European Championships

On Sunday, Maarten Stekelenburg and Jurrien Timber were teammates. When Stekelenburg made his Holland debut in 2004, Timber was three. It completed a night for oldies after North Macedonia’s Goran Pandev, at 37 years and 321 days, became…

Express News Service KOCHI: Spain have been one of the most dominant forces in world football in the past decade and a bit. The 2010 World Cup win and the Euro triumphs in 2008 and 2012 are proof of that. However, in…

“It was undoubtedly the most difficult moment for Italy football of the last 50 years,” said Giorgio Chiellini. Italy had drawn at home against Sweden and for the first time since 1958, the four-time winners had not qualified for the World…

Maybe because they are known as De Rode Duivels (or The Red Devils) and a duivel is often depicted with a trident in hand, the story of the greatest era of Belgian football is always told through the trident’s sharpest prongs – Kevin de…

By Associated Press ARCELONA: “Tiki-taka” is over, and Spain coach Luis Enrique is ready to move on. Since winning back-to-back European Championships with the 2010 World Cup title in between, Spain has been a flop…

By PTI NEW DELHI: The Olympic-bound Indian shooting team on Tuesday left for Croatia for a two and a half months training-cum-competition tour, its final tune-up to the upcoming Tokyo Games. With coaches and support…