International football friendly results

International football friendly results

London, March 6 (IANS) The following are the international football friendly results from around the world: At Madrid: Spain 1 (Pedro, 63 min) Italy 0 At Leiria, Portugal: Portugal 5 (Ronaldo 21, 83, Meireles 66, Coentrao 68, Edinho 77) Cameroon 1 (Aboubakar 43) At Paris: France 2 (Benzema 32, Matuidi 41) Netherlands 0 At London: Australia […]

Australia lose 3-4 to Ecuador in football friendly

Australia lose 3-4 to Ecuador in football friendly

London, March 6 (IANS) Despite leading 3-0 at half-time, Australia lost 3-4 to Ecuador in a international football at The Den here. Australia held a comfortable advantage at the end of first half Wednesday night thanks to Mile Jedinak’s penalty and Tim Cahill’s brace, reports Xinhua. But Ecuador came out after the break and scored immediately […]

Spain beat Italy 1-0 in international friendly

Spain beat Italy 1-0 in international friendly

Madrid, March 6 (IANS/EFE) Pedro Rodriguez’s goal in the 63rd minute gave Spain a 1-0 victory over Italy here in an international friendly. The start of play was preceded by a tribute to the coach credited with turning La Roja into an international powerhouse, Luis Aragones, who died Feb 1. The match was played at Vicente […]

Manus World Cup stadium set to open

Manus World Cup stadium set to open

Rio de Janeiro, March 6 (IANS) Brazil’s Arena da Amazonia World Cup stadium is set to host its first match March 9. The fixture will feature local outfit Nacional against Remo in the quarterfinal of regional tournament the Copa Verde, Xinhua cited from Brazil football news web site Sambafoot. About 20,000 tickets will be made available […]

Germany beats Chile 1-0 in international friendly

Germany beats Chile 1-0 in international friendly

Berlin, March 6 (IANS) The German team overcame a resilient Chile 1-0 in an international friendly in Stuttgart. Bayern Munich’s Mario Goetze helped the Germans to snatch a neat victory over Chile Wednesday in front of 54,449 spectators on home soil, reported Xinhua. From the kick off, Chile tried to take the reins and to control […]

FIFA fines Uruguayan, Argentine clubs for illegal transfers

FIFA fines Uruguayan, Argentine clubs for illegal transfers

Buenos Aires, March 6 (IANS) The world soccer body Wednesday slapped fines on four Argentinean clubs and one Uruguayan team for illegally transferring players, Xinhua reported. FIFA said on its website that its disciplinary committee fined Argentina’s Racing, Independiente, Rosario Central and Instituto de Cordoba clubs, as well as Uruguay’s Institucion Atletica Sud America. FIFA accused […]

England survive Ramdin’s century to clinch series

England survive Ramdin’s century to clinch series

North Stand (Antigua), March 6 (IANS/CMC) England have survived a threatening century from Denish Ramdin to beat West Indies by 25 runs and clinch the three-match One-Day series two-one at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here. Ramdin inspired a fantastic lower order fightback after a typical top-order batting collapse with a career-best 128 that almost denied […]

China advance in Asian Cup despite loss

China advance in Asian Cup despite loss

Dubai, March 6 (IANS) Iraq beat China 3-1 in a dynamic and fair encounter of a group C game of the Asian Cup group stage, but both teams advance to the next round the Asian Cup 2015 in Australia, Xinhua reported. Iraq took a 2-0 lead before the break and continued the tread on the Chinese […]

‘Gulaab Gang’ makers move HC against restraining order

‘Gulaab Gang’ makers move HC against restraining order

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The makers of Hindi movie “Gulaab Gang” Thursday moved the Delhi High Court against suspension of the release of the movie, reportedly based on the life of activist Sampat Pal, who formed Gulabi Gang, a group of pink sari clad women vigilantes in Uttar Pradesh. The filmmakers of “Gulaab Gang”, set […]

Beckham, Rowling team up for campaign for children

Beckham, Rowling team up for campaign for children

London, March 6 (IANS) Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling have joined hands to protect children in war zones. Along with British socialite Jemima Khan and other campaigners, they have signed an open letter to British government. The letter, sent on behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), urges British Foreign […]