Fellaini goal stuns Manchester United
August 21st, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Marouane Fellaini towered over Michael Carrick to nod home a corner kick to stun Manchester United and steer Everton to a 1-0 victory in their ... Read more...
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I am ready for Chelsea debut: Oscar
August 18th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) Brazil international playmaker Oscar has declared himself ready to debut for Chelsea in the team's Premier League football season-opener against Wigan Athletic Sunday.Oscar joined his new ... Read more...
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Zenit thrash Spartak 5-0
August 11th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Zenit St. Petersburg hammered in five goals as they demolished 10-man Spartak Moscow in a top-of-the-table Russian Premier League football clash Saturday.Russia midfielder Roman Shirokov ... Read more...
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Rubin Kazan sign Spaniard Orbaiz
July 25th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder Pablo Orbaiz has joined Russian Premier league football side Rubin Kazan as a free agent, the club said Wednesday.Orbaiz, ... Read more...
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Garuda Indonesia signs partnership with Liverpool
July 11th, 2012 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Jakarta, July 11 (IANS) Indonesian flag carrier airlines, Garuda Indonesia, set up partnership programmes with English Premier League football side Liverpool to act as official partner to the club.The statement ... Read more...
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Sauber unite F1 and football with innovative deal
April 30th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 30 (IANS) Formula One team Sauber have announced a ground-breaking new partnership with English Premier League football club Chelsea FC.At the recent Chinese and Bahrain Grand Prix ... Read more...
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British Council, Kolkata Police launch soccer event for poor
March 3rd, 2012 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) British Council in association with Kolkata Police Friday launched a football tournament for the underprivileged youth who have been trained under a skill project "Kolkata Goalz".The ... Read more...
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Man handcuffs self to goalpost in Premier League clash
February 1st, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 1 (IANS) The English Premier League football clash between Everton and Manchester City saw a surprise delay five minutes before the first-half as a protestor invaded the pitch ... Read more...
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Manchester United stay in hunt as Chelsea suffer setback
December 27th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 27 (IANS) Manchester United kept up their hopes of retaining the Premier League football title with a convincing 5-0 victory over Wigan Athletic on Boxing Day when ... Read more...
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Wigan strikes late to draw with Chelsea
December 18th, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 18 (IANS) Chelsea conceded a late goal in the 16th-round clash of the English Premier League football Saturday as Wigan fought back for a 1-1 draw in ... Read more...
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Villarreal back to winning ways in Primera Liga
September 21st, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 21 (IANS) Villarreal returned to winning ways against Mallorca in the Spanish Premier League football here Tuesday.Giuseppe Rossi's goal after seven minutes and Nilmar's early shot in the ... Read more...
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Key clash in Spanish League as Barcelona visits Valencia
September 20th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Sep 20 (IANS) All eyes will be on the Mestalla stadium when Valencia encounter FC Barcelona in Spanish Premier League football Wednesday night.Valencia, current leaders of the Primera ... Read more...
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Blackburn beat Arsenal 4-3 in EPL
September 17th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Blackburn, Sep 17 (IANS) Blackburn Rovers came from behind to beat Arsenal 4-3 in an English Premier League football match at Ewood Park here Saturday.Nigerian striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu scored ... Read more...
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Sick chants at Adebayor land Spurs with possible UEFA fine
April 7th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr. 7 (ANI): Premier League football team Tottenham Spurs could be asked to pay a fine of 20,000 pounds to UEFA after its fans aimed sick chants at former Arsenal ... Read more...
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Crowd gives sexism-row referee Massey unwelcoming chants on return to Premier League
February 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb 14 (ANI): Assistant referee Sian Massey, who became a subject of a sexism scandal over Sky News presenters' comments during a game between Wolverhampton and Liverpool last month, has reportedly ... Read more...
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Now, cost of winning a UK Premier League match is 7.2 million pounds: Research
February 6th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.6 (ANI): The cost of winning a Premier League football match is 7.2 million pounds, proof that spending power has become more important than skill.
Research by a leading business analyst has ... Read more...
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David Miliband joins Sunderland as non-executive vice-chairman
February 2nd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2(ANI): Former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has joined the board of Premier League football club Sunderland as their non-executive vice chairman.Miliband, who was Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010, ... Read more...
