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Guus Hiddink suffered his second straight defeat since taking charge of the Netherlands as Vaclav Pilar hit an injury-time winner for Czech Republic. Borek Dockal had given the hosts the lead in the Euro 2016 qualifier in Prague before Stefan de Vrij equalised. But Daryl Janmaat’s mistake allowed Pilar to ...

Gareth Bale’s late free-kick saved Wales from embarrassment in Andorra as his two goals made it a winning start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Andorra had stunned Chris Coleman’s side by taking a sixth-minute lead through Ildefons Lima’s penalty, Andorra’s first competitive goal since 2010. Bale headed Wales level ...

BASEL: England manager Roy Hodgson said Danny Welbeck had proved his worth at centre-forward after scoring twice in a 2-0 victory over Switzerland in his side’s opening Euro 2016 qualifier. An injury to Daniel Sturridge opened the door for the new Arsenal striker and he strode through it in Monday’s game ...

Danny Welbeck scored twice to give England respite from criticism and a deserved 2-0 win at Switzerland in their European Championship qualifying opener on Monday. Welbeck finished off Raheem Sterling’s pass on a fast counter-attack in the 58th minute and slotted in a right-footed shot deep into stoppage time. England’s ...

ABUJA: A Fifa deadline on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), which restricted NFF president Chris Giwa to attend the office, passed on Monday with the president nowhere near the office location. The NFF was under a lot of pressure due to the controversial appointment of the president, which resulted in ...

MANCHESTER: Fifa President Sepp Blatter said on Monday that he will be a candidate for a fifth term in charge of world football in an election next year. “Yes I will be ready,” said Blatter in a video speech to a football conference in Manchester. “I will be a candidate.”Blatter ...

PRAGUE: The Netherlands, under new manager Guus Hiddink, get their Euro 2016 qualifying bid under way against the Czech Republic in Prague on Tuesday. The Dutch swapped coach Louis van Gaal for Hiddink as the former moved to Manchester United following Holland’s 3-0 third-place play-off win over Brazil. But their ...

KARACHI: National football team captain Kaleemullah believes that the Pakistan Football Federation’s (PFF) decision to give Rs5 million to the team for the two-match series victory over India has increased the players’ level of motivation. Kaleemullah, who led the national team to the series win with a better goal average ...