MADRID, Feb. 10 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid President, Florentino Perez said on Thursday that the club’s Santiago Bernabeu Stadium would not be available for the King’s Cup final, which will be played between FC Barcelona and Deportivo Alaves on May 27th. Perez told a press conference that the final could not be played in Real […]

ALMATY, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — The 28th Winter Universiade attracting more than 50 countries and regions came to a joyous close here on Wednesday night after 12 days of competitions. A total of 255 medals were awarded, split among 25 countries and regions. Russia finished atop the medal table, with 71 medals including 29 golds, […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Jakson Follmann has expressed a wish to return to competitive sport as he continues his recovery from the Chapecoense air disaster. The 24-year-old goalkeeper, who had the lower half of his right leg amputated, walked for the first time since the November 28 crash after being fitted with […]

BERLIN, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Douglas Costa’s goal helped Bayern Munich edge Wolfsburg 1-0, while Borussia Monchengladbach cruised 2-0 past second-division side Greuther Fuerth in the last 16 of the German Cup on Tuesday. The Bavarians took the reins from the kickoff and created the first chance of the game with nine minutes played as […]

BERLIN, Feb. 8 (NsNewsWire) — Germany‘s World Cup winner Philipp Lahm said on Tuesday that he will hang up his boots at the end of the season and rejected the role as Bayern Munich’s sports director. “I have decided to stop playing football at the end of the season,” the 33-year-old defender said after Bayern’s […]

MADRID, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — LaLiga President Javier Tebas on Tuesday defended the decision to suspend Sunday’s Liga Santander match between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid after winds of up to 130 kilometers an hour damaged the roof of Celta’s Balaidos Stadium. The game was postponed after the Mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero, insisted the […]

TOKYO, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — The organizer of the eighth Asian Winter Games (AWG) in Sapporo said Tuesday it will not accommodate Chinese athletes in the APA Hotel & Resort during the games that begin later this month. The organizing committee has made arrangement for athletes from China and South Korea to stay in the […]

OSIJEK, Feb. 6(NsNewsWire)– With their backs against the wall, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta held their nerves to complete a big turnaround on the final day of the Davis Cup tie against Croatia in Osijek, leading Spain to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in five years. Bautista Agut had the […]

BERLIN, Feb. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Front-runners Bayern Munich played out a 1-1 stalemate with Schalke while Dortmund overcame runner-up Leipzig on the goal from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 19th round action in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Schalke secured one point on the road as Naldo’s free kick goal cancelled out Robert Lewandowski’s opener for Bayern […]