Football

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho has Gonzalo  Higuain and Sami Khedira fit for Real Madrid’s La Liga game at Barcelona today and hinted he is likely to field his regular starting XI for the “clasico”.

President of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba believes that while the Kashif and Shanghai tournament is a positive for the development of football in the country the organisers are exploiting the players’ talents and not properly compensating them.

Pernell Schultz and Aubrey Clarke scored two goals each to propel Cultural Centre Tarmac Futsal Team to a comfortable victory over Meadowbrook in the Guinness Greatest of de Street competition Friday night on the Cultural Centre Tarmac.

Eight more teams registered wins as round two of the Guinness Greatest of de Street Futsal competition wrapped up at the Cultural Centre Tarmac on Tuesday night.

It was a night of upsets when quarterfinal action in the annual Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament took place Tuesday night at the Tucville Playfield.

The Golden Jaguars got their first win in Group F of the Digicel Caribbean Cup when they defeated St.

On face value Guyana’s Golden Jaguars should be favoured to win today’s opening encounter of Group `F’ of the Digicel Caribbean Cup against Haiti at the Manny  Ramjohn Stadium this afternoon.

Giftland OfficeMax yesterday confirmed its part as a sponsor of the “Keep Your Five Alive” Football Competition and Fun Day scheduled for November 7  at the St Pius Ground, Middle Road La Penitence.

New York (SMS) — Golden Guyana’s football (soccer) is set to score another major goal when it national senior men’s team play an international friendly on American soil for the first time.

The inaugural Super Eight Knockout football tournament which is organized by the Western Tigers Football Club was officially launched in the canteen of the club’s sponsor BK International Inc.,

Attorney-at-Law Dennis Paul is the new president of the Canmptown Football Club following the staging of the club’s annual general meeting on Monday.

The two football teams from Buxton, Bakewell Buxton Stars and Buxton United, were eliminated  from the fourth annual Namilco Football Festival by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Sunburst Camptown respectively on Wednesday night at the Tucville Playfield.

Guyana’s most prestigious football event, the annual Kashif and Shanghai Knockout Football Tournament,  officially entered its 21st year with the launching at Duke Lodge which was aired live yesterday.

MOSCOW, Russia,  CMC – FIFA Vice President Jack Warner met with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Office on Tuesday in the Kremlin.

The Best Goal Keeper award for the fourth edition of the Namilco Football Festival  organized by  Fruta Conquerors Football Club will be sponsored by the Bayridge Taxi Service on Sheriff Street.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA should postpone the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups after allegations of vote-selling, a former FIFA Executive Committee member said yesterday.

(BBC) England’s 2018 World Cup bid team has lodged a complaint with Fifa against the head of Russia’s rival campaign over comments he made about London.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Switzerland is considering closing a loophole for sporting bodies in its anti-corruption law following allegations of bribery among FIFA officials for World Cup bids.

BERLIN, (Reuters Life!) – Paul, the oracle octopus who shot to fame in the World Cup this summer for his uncanny ability to predict the results of Germany’s soccer matches, has died at his home in Oberhausen at the age of two.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Forgotten man Massimo Oddo, only playing because of a raft of injuries, set up both goals to send AC Milan up to second in Serie A after an action-packed 2-1 win at 10-man Napoli in heavy rain yesterday.