Football: Messi torments Liverpool with 600th Barca goal in 3-0 winBARCELONA (REUTERS) - Lionel Messi put Barcelona on the verge of the Champions League final with a devastating double in a 3-0 home win over Liverpool in the first leg of their last-four clash on Wednesday (May 1), taking his goal tally for the Catalans...
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Griezmann calls time on Atletico stay as move to Barcelona loomsMADRID • French striker Antoine Griezmann has told Atletico Madrid he will leave them in the close season, the Spanish club said on Twitter on Tuesday.The 28-year-old has a contract until 2023 with Atletico, but has a buy-out clause of €120 million (S$183.9...
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Football: Defending Asian Cup champs Australia downed by underdogs JordanAL AIN (AFP) - Defending champions Australia made their worst ever start to an Asian Cup on Sunday (Jan 6) when they lost 1-0 to Jordan in front of a partisan crowd in Al-Ain.Graham Arnold's youthful side had expected victory in their Group B opener...
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Football: Injury, suspensions, rape accusation - Brazil star Neymar's troubled yearPARIS (AFP) - A reoccurrence of an injury, two separate suspensions for insulting a referee and hitting a fan, losing Brazil's captaincy and now an accusation of rape, the world's most expensive footballer had a season to forget for club...
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Home's Saswa is first casualty of SPL seasonAfter barely a quarter of the Singapore Premier League (SPL) season, Home United are the first team to part ways with their head coach as they announced the mutual termination of Saswadimata Dasuki's contract yesterday.The Protectors said that assistant coach Noh Rahman will...
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Football: Mixed reactions to Manchester United's appointment of Ole Gunnar SolksjaerLONDON • Manchester United yesterday turned to former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to steady the ship until the end of the season, confirming him as caretaker manager in the wake of Jose Mourinho's sacking.The Norwegian, who leaves his...
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Stags boosted by Hyundai sponsorshipHe was synonymous with Tampines Rovers' many successes and, even though Teo Hock Seng stepped down as the football club's chairman in 2015 after 15 years, his emotional ties with the Singapore Premier League (SPL) club remains.The group managing director of Komoco Motors, which distributes...
