Archive for the 'Sports' Category
Last-gasp Kuwait Club win AFC Cup
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Kuwait Sports Club made history on Tuesday evening after beating Syria’s Al-Karama club 2-1 to clinch the 6th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup. Kuwait Sports Club owe their victory to their foreign hire from Oman Ismail Al-Ajmi who scored the second and winning goal with a beautiful header in the dying minutes of the match [...]
Ghana triumphant at U20 World Cup
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Exhausted Egypt blame schedule
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Egypt 1-0 Italy
Friday, June 19th, 2009Barcelona defeats Manchester United in Champions League final
Thursday, May 28th, 2009Kanoute facing Palestine shirt fine
Friday, January 9th, 2009Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute is facing a fine from the Spanish football federation for revealing a T-shirt expressing support for Palestine during a match. Kanoute lifted his Sevilla shirt over his head after scoring in the team’s 2-1 Copa del Rey win over Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday to display a black T-shirt on which [...]
‘Let Ronaldo go’ says FIFA chief Blatter
Friday, July 11th, 2008Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave European champions Manchester United for Real Madrid if he wants, says FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Questioned about the protracted wrangle over the 23-year-old’s future, Blatter told Sky News that the practice of binding players to lengthy contracts amounts to “modern slavery”.
Torres strike ends Spain’s long wait
Monday, June 30th, 2008SPAIN REACH EURO 2008 FINAL:
Friday, June 27th, 2008SPAIN REACH EURO 2008 FINAL: Spanish soccer fans celebrate their team’s Euro 2008 semi-final victory over Russia yesterday. Spain reached the European Championship final for the first time in 24 years with a convincing 3-0 win over Russia to set up a meeting with Germany in Sunday’s decider. Spain, who stretched their unbeaten run to [...]