Madrid, April 9 (IANS) Real Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa has defended his players and stressed the importance of consistency ahead of their La Liga clash against Girona on Friday. Madrid head into the match after back-to-back 2-1 defeats against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and Mallorca in the league, leaving them seven points behind Barcelona with eight matches remaining.Asked about the impact of another loss on their title chances, Arbeloa said, “The players know that every game…
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Madrid, April 9 (IANS) Goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth gave Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win away to Barcelona on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.The result puts Atletico in firm control of the tie and marks a sharp reversal from Barcelona’s 2-1 win in La Liga between the sides just days earlier, with Diego Simeone’s team surviving early pressure before capitalizing on a numerical advantage throughout the second half, reports Xinhua.Barcelona started br…
Lisbon, April 8 (IANS) Kai Havertz scored late to secure a one-goal advantage for Arsenal as their UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie against Sporting CP heads to London next Wednesday.The second leg of the tie at Emirates Stadium will determine who will go through to the semifinal to face either Atletico Madrid or Barcelona.The first half had ended goalless, though both sides struck the crossbar early on.First was Sporting’s Maximiliano Araújo, who raced on to Ousmane Diomande’s excel…
Barcelona, April 2 (IANS) Spanish football giant Barcelona’s president, Joan Laporta, has slammed FIFA over what he described as a congested and poorly planned international calendar after the team’s prime player, Raphinha, suffered a hamstring injury while representing Brazil.The injury occurred during an international friendly against France, leaving FC Barcelona without one of their most in-form attackers at a crucial stage of the season.Laporta did not hold back in his criticism of the sched…
Madrid, March 31 (IANS) Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella said it would be difficult to turn down a return to Barcelona if the opportunity arose, while also voicing frustration over his club’s direction this season.The 27-year-old Spain international came through Barcelona’s youth system but made just one first-team appearance in the Copa del Rey before spells with Eibar and Getafe. He later moved to the Premier League, spending a season at Brighton before joining Chelsea in June 2022.Speaking ahe…
Madrid, March 23 (IANS) Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann will leave the club at the end of the season to join Major League Soccer side Orlando City.Spanish sports dailies Diario AS, Sport, and El Mundo Deportivo are among the outlets reporting that Griezmann has been permitted by Atletico to travel to the United States during the current international break to sign his contract with Orlando City, with club sources confirming the move.”Antoine Griezmann has been authorised by his club to…
Madrid, March 23 (IANS) Barcelona took a four-point lead over Real Madrid into the international break after grinding out a 1-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano, while Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 in a lively derby.Atletico struck first at the Santiago Bernabeu when Giuliano Simeone combined neatly with Ademola Lookman, who opened the scoring in the 33rd minute.Vinicius Junior leveled from the penalty spot 10 minutes after halftime after David Hancko fouled Brahim Diaz, and poor defending from Jo…
Miami, March 18 (IANS) The Miami Open got off to a damp start with the match start times for Wednesday’s first-round action being pushed back due to rain.Grigor Dimitrov, the former No. 3 player in the ATP Rankings, is among those set to compete at the ATP Masters 1000 event on Wednesday, when he faces Raphael Collignon. Their match is scheduled for the second on the Grandstand.Start times for matches on Grandstand, Buch Buchholz, and Court 1 have all been pushed back to not before 1 p.m. EDT.Th…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) FC Bayern claimed a 6-1 first-leg win away at Atalanta on Tuesday night to put themselves in a promising position to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.Josip Stanisic, Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry handed Bayern a comfortable 3-0 lead before half-time. Nicolas Jackson, Olise and Jamal Musiala rounded off the half dozen, before Mario Pašalić’s added-time consolation for the hosts.Bayern’s incessant pressure paid off handsomely as the German champions took fi…
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) India is not only building networks for its 1.4 billion citizens but building trusted digital bridges for the world, Union Communication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said.Guided by the philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, we believe connectivity must empower humanity, strengthen partnerships, and create shared prosperity,” he said while inaugurating the Bharat Pavilion at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Spain which is one of the world’s foremost techno…