I-League lucrative option for Cameroon players
September 10th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) India's I-league clubs have approached the players of the second-string Cameroonian football side that finished runners-up in the Nehru Cup earlier this month.Emmanuel Bosso, coach ... Read more...
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Chettri to go club hunting after July
June 26th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) India football captain Sunil Chettri, who is currently a free agent, will go club hunting after July.The former Kansas City striker, who has been released ... Read more...
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Airtel, Manchester United go scouting for talent
June 26th, 2012 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Airtel's initiative of giving chance to 12 under-16 kids to train with Manchester United Soccer School was given a thumbs up by both Sunil Chetri ... Read more...
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Footballer-turned-gangster arrested in Mexico
January 9th, 2012 - 9:58 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) A former professional footballer player turned kidnapping specialist has been arrested in Mexico, officials said.Omar Ortiz Uribe, who was a goalkeeper for first division club ... Read more...
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MLS player conducts football camp
December 11th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 11 (IANS) A group of children from a village in the outskirts of the capital city here have spent some quality time with Major League Soccer (MLS) player ... Read more...
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Irish resolve added to Sesa Goa’s football academy
April 7th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 7 (IANS) Sesa Goa Limited, one of India's biggest iron ore mining companies, which runs the Sesa Football Academy (SFA) in Goa, has hired former Irish left-back Terry ... Read more...
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Footballer accused of running cocaine smuggling ring
January 23rd, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Auckland, Jan 23 (IANS) A footballer has been charged with running an international cocaine smuggling ring which was recently busted here in New Zealand, police said. The 27-year-old Kindness Agwu, a semi-professional ... Read more...
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Oz cricketers attending breakfast functions ahead of Tests ’supreme error of judgment’
January 15th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 15 (ANI): Blasting cricketers for jeopardising their preparations during the Ashes series, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said Michael Clarke and Phillip Hughes made a "supreme error of judgment" in ... Read more...
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Washington ‘excited’ about wife’s return to acting
November 28th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Actor Denzel Washington is thrilled that his wife Paulette Pearson is going back to her acting career with their four children now grown up.The actor met spouse ... Read more...
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Becks had to leave room while Posh had ‘birds and the bees’ talk with son
October 28th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): Professional footballer David Beckham has revealed that he had to leave the room when his wife Victoria had a talk about birds and the bees with their ... Read more...
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Chile Miners Play Against Rescuers In Friendly Football Match
October 26th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Santiago, Oct 26, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The 33 miners who were trapped in an underground mine in Chile received a heroes' welcome at the presidential palace by President Sebastian Pinera in ... Read more...
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Chilean Prez promises Palace to miners if they win football match against rescuers!
October 15th, 2010 - 12:04 pm ICT by ANI
San Jose (Chile), Oct 15(ANI): Chile's 33 rescued miners will form a football team to play a match against officials who helped extract them to safety on October 25, Chilean President Sebastian ... Read more...
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Usain Bolt aims to touch 9.4secs before switching career
September 5th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Champion sprinter Usain Bolt said Sunday that he hopes to better his 100 metres world record to 9.4 seconds from 9.58 secs, which he clocked in Berlin last ... Read more...
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8 out of 10 Brit footie fans say they would back gay players who come out
August 8th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 8 (ANI): Eight out of ten football fans believe openly gay players would have the same positive effect on football as black players did in the 1980s and 90s when ... Read more...
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Linesman Mauricio Espinosa ended England’s World Cup hopes: Ferdinand
June 28th, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 28 (ANI): Injured England skipper Rio Ferdinand has accused linesman Mauricio Espinosa of wrecking the team's World Cup dream, as the Uruguayan referee failed to spot Frank Lampard's 39th minute ... Read more...
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Becks to become comic book star
June 10th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 10 (ANI): Soccer ace David Beckham is now set to become a comic book star.The cartoon will chart the 35-year-old's rise to international fame.It will describe his career ... Read more...
