The Argentina national team gushed over the brilliance of Lionel Messi after scoring the winner against Iran in the third round match of Group F in the 2014 FIFA World Cup seconds before the final whistle.
The stunning goal from Messi here Sunday confirmed Argentina's passage to the second round with still a match in hand, reports EFE.
“Messi was the best in the world. It was one of the best performances we have seen from him,” midfielder Fernando Gago said after the match, according to news reports.
Gago along with his colleague Pablo Zabaleta agreed that they need to fix many things to improve the players’ performance, promising to play better against Nigeria in the match that is scheduled on June 25.
Striker Gonzalo Higuain also hailed Messi’s playing style, while Javier Mascherano could not contain his happiness for playing his 100th game with Argentina.
Considering the gravity of corruption in sports, the CBI has set up a special investigating unit to handle cases related to sports, its chief announced Tuesday.
The seventh edition of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) gets underway here Wednesday night with allegations of corruption and spot-fixing looming over it.
Following are the English Premier League standings after Sunday's matches (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua.
Football buffs in this soccer loving state of Kerala were elated with the news of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar buying the Kochi franchise of the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament that will be held in September-November this year.
Forget the hyperbole the electronic media anchors created by packaging Yuvraj Singh as the villain of India's failure to win the World T20, the poking the left-handed batsman received from the social media sites Twitter and Facebook and SMS left one tittering.
