Football

MADRID (AFP) – Lionel Messi and Neymar will have to wait to make their first appearance of 2015 after Luis Enrique left both the South American stars on the bench for Barcelona s visit to Real Sociedad on Sunday. Both players only arrived back from their Christmas vacation on Friday ...

LONDON: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the club he has played for throughout his career and move to a foreign team at the end of the season, the English Premier League club said on Friday. Gerrard, 34, has made 695 appearance and scored 180 goals for Liverpool after joining ...

Sulley Ali Muntari was in football action on Tuesday for his Italian club AC Milan despite the winter break for the Italian Serie A. The Ghanaian and his international team-mate Michael Essien were named in the squad for AC Milan against UEFA Champions League and World Club Cup Champions Real ...

MEXICO CITY: Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has been threatened with the sack if he doesn’t return as soon as possible to his Mexican club Queretaro, the team’s president said on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Brazilian — a member of the 2002 World Cup winning side and world player ...

KARACHI: Muslim FC held Pakistan Railways to a 2-2 draw in the Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL) at the KPT Stadium on Monday. Railways, who are fighting to keep their place in the league at the 11th position, contained Chaman’s Muslim FC in the first half to go nil-nil into half-time. ...