Gareth Bale equalised for Real Madrid as the Spanish capital club played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Camp Nou stadium, with both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi also on the scoresheet in El Clasico.In an entertaining see-saw match, Barcelona had a Luis Suarez goal disallowed for a wrong offside call, while the referee also denied Madrid a penalty [...]
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a record-equaling ninth consecutive UCL game to lead Real Madrid to a 2-1 victory over ten-man PSG at the Parc de Princes stadium in France.Real Madrid made four changes to the team which won the first leg 3-1, surprise starts for wonderkid Marco Asensio, Lucas Vasquez and Mateo Kovacic, while Dani Carvajal returned from suspension to [...]
Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane have inked their names in the history books again, as Real Madrid win its 11th UEFA Champions league.Ramos became the first defender in history to score in two UEFA champions league finals, while Ronaldo edged-out his archrival, Lionel Messi, to become a player with three goals from three different UCL finals.According to UEFA, [...]
TheCable begins an exciting series where current and former footballers pick from a wide pool of players – active or passive, teammate or opponent, dead or alive – to form their Best XI!For a defender, Okpara has picked an attack-minded team. So, there’s no room for a defender called Godwin Okpara!GOALKEEPERIke ShorounmuHe was a very good goalkeeper; for me, [...]
Germany’s all-time leading scorer, Miroslav Klose, has announced his retirement from international football.Klose scored twice at the Brazil 2014 World Cup, making him the highest goalscorer in the tournament's history with 16 goals, one ahead of Ronaldo.And with a career total of 71 goals, Klose is also the highest scorer for Germany. He is also the second most capped German, [...]
There is no prize for guessing the choice of seven as against our usual choice of 10 for the memorable moments in this round of the World Cup.Yes, you are right. It’s about BRA7IL!Beaten, battered, bruised BrazilFor convenience sake (read lazy), the seven goals Brazil conceded in this game should have been the seven most memorable moments of the semifinal. [...]
The Netherlands wanted to top their group at all costs in order to avoid a ‘strong’ Brazil in the next round.Their coach, Louis van Gaal, fielded a strong team against Chile in a game that was to decide the group's winner. Holland won 2-0 and will now meet a ‘weak’ Mexico in the second round.So, how important is it to [...]
Real Madrid Football Club have won their 10th UEFA Champions League trophy after a pulsating final at the at the Estadio da Luz, home of Portuguese club, Sporting Lisbon Football Club.Madrid were some two minutes away from losing the trophy to a solitary Diego Godin goal off a mistake by Iker Casillas, but Sergio Ramos rose high in stoppage time to head home [...]
It is exactly 32 days to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, but there is enough to whet the appetite already before the tournament begins on June 12, 2014.Protests have been held across the country; stadia have collapsed and casualties abound; accusations of embezzlement have been traded among the country’s senior figures; the Amazon forest is causing nightmares in [...]
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