LONDON - FA Cup holders Chelsea shrugged off the absence of captain John Terry to cruise into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Championship side Cardiff in the fifth round on Saturday.
LONDON - FA Cup holders Chelsea shrugged off the absence of captain John Terry to cruise into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Championship side Cardiff in the fifth round on Saturday.
ROME - AC Milan coach Leonardo was in positive spirits following his team’s 3-2 home win against Udinese, claiming it set them up perfectly for next week’s Champions League clash with Manchester United.
ABU DHABI — They were brimming with energy and enthusiasm. It was like a baby eager to take its first steps into the new world. The women of the UAE are no more home makers. They have entered the big world and stood up for themselves, some very successfully at that.
GURGAON, India - Germany’s Marcel Siem took the opening honours at the inaugural Avantha Masters on Thursday by posting an eight-under-par 64 for a single shot lead over Taiwan’s Chan Yih-shin.
TOKYO - Striker Keiji Tamada scored twice to propel Japan to a 3-0 victory over Hong Kong at the East Asian championship on Thursday, easing the pressure on coach Takeshi Okada.
AC Milan will be hoping to bounce back to winning ways at home to Udinese on Friday night in a bid to re-ignite their faltering league title aspirations.
LONDON - Hull and Arsenal have been hit with fines of, respectively, 40,000 pounds and 20,000 pounds, following a mass confrontation between their players in a Premier League match at the Emirates in December.
MADRID - Barcelona will protect their unbeaten La Liga record with a makeshift defence when they visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday (2000 GMT) for a fixture that traditionally produces a blizzard of goals.
John Terry is to miss Chelsea’s FA Cup fifth round tie with Cardiff City on Saturday on compassionate grounds.
LONDON - Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal’s title challenge is back on track after his side reduced the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea to six points with a 1-0 win over Liverpool.