SINGAPORE - Singapore is considering disbanding its under-performing national soccer team in a development that has shocked the players, local media reported on Sunday.
SINGAPORE - Singapore is considering disbanding its under-performing national soccer team in a development that has shocked the players, local media reported on Sunday.
DOHA - India and Australia, whose main sporting rivalry is on the cricket pitch, switch codes to soccer at the Asian Cup on Monday with Australia the overwhelming favourites to hand out the equivalent of an innings victory.
As if Manchester United entertaining Liverpool was not already a tasty enough FA Cup morsel, the arrival of Kenny Dalglish on the scene has turned it into the spiciest dish on the third-round menu.
New Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish said he felt humbled but excited by the challenge of taking charge of the team for a second time while urging fans not to expect an instant turnaround in results.
Lionel Messi scored a stunning freekick and helped set up two more goals as Barcelona swept hosts Deportivo Coruna aside 4-0 to surge five points clear at the top of La Liga on Saturday.
Liverpool ended the painful six-month reign of manager Roy Hodgson on Saturday and installed fans’ favourite Kenny Dalglish as caretaker in a bid to restore harmony and arrest an alarming decline in form.
Liverpool ended the painful six-month reign of manager Roy Hodgson on Saturday and installed fans’ favourite Kenny Dalglish as caretaker in a bid to restore harmony and arrest an alarming decline in form.
Second-half goals from defender Zhang Linpeng and midfielder Deng Zhuoxiang gave China the perfect start to their Asian Cup campaign as they beat highly-rated Kuwait 2-0 at the Al Gharafa Stadium.
DOHA - Japan’s depleted rearguard has taken a further knock as new Cologne signing Tomoaki Makino and uncapped Gotoku Sakai became doubtful for the Blue Samurai’s Asian Cup opener against Jordan on Sunday.
DOHA - South Korean and Manchester United star Park Ji-Sung says he is relishing a ‘special’ Asian Cup in what will almost certainly be his final regional championships.