GUANGZHOU, China, May 8 (Xinhua) — A newly-designed International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup trophy was unveiled on Sunday as the official draw ceremony for the 2019 World Cup qualifiers took place in Guangzhou. For the first time in its history, one of basketall’s most prized assets is made almost entirely out of gold and […]

BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (NsNewsWire) — Argentina football legend Diego Maradona has been named as coach of United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Fujairah. The 56-year-old confirmed he agreed to a deal with the second division club in a Facebook post on Sunday, reports Xinhua. “I want to tell you that I am the new coach of […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid are closing in on a deal to sign highly rated Brazilian teenager Vinicius Junior, according to media reports in Brazil. The Spanish giants have offered Vinicius Junior’s club Flamengo 45 million euros to bring the striker to the Bernabeu this European summer, according to Globo Esporte, […]

MADRID, May 7 (NsNewsWire) — Barcelona’s attacking trio of Leo Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all scored as the Catalans ensured they will finish matchday 36 of the Liga Santander on top of the table following a 4-1 win at home to Villarreal. Messi scored twice to take his league tally to 35 for the […]

MADRID, May 4 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid could be without Spain international right back Dani Carvajal until the end of the season after tests carried out on Wednesday confirmed his has suffered an injury in his right hamstring. The Spain international suffered the injury on the stroke of halftime of Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 4 (NsNewsWire ) — Lionel Messi will reportedly not accompany an Argentine legal team in Switzerland on Thursday in its appeal against the forward’s four-game international ban. Messi has already served one match of the penalty, issued in March after he was found guilty of abusing a linesman in Argentina’s 1-0 […]

BERLIN, April 27 (Xinhua) — Few trophies will be added to Carlo Ancelotti’s impressive record as a coach this season. Only winning the league championship in his first year in charge of Bayern Munich is nothing to really excite the club that is used to greater things. After the 3-2 cup semifinal defeat, the Italian’s […]

MADRID, April 27 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona on Thursday reported Abdullah Al-Thani, the President of Malaga CF football club to the Spanish Anti-Violence Committee for an offensive tweet in which he referred to them as “the human waste of Catalunya”. Al-Thani posted the tweet which read “The human waste of Catalunya won’t smell the league […]

MADRID, April 26 (Xinhua) — Atletico Madrid will be without the services of Belgian international winger, Yannick Carrasco for at least the first leg of their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid after it was confirmed he has suffered a twisted shoulder. Carrasco suffered the injury after entering Tuesday night’s 1-0 home defeat against Villarreal […]