MADRID, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid took a decisive and possibly season defining 3-0 win away to local rivals in the last Madrid derby to be played in Atletico’s Vicente Calderon Stadium. The Portuguese midfielder scored a deflected first half free kick and added a penalty and a […]

LONDON, Nov. 20 (NsNewsWire) — Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic will meet in Sunday’s final which will decide the year-end ATP Rankings after their semifinals victories at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday. Current world No. 1 Murray fought off a match point and outlasted Milos Raonic of Canada in one of the season’s finest matches. […]

LONDON, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — World No. 1 Andy Murray fought hard to edge Kei Nishikori 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday while third seed Stan Wawrinka defeated Marin Cilic 7-6(3), 7-6(3) to keep alive his chances of qualifying for the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals Murray improved to a 2-0 record in Group […]

BARCELONA, Nov. 17 (NsNewsWire) — Spanish Football giants, FC Barcelona on Wednesday announced Japanese electronics, commerce and internet company Rakuten as the club’s main sponsor for the four year period from July 2017 to June 30, 2021. The sponsorship deal is reported in the Spanish press to be worth slightly under 60 million euros (66 […]

LONDON, Nov. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Novak Djokovic edged fourth seed Milos Raonic after two tie-break wins to reach the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals in London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday. Djokovc, the second seed, beat the Wimbledon finalist from Canada 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) in his second match of Group Ivan Lendl, reports […]

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Lionel Messi was one of several Argentina players to fall ill during a flight from Buenos Aires to San Juan on Monday, according to media reports. The Barcelona forward and other unnamed players received treatment after heavy turbulence prompted them to vomit, Argentinian radio show La Red said, reports […]

HAVANA, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Celebrated Spanish football club Real Madrid on Monday opened a training camp in Havana for Cuban children. Some 100 boys and girls selected from eight schools in Havana attended the first day of training as part of a program designed to teach values through football, reports Xinhua. The five-day football […]

LONDON, Nov. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash for his first victory after climbing to the top of the world rankings at the ATP World Tour Finals in London’s O2 Arena on Monday. In an earlier match, fifth seed Kei Nishikori shocked world No. 3 […]

KUNMING, China, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi on Monday showed his determination to win the key World Cup qualifier against Qatar here on Tuesday night in his debut as head coach of the Chinese national soccer team. “Our goal is to win, if we want to make the World Cup dream […]