REUTERS – New head coach Francesco Guidolin has lifted the mood at Swansea City with the players keen to prove their worth to the Italian, captain Ashley Williams said after Sunday’s 2-1 Premier League win over Everton. Before the 60-year-old’s arrival Swansea were in dreadful form, having picked up just one win in their last […]
REUTERS – Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois backed team mate Diego Costa to continue his goalscoring spree after the striker scored the winner in Sunday’s 1-0 Premier League victory over bitter rivals Arsenal. Costa has struggled to recapture the form he displayed on his debut season, when he netted 20 goals in 26 league appearances to […]
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand women’s soccer team have qualified for this year’s Rio Olympics after Papua New Guinea failed to travel to Auckland for the second leg of their qualifying final having failed to obtain the necessary visas. New Zealand had won the first leg of the Oceania qualifying final 7-1 in Lae […]
Germany will keep the door open for injured defender Jerome Boateng as long as possible ahead of this year's European Championship, coach Joachim Loew said.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale has been called to appear before the South African Football Association (SAFA) to answer questions about a lacklustre election campaign, SAFA said on Monday. Plans for him to meet the association’s leadership on Monday were cancelled, however, because Sexwale is overseas, SAFA spokesman Dominic Chimhavi told […]
