Former Arsenal "invincible" forward Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash.Reyes, who played for Segunda Division side Extremadura last season, died after an accident in Seville on Saturday.Former club Sevilla announced his demise on their official Twitter handle on Saturday."We couldn't be confirming worse news. Beloved Sevilla star José Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic collision. Rest [...]
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Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 2-1 loss at Old Trafford to Sevilla and crashed out of the UEFA Champions League. Jose Mourinho's men were looking to qualify after a goalless first leg in Spain two weeks ago but were dominated by a spirited and attack-minded Sevilla side.On the heels of his two-goal showing against Liverpool on Saturday, Mourinho handed Marcus [...]
Nigerian and Leicester City of England winger, Ahmed Musa is optimistic that his team can upset home team Sevilla of Spain in front of their fans Tuesday evening.Both teams are scheduled to engage each other in an all Important Round 16, the first knockout round of the prestigious Uefa Champions League in Spain.Musa is hopeful that The Foxes will put [...]

Former Cote d’Ivoire midfielder, Didier Zokora, has completed a move to Indian Super League side FC Pune City.The 34-year-old midfielder confirmed the deal on his Twitter account – @dzokora5.“I signed contract with Indian Super League team Pune FC. Thanks for everything.”Zokora is the most capped Ivorian international, having made 123 appearances scoring just one goal before his retirement in September [...]

Sevilla fought back twice to beat Dnipro 3-2 and retain the Europa League on Wednesday.Colombian striker Carlos Bacca scored twice for the Spanish side in addition to Grzegorz Krychowiak's goal.Dnipro had taken the lead through Nikola Kalinic before Sevilla struck twice.Ruslan Rotan equalised just before half-time for the Ukrainians, but Bacca struck in the second-half to win the trophy [...]

A Stevan Jovetic double and a third to Sergio Aguero helped Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-1 in the first heavyweight clash of the new season on Monday.With new signing Mario Balotelli watching from the stands, last season’s runners-up Liverpool looked lively at Etihad Stadium, but an error from debutant Alberto Moreno allowed Jovetic to smash the ball home after 41 [...]

Thiago Silva and David Luiz scored as Brazil set up a World Cup semi-final meeting with Germany, after beating Colombia 2-1.Silva netted in the early stages of a breathless encounter, scoring from a corner that evaded everyone and the Paris Saint-Germain centre-back’s knee knocked the ball over the line.But the captain was booked in the second half and will miss [...]

The curse of Bela Guttman returned to haunt Benfica as Sevilla won a penalty shoot-out to beat the Portuguese giants in the Europa League final in Turin.The Hungarian coach declared Benfica would never win another European final when he was denied a pay-rise and left the club in anger having delivered back-to-back European Cups in 1961 and 1962.Over the intervening [...]