French club AS Monaco defeated Arsenal 1-0 as Spanish club Valencia won the Emirates Cup . Colombian striker Radamel Falcao scored the only goal of the game as he converted a free header from the edge of the six-yard box just before halftime. Arsenal, who miss out on winning their home tournament for the first …
Belgian Adel Amrouche has been dismissed as Kenya`s football coach after he failed to guide the team to the finals of the 2015 Africa Nations Cup in Morocco. Kenya failed to progress to the group stages of the qualifying campaign for the bi-annual football showpiece after losing 0-1 aggregate, reports Xinhua. Kenya lost 0-1 to …
Brazilian striker Brandao`s move to Ligue 1 club SC Bastia collapsed on Friday after the Corsicans claimed that Saint-Etienne demanded a transfer fee for the player at the last minute. “After the player signed a one-year deal (with the option of a second), Saint-Etienne demanded a transfer fee, contrary to what we had initially foreseen,” …
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New Brazil coach Dunga declared on Friday that competence is all that matters to him and added that there is no “blacklist” for players who underperformed at the World Cup. “Competence is all that matters when it comes to choosing a national team, not friendship or marketing,” said the former midfielder, who captained Brazil to …
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The Brazilian forward fractured his third lumbar vertebra during the World Cup quarter-final with Colombia after being challenged by Juan Camilo Zuniga. Neymar was subsequently ruled out for the rest of the tournament, but the 22-year-old has told Japanese media he is now well on his way back to full fitness. “I am recovering from …
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Everton broke their club transfer record on Wednesday when they paid 28 million pounds (35.4m euros, $47.4m) to sign Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku on a five-year deal from Premier League rivals Chelsea, the club announced. (Liverpool edge Manchester City on penalties in friendly) Lukaku finished as Everton’s top scorer last season after finding the net …
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Julio Grondona, the veteran president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and FIFA vice-president, died on Wednesday at the age of 82 in a Buenos Aires clinic, AFA sources reported. The all-powerful figure, who had been in charge of Argentine football since 1979, had been taken to hospital suffering from heart problems and died while …
After the World Cup overcame fears about protests, half-finished stadiums and chaotic transport to deliver an exciting tournament, next up for Brazil is 2016 Olympics, which poses an even bigger challenge. Brazil just pulled off the World Cup. Next up is Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympics, which poses an even bigger challenge. Cement trucks are …
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Steven Gerrard says the slip that arguably ended Liverpool`s title hopes and England being knocked out the World Cup in the group stages have contributed to what has been “probably the worst three months of my life”. Speaking to reporters on Liverpool`s pre-season tour of North America, the 34-year-old addressed the moment when he lost …
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Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Felipe Scolari did not have to wait long to find work after his Brazil World Cup disaster as he was announced as Gremio`s new coach on Tuesday. The Porto Alegre club took to its Twitter feed to confirm the appointment. Scolari has already coached the club twice before in 1987 and …
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