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.
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.
Chelsea captain John Terry will be allowed to miss Saturday’s FA Cup match against Cardiff amid turmoil in his private life.
Chelsea crashed to a 2-1 loss at Everton on Wednesday and saw its Premier League lead trimmed to a point by Manchester United, which drew 1-1 with Aston Villa.
DUBAI — The Indian national football team arrived in Dubai to take part in a training camp.
AL AIN — Ruthless Al Ain whipped defending champions Al Ahli 5-1 in the 13th round of the UF-League at Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium here on Monday. Al Zaiem ‘Big Boss’, as nicknamed by their faithful fans, asserted supremacy over opponents beating them with the same result at home and away.