UAE club Al Wasl found Diego Maradona as their coach
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates May 17, 2011-Legendary Footballer Diego Maradona was hired Monday to coach the United Arab Emirates club Al Wasl, marking the Argentine great’s return to coaching since leading his country to the World Cup quarterfinals last year.
He signed a two-year contract and [...]
David Beckham’s soft drink video
LOS ANGELES, April 15, 2011- Most popular footballer David Beckham’s 69-second video showing him bending three footballs into a trio of far away rubbish bins on a California beach has received more than 1.3 million hits on YouTube.
But Beckham was somewhat evasive when asked in Toronto Tuesday [...]
Chelsea 2-1 MSK Zilina
Chelsea fought back against MSK Zilina to stay unbeaten in the Champions League by beating MSK Zilina 2-1.
The win eased the pressure on under-fire boss Carlo Ancelotti as second-half goals from Daniel Sturridge and Florent Malouda sealed the comeback.Ancelotti’s side had trailed to Babatounde [...]
Braga 2-0 Arsenal
Arsenal suffered a shock Champions League 2-0 defeat to Braga at Estadio Municipal.
The Gunners, beaten by rivals Tottenham on Saturday, had been top of Group H and thrashed the Portuguese side 6-0 in their opening fixture.However, a much-changed side never hit top gear and were denied a cast-iron penalty [...]
Auxerre 0-2 AC Milan
AC Milan secured their qualification from Champions League Group G with victory in a lacklustre encounter in Burgundy.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s wonderful 64th-minute opener came out of the blue and he was later replaced by Ronaldinho, who netted the second late on.That left Milan on eight points, [...]
Ajax 0-4 Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo scored two as Real Madrid secured top spot in Group G after beating Ajax, whose own hopes of the last 16 are over.
First-half goals from Karim Benzema and Alvaro Arbeloa put Madrid in control and Ronaldo, following up his hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao at the weekend, struck twice [...]
Basle 1-0 Cluj
Frederico Almerares scored the only goal to keep Basle’s hopes of qualification from Champions League Group E alive.
Almerares netted 14 minutes into the first half against a Cluj side that rarely threatened the home goal at St Jakob Park.In the first minute Basle midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri’s [...]
Roma 3-2 Bayern Munich
Roma captain Francesco Totti capped a magnificent comeback with a late penalty as the Italians stunned Bayern Munich.
Trailing 2-0 at half-time after Mario Gomez’s two goals, Marco Borriello hit the back of the net four minutes after the re-start before Daniele De Rossi’s equaliser with [...]
Partizan Belgrade 0-3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk scored three second-half goals to brush aside Partizan Belgrade and virtually assure progression from Group H.
After a first-half stalemate, goals from Taras Stepanenko, Jadson and Eduardo put Shakhtar in charge of the group as news came through of a shock defeat for Arsenal at Braga.However, [...]
Real Madrid 5-1 Athletic Bilbao
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid saw off battling Athletic Bilbao 5-1 at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening.
With Barcelona winning 8-0 earlier in the evening Madrid knew they needed a victory to take a one-point lead to the Nou Camp for ‘El Clasico’, and Jose Mourinho’s [...]
AC Milan 1-0 Fiorentina
A goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to take AC Milan four points clear at the top of Serie A thanks to a 1-0 win over Fiorentina.
The in-form Sweden striker scored on the stroke of half-time to take the Rossoneri away from the chasing pack at the top of the table and set them up for their midweek [...]
Roma 2-0 Udinese
Roma moved up to third in Serie A thanks to a win over Udinese, although they ended the game with just 10 men.
Jeremy Menez put the Giallorossi in front after 24 minutes and Marco Borriello sealed the win 10 minutes into the second half.However, Nicolas Burdisso ruined what would have otherwise been [...]
Almeria 0-8 Barcelona
Lionel Messi struck a hat-trick and Bojan Krkic bagged a brace as Barcelona strolled to an incredible 8-0 victory at Almeria.
Pep Guardiola’s side raced into a 5-0 lead before half-time in a hugely one-sided contest.Messi opened the scoring after 17 minutes and Andres Iniesta took advantage of [...]
