Argentina Crush Paraguay 6-1, Set Up Title Clash with Hosts Chile on Saturday at Santiago
July 1, 2015 R K Gupta
Argentina, Copa America, FIFA, Football, Lionel MessiArgentina reserved their best Copa America performance for their semifinal against Paraguay at Concepcion’s Municipal Stadium. In a dazzling display, Angel di Maria scored twice after halftime but in two impressive set-ups by Lionel Messi within the first 30 minutes, Argentina had already taken a 2-0 lead from goals by Marcos Rojo and Javier Pastore. […]
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Hosts Chile Beat Peru to Storm Into Copa America Final After 28 Years
June 30, 2015 R K Gupta
Chile, Copa America, FIFA, Football, PeruAlong with Venezuela and Ecuador, Chile is the only team, which has never won the South American championship. Going into the semifinal clash with Peru at Santiago on Monday, Chile were the favorites on form, team strength and home advantage. They had a great run in the group stage and the knock-out phase. Of all […]
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Big Matches Coming Up on Tuesday and Wednesday in 2015 Women’s FIFA World Cup
June 30, 2015 R K Gupta
FIFA, Football, Germany, Women football, Womens World CupThe 7th edition of Women’s FIFA World Cup has already reached its climax with the last four teams remaining in contention for the prestigious Trophy. After 48 out of 52 matches having been played, the next two matches will determine the top contenders. In Tuesday’s first semi-final at Montreal, tournament and world’s two highest ranked […]
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Japan, England Join Germany and USA in 2015 Women’s World Cup Semifinals
June 28, 2015 R K Gupta
England Football, FIFA, Football, Women football, Womens World CupIn an intriguing day’s action at Canada, Australia couldn’t overcome defending champions Japan in the quarterfinal on Saturday. The heat at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium was beating down on the players’ backs as they vied for superiority on the field. Just when, the match looked like going to extra time and penalty shoot-out thereafter, Australia were […]
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Brazil Go Out of Copa America After Losing to Paraguay in Penalty Shoot-out
June 28, 2015 R K Gupta
brazil, Copa America, FIFA, FootballArgentina must be relieved to have avoided a semifinal showdown with arch-rivals Brazil. In a dramatic game on Saturday, Paraguay first equalized from a penalty award and then benefitted from the penalty misses by Everton Ribeiro and Douglas Costa, when the match went to the penalty shoot-out. It was the second consecutive time that Paraguay […]
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Portugal inflict a semi-final hammering on Germany to become firm favourites for European Under-21 glory
June 28, 2015 John Welsh
FIFA, Football, Germany, PortugalApproximately 12 months previously, the German senior football squad completed a 7-1 World Cup Semi-final victory against Brazil in one of the most memorable games in living memory, yet on Saturday evening the under-21 team were beaten 5-0 by Portugal in the European Championship Semi-Final, a result which offers few hopes for the current crop […]
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2015 Women’s World Cup Brings a Semifinal Showdown Between Germany & USA after Germany Beat France and USA Edge Out China
June 27, 2015 R K Gupta
FIFA, Football, Germany, Women football, Womens World CupGermany’s goalkeeper captain Nadine Angerer was the star in her team’s victory over France in the first quarterfinal played on Friday at Montreal’s Olympic stadium. It was a curious case of leading her side to victory not from front but standing back between two posts during the penalty shoot-out. The two teams had played 90 […]
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Argentina Chile and Peru Enter 2015 Copa America Semifinals
June 27, 2015 R K Gupta
Copa America, FIFA, FootballIn a hard-fought quarterfinal on Friday June 26, 2015, Argentina edged out Colombia on penalties to inch one step closer to the title contention in the 44th edition of Copa America, which is the main international football tournament for the national teams in South America. Earlier on June 24, 2015 hosts Chile also made it […]
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Determination is the key to Swedish progress in UEFA European Under-21 tournament
June 25, 2015 John Welsh
FIFA, Football, sweden, UEFAThe Swedish team are arguably not the most attractive football team to watch in the current UEFA European Under-21 tournament but what they lack in overall flair is counter-balanced by an unwavering team spirit and a determination to play for the full 90 minutes of a game. In Wednesday evening’s final Group B match against […]
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England, USA and Japan Complete Quarterfinal Line-up in Women’s 2015 FIFA World Cup
June 24, 2015 R K Gupta
FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Football, Women football, Womens World CupDespite putting up a better show, Norway exited from the 2015 women’s World Cup as heroic efforts from England left them in the lurch. In the first match at Ottawa’s Lansdowne Stadium on Monday June 22, 2015, the first half remained scoreless but Norway dominated play. Nine minutes after the break, the Scandinavians went 1-0 […]
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