football

Hickersberger blasts FIFA rule

ABU DHABI - Al Wahda will be without defender Hamdan Al Kamali when they travel to Bani Yas for their Etisalat UAE Pro-League game on Sunday and coach Josef Hickersberger blamed FIFA for it.

football

MORE FROM Football

football

Axiom win title

DUBAI - Axiom overcame Royal Thai Air Force 3-2 via the penatly shootout to win the RBSC Annual Hockey Festival 2010 at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club in Thailand.

football

football

Al Jazira players mingle with fans

ABU DHABI - Al Jazira’s Argentinean midfielder Matias Delagado and team-mate Tariq Ahmed were at the beach on Thursday afternoon for a kick around with local fans and holidaymakers, as the Pro League leaders prepare for the huge derby on Sunday against Al Ain at the Mohammed Bin Zayed stadium.

football

football

Onus on Qatar to involve others in hosting World Cup: FIFA

ABU DHABI - FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said that it was up to Qatar if they wanted to involve other nations in the Middle East, especially UAE, for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Also, there have been talks of a winter World Cup as the weather conditions will be humid if the tournament is held during its traditional dates.

football

football

Inter dazzle

ABU DHABI - Inter Milan had enough firepower as they swamped Korean club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma FC to enter the final of the FIFA Club World Cup at the Zayed Sports City on Wednesday night.

football

football

Heart-break for Wahda

ABU DHABI - Al Wahda squandered a two-goal lead and eventually went down 4-2 to Mexico’s Club de Futbol Pachuca in the penalty shoot-out in the play-off for the fifth place in the FIFA Club World Cup at the Zayed Sports City on Wednesday night.

football

football

‘Time for African soccer to be taken seriously’

ABU DHABI - TP Mazembe coach Lamine N’Diaye said that it was about time that the world took serious notice of African football after the team from Democratic Republic of Congo stunned former champions SC Internacional in the semifinal of the FIFA Club World Cup at the Zayed Sports City on Tuesday.

football