The Malta Independent 28 April 2024, Sunday
View E-Paper

Football

England seeks improvement after unlikely World Cup journey

Friday, 7 September 2018, 17:23 Last update: about 7 years ago

For English soccer, the first two-week international period of the new season often doubles as the next phase of a post-mortem into the national team's failings at a recent tournament. Not so...

US football eyes culture change, with new coach by year's end

Friday, 7 September 2018, 14:01 Last update: about 7 years ago

Earnie Stewart intends to change the culture of the American national team by having the next coach and his staff work out of the U.S. Soccer Federation's headquarters in Chicago. In his first...

Mesut Ozil's absence casts shadow over German national team

Friday, 7 September 2018, 12:28 Last update: about 7 years ago

The start of Germany's post-Mesut Ozil era showed Germany is missing a player like Mesut Ozil. Without the Arsenal midfielder on the field, Germany tried hard but ultimately failed to break...

Salah must tread carefully if he's to reform football in Egypt

Friday, 7 September 2018, 11:14 Last update: about 7 years ago

Thanks to his star power and a government keen to keep its most valuable international asset happy, Mohamed Salah has won his latest tussle with Egypt's soccer federation after his demands for better...

Real Madrid revenue reaches 750 million euros, up 11 percent

Friday, 7 September 2018, 01:34 Last update: about 7 years ago

Real Madrid says its operating revenue for 2017-2018 reached 750.9 million ($871 million), 11 percent more than the previous year. The figure, which doesn't include gains from the transfers of...

Diego Maradona hired as coach of 2nd-tier Mexican team

Friday, 7 September 2018, 00:36 Last update: about 7 years ago

The president of the second-tier Mexican soccer club Dorados of Sinaloa says Argentine great Diego Maradona has been hired as the team's coach. Club president Jose Antonio Nunez confirmed...

  • don't miss