Rome (Italy), Aug 20 (IANS) Napoli started their campaign to defend the title as they kicked off the 2023-24 Serie A season with a 3-1 comeback victory over Frosinone, while Inter also registered an opening win after beating Monza 2-0.
Berlin (Germany), Aug 20 (IANS) Bayer Leverkusen staged a powerful performance and smoothed the win with two first-half goals, upsetting Leipzig 3-2 in the first round of the Bundesliga.
London, Aug 20 (IANS) Julian Alvarez scored the only goal of the game in the first half as Manchester City made light of any tired legs from Wednesday's European Supercup final to beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League.
Madrid, Aug 20 (IANS) England star Jude Bellingham scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to win 3-1 away to Almeria in the second round of action in the Spanish La Liga.
Liverpool, Aug 19 (IANS) Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota scored a goal apiece as Liverpool came from behind to beat AFC Bournemouth 3-1 in their first home game of the new Premier League season at Anfield here on Saturday.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Aug 19 (IANS) Bodoland FC ended their maiden campaign in the Durand Cup campaign with a historic 2-1 win over Odisha FC, their first win in the 132nd edition of the prestigious tournament here on Saturday.
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The legendary football coach and currently the FIFA Chief of Global Football Development, Arsène Wenger, is likely to visit India in the second week of October to finalise the setting-up of a central academy in India jointly with the All-India Football Federation (AIFF), according to Federation President Kalyan Chaubey.
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The reigning Indian Super League (ISL) League winner Mumbai City FC stormed into the quarterfinals of the 132nd Durand Cup, finishing their Group B campaign with a dominating 4-0 victory over Indian Navy Football Team.
Guwahati/Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) If NorthEast United FC (NEUFC) win against the Downtown Heroes of Kashmir, a most likely scenario going by their performance so far, on Sunday, it will leave either Mohammedan Sporting or Jamshedpur FC to win very big in Kolkata, to harbour any chances of knockout qualification in the 132nd Durand Cup.
Brisbane (Australia), Aug 19 (IANS) Star forward Fridolina Rolfo continued to torment Australia as she scored one and set up the other as Sweden secured third place with a well-deserved 2-0 win over Australia here on Saturday.
