European Football

2015 was indeed a special year for sports. Australia won their fifth Cricket World Cup. New Zealand won their third Rugby World Cup. Novak Djokovic had perhaps had the most dominant season in the history of tennis, steamrolling one opponent…

The La Liga Clasico played for the first time in history without a live in-stadium audience, ebbed FC Barcelona away with a 3-1 defeat in their home in Nou Camp, Real Madrid vying the chart with lead. Koeman's squad's first Clásico…

The Messiah. The Little Genius. The Flea. Names are many for this phenomenon from Nou Camp, Lionel Andres Messi. As a Madridista, when you are prompted to write on a rival player you admire the most, you will have no choice but to write…

Barcelona played out a 1-1 draw with Seville after a close game in which Philippe Coutinho earned a point for the hosts. The Brazilian cancelled out Luuk de Jong's opener for Seville in a pulsating match at Camp Nou. The…

Barça started the first official match of Ronald Koeman’s tenure on the front foot, pegging Villarreal back at every opportunity. An open game saw both goalkeepers called upon in the early exchanges, before Ansu Fati rifled the…

Cristiano Ronaldo yet again became saviour as 10-man Juventus came from behind to draw 2-2 at Roma in Serie A on Sunday. The Portugal captain scored twice in the eventful match in Rome. The defending champions twice fell behind to…

On his Atletico Madrid debut, Luis Suarez came off the bench on 70th minute, scored twice and set up one to help his team thrash Granada 6-1 in La Liga. The hosts were leading 3-0 through goals from Diego Costa, Angel Correa and…

Real Madrid edged Real Betis in a five-goal thriller in La Liga as the the game was marred by controversial VAR decisions. Federico Valverde put Madrid ahead from close range but Aissa Mandi - with a header - and William Carvalho…

Borussia Dortmund were stunned by  Augsburg in front of about 6,000 fans in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Daniel Caligiuri's free-kick was headed by Felix Uduokhai to put the hosts in front in the late first half. This was his first goal…

Andrea Pirlo, Juventus rookie manager, began his coaching career with an electrifying 3-0 win over Sampdoria at the Allianz Stadium on Sunday. Pirlo was appointed as Maurizio Sarri’s successor in August as Juventus board decided to go…