Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov interviewed himself to express frustration at being left on the bench in PAOK Salonika's 1-0 defeat against AEK Athens.
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese league leaders Sporting staged a stirring comeback from two goals down to beat Braga 3-2 on Sunday with Islam Slimani heading the winner in the last minute. Second-placed Porto, who fired coach Julen Lopetegui after a 1-1 draw at home to Rio Ave on Wednesday, fielded exactly the same starting lineup […]
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Italy striker Dani Osvaldo has returned to Argentina looking for a second shot at helping his favourite club Boca Juniors win a record-equalling seventh Copa Libertadores this year. Argentine-born Osvaldo, who spent the first half of 2015 at Boca before moving to Porto, began pre-season training with the Argentine team on […]
OSAKA (Reuters) – South American champions River Plate overcame their anxiety to reach the Club World Cup final with a jittery 1-0 win over Sanfrecce Hiroshima on Wednesday, keeping alive the dream of a meeting with Barcelona. River did not really look like scoring until Hiroshima goalkeeper Takuto Hayashi failed to clear Leonardo Ponzio’s free […]
SOFIA (Reuters) – Litex Lovech have been expelled from the Bulgarian league after the players walked off the pitch in protest at refereeing decisions in Saturday’s match against Levski Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said. “It was the only possible decision according to (the BFU’s) disciplinary rules,” the union’s disciplinary commission chairman Yuri Kuchev […]
