PARIS, Feb.4 (NsNewsWire) — The Paris 2024 Bid Committee has marked a milestone in its bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games with a special presentation in Paris Friday. The demonstration which shared the concept of passion of the Games and the purpose of Olympism kicks start the international promotion of Paris’s bid, […]

THE HAGUE, Feb. 4 (NsNewsWire) — In the year that Johan Cruyff would have turned 70, the late Dutch soccer legend will be honored with a special 5-euro coin, the Royal Dutch Mint announced on Friday. On Sept. 20 this year, the ceremonial first coin will be produced in Utrecht, reports Xinhua. “The family is […]

BERLIN, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Before the central defender joined Bayern Munich in 2012 for 40 million euros, the 28-year-old Javi Martinez played for CA Osasuna and Athletic Bilbao. Martinez competed in 18 Internationals for Spain, reports Xinhua. The following is the full text of Xinhua’s recent interview with Martinez: Xinhua: Mr. Martinez, most professional […]

MADRID, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — First half goals from Luis Suarez and Leo Messi gave FC Barcelona a 2-1 win away to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their King’s Cup semi-final which was played in the Vicente Calderon Stadium. Barca dominated the first half of the game, but rode their luck in the […]

BERLIN, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Midfielder Franck Ribery will be sidelined for two weeks due to a thigh injury, the German Bundesliga front-runners announced in an official statement on Tuesday. The Frenchman, who provided two goals in 13 outings in Germany’s top flight so far, sustained a strain in his right thigh, which forced him to […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb.1 (NsNewsWire) — Former Brazil international midfielder Jadson has agreed to return to his former club Corinthians after parting ways with China’s Tianjin Quanjian. The 33-year-old ended two weeks of negotiations by agreeing to a monthly salary of around 125,000 US dollars over two years, Corinthians officials said on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. […]

MADRID, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Rafael Nadal on Monday pulled out of Spain‘s Davis Cup clash with Croatia this weekend, the Spanish tennis federation said. Nadal, who went down in five sets to Roger Federer in Sunday’s final of the Australian Open, will be replaced by Feliciano Lopez for the World Group first-round tie, reports […]

MADRID, Jan. 31 (NsNewsWire) — The Spanish football league is likely to use the newly- introduced video refereeing system in 2018, its president said on Monday. A mistake which cost Barcelona a goal at the weekend sparked widespread criticism of refereeing and forced the president to make the announcement, reports Xinhua. The league initially said […]