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Berbatov says Man U clash with Cheslea is ‘nothing personal, its purely business’
April 3rd, 2010 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.3 (ANI): Dimitar Berbatov has said that Manchester United's clash with Cheslea tonight is 'nothing personal, its purely business'.There have already been offers for the Bulgarian to move from the ... Read more...
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John Abraham set to watch FIFA World Cup 2010 live
March 4th, 2010 - 2:33 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) John Abraham is a huge football fan and is all set to watch the FIFA World Cup 2010 live in South Africa. And the actor would be ... Read more...
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Peyton Manning’s Stats Indicate That He Is Heading For Second Super Bowl Victory
February 7th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Indianapolis, Feb 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The veteran quarterback of Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning, noted as one of the best American professional footballer, is among the major attractions of tonight's Super ... Read more...
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Women more forgiving of John Terry’s affair than men
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 2 (ANI): A survey conducted has revealed that women are more forgiving of professional footballer John Terry's affair than men, with only a minority asking him to step down ... Read more...
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Enke is latest in long list of athletes who committed suicide
November 11th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Nov 11 (DPA) Police Tuesday said that first investigations into the death of German international Robert Enke seemed to indicate that the popular Hanover 96 goalkeeper committed suicide.
Enke, 32, who was ... Read more...
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Wigan owner says he regrets the day he signed Jamaican star King
October 30th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 30 (ANI): Wigan owner Dave Whelan has said that regrets the day he signed disgraced Jamaican striker Marlon King.He was speaking after King was jailed for 18 months for ... Read more...
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ZEE STUDIO MOVIE SYNOPSIS FOR OCTOBER 2009
September 26th, 2009 - 12:08 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 9:00 PMAn American girl and her parents arrive in Cuba right before the Revolution breaks out. She meets a local boy (Luna) who ... Read more...
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Argentine flavour to Indian football
September 14th, 2009 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) From the bylanes of Cordoba to Kolkata Maidans, Argentine striker Sebastian Omar Monesterolo has traversed a long distance to join East Bengal football club.
After spending six years ... Read more...
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Lawrence Phillips Convicted Of Assaulting His Girlfriend
August 13th, 2009 - 6:38 pm ICT by GD
A jury found Lawrence Phillips, a former professional football player guilty of assaulting and choking his then-girlfriend on two separate incidents that occurred in the year 2005. The 34 year old former ... Read more...
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Goan footballer chosen for Gary Lineker scholarship
April 22nd, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 22 (IANS) A young footballer from Goa has been chosen to kick off the first Gary Lineker Football Scholarship.
Lesten Martins, 15, who will travel to Britain Thursday to train with ... Read more...
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Ashley Cole arrested
March 6th, 2009 - 4:07 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
The English player and the Chelsea defender Ashley Cole was arrested and fined in the early hours Thursday after drunkenly insulting police outside a west London nightclub.Cole, the 28-year-old was leaving the ... Read more...
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Rooney says he wont be tamed
December 28th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney has refused to be tamed even if it means upsetting the football authorities.The Manchester United striker intends to carry on playing ... Read more...
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How Krejza battled his way to the top
November 20th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov.20 (ANI): The story of Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza''s rise to stardom is the stuff of sporting folklore.
His introduction to cricket began with an uninvited knock on the front door ... Read more...
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Teddy Sheringham to do the tango on Strictly Come Dancing
August 21st, 2008 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 21 (ANI): Retired English professional footballer Teddy Sheringham, 42, is all set to hit the dance floor, as he has agreed to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.Sheringham retired from ... Read more...
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£4.3m award to Man U rising star for career-ending tackle
August 12th, 2008 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS) A youngster considered to be the brightest future star of British soccer received a multi-million pound package as compensation after a tackle ended his career. Ben Collett, now ... Read more...
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David Beckham has tight briefs sales soaring
July 19th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 19 (ANI): English professional footballer David Beckham has sent sales of tight briefs going sky-high after he was featured in a racy advertisement wearing them.David Tomkinson, founder of men''s ... Read more...
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