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Premier League football star in police probe following sex assault at party claim
August 20th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 20 (ANI): The mansion of Bolton Wanderers star Jlloyd Samuel, in Lymm in Cheshire, has been searched by the police after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted at his ... Read more...
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Indian entrepreneur next owner of Blackburn Rovers?
July 20th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Venkata Vemuri
London, July 20 (IANS) The name of an Indian entrepreneur, Saurin Shah, is doing the rounds as possibly the next owner of Blackburn Rovers, the British Barclays Premier League football ... Read more...
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Chelsea must now dominate, says skipper Terry after title triumph
May 11th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 11 (ANI): Blues skipper John Terry has said that Chelsea FC must now dominate Premier League football watching Manchester United dominate for three years."The last couple of years, we've ... Read more...
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Rooney tops world footie star 2009-10 rich list with 33 m pounds
May 2nd, 2010 - 12:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 2 (ANI): England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has topped the Premier League football star rich list with a fortune of 33 million pounds.According to a report in ... Read more...
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Drugs, money-laundering ring with ‘links’ to Premier League busted
March 23rd, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): British and French police have busted a huge drug and money-laundering operation run by British gangsters which might have links to Premier League football transfers.The police officers raided ... Read more...
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Ferguson blasts jaded Man U stars for insipid Everton show
February 21st, 2010 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 21 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has accused his players of under-estimating the importance of their clash with Everton.In their outing against Everton, United were unrecognisable ... Read more...
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England spinner Swann reckons Premier League club buying an IPL team
February 17th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 17 (ANI): England spinner Graeme Swann is happy over reports of a Premier League football club buying an Indian Premier League team, provided it is not Sunderland.Manchester City may ... Read more...
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British football club keen to buy IPL team
February 16th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 16 (IANS) A Premier League football club of Britain has shown interest in buying one of the two Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchises to be sold at ... Read more...
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Arsenal set to re-sign defender Campbell
January 13th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Arsenal is on the brink of strengthening its defences with the free transfer signing of veteran defender Sol Campbell, 35.Campbell is ready to complete a sensational return ... Read more...
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Premier League manager caught in Thai brothel fears sex tape leak
January 4th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 4(ANI): The Premier League football manager, who was caught in the company of hookers in a "Thai" vice den, is terrified that his sex sessions have been filmed and may ... Read more...
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Ferdinand will not be able to play again in 2009
November 19th, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Manchester United centre back Rio Ferdinand will not be able to play again this year and has been informed that he needs another six weeks of rest ... Read more...
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Chelsea thrash Blackburn to go back to top
October 25th, 2009 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 25 (DPA) Chelsea returned to the top of the English Premier League football after hammering Blackburn Rovers 5-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Two goals from Frank Lampard, one each for Michael ... Read more...
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Jordan’s ex Dwight Yorke wants a reunion
October 3rd, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 3 (ANI): Jordan's former beau Dwight Yorke has said that he wants a reunion with the glamour girl for the sake of their son.The former Premier League football star previously ... Read more...
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Jordan slams Dwight as a bad dad and lousy lover
September 28th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 28 (ANI): Katie Price, a. k. a. Jordan, has slammed her former beau's Dwight Yorke's claims that he was a good father and lover.The glamour girl shares seven-year-old son Harvey ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s paper rubbishes Britain
July 14th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): A newspaper owned by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has severely criticized Britain by saying the country is in a sorry state of decline and overshadowed at every ... Read more...
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Liverpool back on top; West Brom keep survival hopes alive
May 10th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 10 (DPA) Liverpool kept the pressure on Manchester United in the race for the English Premier League football title as they won 3-0 in an away match against West ... Read more...
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Ex-Black Caps captain Fleming starts digitised software business
April 6th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington (New Zealand), Apr.6 (ANI): Former Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming and former Black Cap bowler Richard Petrie have set up Digital Publications, a company with the New Zealand licence for SmartBook ... Read more...
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Chelsea FC wants British Asian footballers
March 31st, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 31 (IANS) Chelsea, the English premier league football club, is searching for young British Asian football stars of the future.
The club has teamed up with the Football Association, Kick ... Read more...
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