MADRID, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona go into the new Liga Santander season with the task of regaining the title that Real Madrid took from them in the last campaign, but with the feeling that for the moment at least they are playing catch-up against their main rivals, who have been able to build […]

MADRID, Aug. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Real Madrid kick off their La Liga campaign away to Deportivo la Coruna on Sunday knowing that they are favorites to retain the title they won last season. Zinedine Zidane’s side had a slow start to their pre-season with a less than successful tour of the United States, but have […]

WINDHOEK, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — Namibia’s football team, the Brave Warriors resumed training on Monday to prepare for their return clash against Comoros in their 2018 CAF African Nations Championships qualifiers final round on Aug. 20 in Windhoek. Namibia on Sunday lost 2-1 in Comoros in the first leg of their third round tie. Namibia’s […]

MADRID, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona on Monday confirmed the 40 million euro signing of Brazilian international midfielder Paulinho Bezerra from Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande. The 29-year-old, who has represented his country on 41 occasions, has agreed a four-year-deal with Barcelona and becomes their third signing of the summer after Gerard Deulofeu and Nelson […]

MADRID, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona entertain Real Madrid in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup on Sunday night in what will be the first real indication of the relative strengths of the two major favorites for the La Liga title in the 2017-18 season a week before that competition kicks off. The […]

MADRID, July 24 (Xinhua) — FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique added another chapter to the on-off story over whether or not the club’s Brazilian striker, Neymar will remain at the club or move to Paris Saint Germain in a record 222 million euro transfer when he posted a photo of himself and the player on […]

WINDHOEK, July 24 (Xinhua) — Namibia managed to proceed to the final round of the 2018 Confederation of Africa Footfall (CAF) Africa Nations Championships (CHAN), following their penalty shoot-out win over hosts Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday. Namibian coach Ricardo Mannetti said in a statement that his side played a very good Zimbabwe team that […]

MADRID, July 17 (Xinhua) — Gabine Muguruza confessed that defeating Venus Williams to win the Women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday was a “dream come true.” Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, Muguruza, who lost the 2015 Wimbledon title to Venus’ sister, Serena added that “by beating one of the Williams sisters, you get the […]

MADRID, July 17 (Xinhua) — Real Madrid’s Welsh international winger Gareth Bale will start the new season under pressure after missing the end of his club’s successful last campaign with an ankle injury while players such as Marco Asensio and Isco took the chance his absence gave them to stake their claim for a regular […]