals in 20 games and has provided 8 assists for Juventus this season. (Photo: AP)

Ronaldo reaches 600: Watch Ronaldo's 600th club goal of his career

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 600th goal of his club career to earn Juventus a 1-1 draw away to Inter Milan in Serie A on Saturday.

28 Apr 2019 11:41 AM

Messi became the first player to win 10 La Liga crowns with Barca and only the third player from any club to do so. (Photo: AFP)

Messi steers Barcelona to another La Liga title

Barca lead the standings on 83 points after 35 games, an unassailable nine clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid with three matches left .

28 Apr 2019 10:50 AM

The real madrid striker has score 21 goals in 34 appearances in La Liga's current season. (Photo: AFP)

Real Madrid star Karim Benzema likely to miss rest of the season

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has expressed that he has ‘many options’ and will try to win the game despite Karim’s absence.

28 Apr 2019 10:33 AM

Quinton Fortune facilitating a Shiv Nadar School student in Gurugram on saturday.

Quinton Fortune holds clinic for kids in NCR

The legend shared motivational stories and life lessons from his successful career as a professional football player to the students in Gurugram.

28 Apr 2019 12:53 AM

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