Community Shield at Villa Park
LONDON, England ● The Community Shield clash between Manchester City and Chelsea at the start of next season will be staged at Villa Park rather than Wembley. The annual curtain-raiser to the new top-flight season is traditionally played at Wembley, but the English national stadium in London is hosting the Olympic football final on [...]
Province of BC supporting Vancouver in World Cup bid
VICTORIA, BC ● The Province is providing $2 million to help bring the largest women’s sporting event in the world to British Columbia, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Vancouver is one of six candidate cities – Edmonton, Montreal, Moncton, Ottawa and Winnipeg are the others – vying to host [...]
City overpowers brave Norwich
NORWICH, England ● Carlos Tevez’s hat-trick helped Manchester City beat Norwich to reduce Manchester United’s lead to two points at the Premier League summit. Tevez’s swerving effort beat John Ruddy before he set up Sergio Aguero. Norwich replied when Andrew Surman blasted in after Joe Hart’s punch. But Tevez boosted the lead with [...]
Start 13th edition Danone Nations Cup Canada
BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec ● Danone in Canada is launching the 13th edition of the Danone Nations Cup. This year’s young soccer prodigies will have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of their idols, as the international final is being held from September 7 to 9 in Warsaw, Poland, home to the UEFA European Football Championship. [...]
Workers building WCup stadium remain on strike
SAO PAULO, Brazil ● Workers building a World Cup stadium in northeastern Brazil decided to remain on strike Wednesday to demand better pay and improved benefits. The strike in Fortaleza entered its second week after workers rejected an offer made by the construction companies involved in the project. Workers in the northeast city of Natal [...]
Throne awaits Dortmund
MUNICH, Germany ● Borussia Dortmund look set to defend their German league crown after their 1-0 win over title-rivals Bayern Munich on Wednesday put them six points clear at the top with four games left. Poland striker Robert Lewandowski scored his 20th goal of the season in the second-half to give Dortmund three more priceless [...]
Messi scores and scores
BARCELONA, Spain ● Lionel Messi scored his 59th and 60th goals of the season to fuel Barcelona’s fightback for a 4-1 win at 10-man Zaragoza as the defending champions stayed in the chase for a fourth straight Spanish league title on Saturday. Barcelona’s ninth consecutive league victory provisionally reduced league leader Real Madrid’s [...]
Russian airline to send soccer fans free to Euro 2012
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia`s flagship Aeroflot airline and the Russian Football Union signed an agreement to send Russian soccer fans to Euro 2012 free of charge in June. According to the agreement, Aeroflot will lay on free flights from Moscow to Warsaw and back June 7 and June 17, as well as discounted prices on [...]
Super Cisse !
SWANSEA, Wales — Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse kept Newcastle in the hunt for a top four finish as his brilliant brace clinched a 2-0 win over Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Friday. Cisse has proved an inspired signing by Newcastle boss Alan Pardew, who paid £10 million to sign the unheralded forward from [...]
