BUENOS AIRES — Martin Palermo scored a hat trick as Boca Juniors rallied to a 3-1 win over Colon in the Argentine Apertura tournament on Sunday.
BUENOS AIRES — Martin Palermo scored a hat trick as Boca Juniors rallied to a 3-1 win over Colon in the Argentine Apertura tournament on Sunday.
Champions Barcelona got their title bid back on track with a 2-1 win over bogey side Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon to stay within three points of league leaders Valencia.
Lionel Messi suffered a strained right ankle in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid , with the Argentina playmaker set for more tests to determine the severity of the injury.
DUBAI — In another initiative to support and encourage sports in the UAE, Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced that it would continue partnership with Al Nasr Sports Club. This announcement comes as the new football season gets underway, and the UAE National Teams start competing in the first rounds of a series of home matches, a press release said.
DUBAI — Bani Yas suffered their first defeat of the season after Al Wasl registered a narrow 2-1 home victory in the third round of the pro-league at Zabeel Stadium here on Friday night.
WIGAN, England - Argentina striker Carlos Tevez scored one goal and made the other as Manchester City exploited defensive errors to beat Wigan 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.
Florent Malouda struck twice as Chelsea completed a routine 4-0 victory over Blackpool that extended the champions’ 100 percent record after the opening five games.
Dimitar Berbatov scored a hat-trick as Manchester United overcame a Liverpool fightback to win 3-2 in a classic Premier League battle at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Bent scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn Sunderland a 1-1 home draw after 10-man Arsenal had scored a freak goal in a thunderous Premier League clash.
West Bromwich Albion ended Birmingham’s unbeaten Premier League record on Saturday with a comeback 3-1 win in the Midlands derby.