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Chelsea-target Neymar to join Real Madrid?

Chelsea-target Neymar to join Real Madrid?

Rediff.com14 Jun 2011

Long time Chelsea target Neymar has agreed on a deal with Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid. The nine-time champions of Europe have agreed a deal to sign the Brazilian ace from Santos, according to agent Ernesto Bronzetti, reports goal.com.

Tevez turns down West ham's offer to become their best-paid player

Tevez turns down West ham's offer to become their best-paid player

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

West Ham United's bid to re-sign Carlos Tevez stalled because of the striker's salary demands, the Premier League side's co-chairman David Sullivan has said.

PIX: Is this Sofia Hayat's most outrageous photoshoot yet?

PIX: Is this Sofia Hayat's most outrageous photoshoot yet?

Rediff.com27 Apr 2015

The model shot for a bridal wear in London.

PICS: Easy for Real Madrid; Roma go above Juventus

PICS: Easy for Real Madrid; Roma go above Juventus

Rediff.com15 Feb 2021

Images from Sunday's action in La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1.

Football PIX: Milan hold Napoli; Sevilla close in on top-four finish

Football PIX: Milan hold Napoli; Sevilla close in on top-four finish

Rediff.com13 Jul 2020

AC midfielder Franck Kessie scored from a penalty to give AC Milan a 2-2 draw away to Napoli in Serie A on Sunday, sparing the blushes of his goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma whose mistakes provided the hosts with both their goals. Sevilla closed in on Champions League qualification by beating struggling Real Mallorca 2-0 at home to open up a nine-point gap in the race for fourth spot in La Liga.

Ferrari vrooms into India, price starts at Rs 2.2 crore

Ferrari vrooms into India, price starts at Rs 2.2 crore

Rediff.com26 May 2011

Italian luxury sports car Ferrari on Thursday officially entered the Indian market with popular models such as the California, 458 Italia, 599GTB Fiorano and the latest FF at prices starting from Rs 2.2 crore (Rs 22 million) onward.

Ronaldo-less Juve suffer first league defeat of the season

Ronaldo-less Juve suffer first league defeat of the season

Rediff.com17 Mar 2019

Stefano Sturaro, who joined Genoa on loan from Juventus in January before the deal was made permanent, put the home side in front in the second half before fellow substitute Goran Pandev secured the shock result with 10 minutes remaining.

Van Bommel off as Palermo end Milan's double hopes

Van Bommel off as Palermo end Milan's double hopes

Rediff.com11 May 2011

Serie A champions AC Milan's double hopes ended in a 2-1 Coppa Italia defeat at Palermo on Tuesday in which midfielder Mark van Bommel was sent off.

Football: Real stunned; Bayern stay top of table

Football: Real stunned; Bayern stay top of table

Rediff.com30 Jan 2021

Levante striker Roger Marti brushed off squandering a penalty to score the winning goal as his side pulled off a shock 2-1 La Liga victory at Real Madrid

Former Giro winner Cunego, others indicted on doping charges

Former Giro winner Cunego, others indicted on doping charges

Rediff.com19 Jul 2013

An Italian court indicted former Giro d'Italia winner Damiano Cunego and 26 others on doping charges involving his Lampre-Merida team on Friday, in a new blow for a sport dogged by drug scandals.

Italy's World Cup winner Toni to retire at season's end

Italy's World Cup winner Toni to retire at season's end

Rediff.com7 Dec 2015

Luca Toni, who was part of Italy's World Cup winning side in 2006, has confirmed he will hang up his boots at the end of the Serie A season.

Tour de France champ unhurt after hit-and-run case

Tour de France champ unhurt after hit-and-run case

Rediff.com9 May 2017

The 31-year-old three-time winner of the world's biggest bike race, tweeted a picture of the twisted remains of his "totaled" training bike, saying he had been deliberately knocked off by the driver.

PIX: Record-breaking Messi lifts Barca to big win; Ibrahimovic makes history

PIX: Record-breaking Messi lifts Barca to big win; Ibrahimovic makes history

Rediff.com23 Mar 2021

Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scored two poacher's goals as they beat Manchester United 3-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final on Sunday to set up a last-four clash against Southampton.

What football might look like when it resumes after coronavirus

What football might look like when it resumes after coronavirus

Rediff.com9 Apr 2020

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that football will be "totally different" when it re-starts after the coronavirus. He has talked of smaller, but more meaningful, competitions, more balance and football being "more attentive to true values."

Transfers: Chelsea sign highly-rated German Havertz

Transfers: Chelsea sign highly-rated German Havertz

Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

Chelsea have signed Germany's highly-rated attacking midfielder Kai Havertz from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year contract, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

Football PIX: Inter miss penalty; Milan breathe easier

Football PIX: Inter miss penalty; Milan breathe easier

Rediff.com1 Nov 2019

Internacional forward Paolo Guerrero missed a late penalty and then had a goal disallowed as his side were held 1-1 by Athletico Paranaense in Brazil's Serie A on Thursday.

Mourinho to quit Inter, inks Madrid deal

Mourinho to quit Inter, inks Madrid deal

Rediff.com23 May 2010

Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho has agreed to become Real Madrid's new manager after guiding the Italian side to a historic Treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League wins.

Benito Mussolini was 'MI5's agent in Italy'

Benito Mussolini was 'MI5's agent in Italy'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2009

Italy's wartime dictator Benito Mussolini, credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism, was actually British spy agency MI5's 'secret agent,' de-classified documents have revealed.

Paes, Bhupathi in last eight

Paes, Bhupathi in last eight

Rediff.com30 Apr 2009

Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi took contrasting routes to the doubles quarter-finals in the Internazionali BNL D'Italia tennis tournament in Rome on Thursday. Third seeds Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy swamped Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemic 6-1, 6-1, while fourth seeded Bhupathi and his Bahamian teammate Mark Knowles survived some torrid moments before beating unheralded Simon Bolelli and Andreas Seppi 7-6(5), 2-6, 10-3.

Soccer PIX: PSG hammer Dijon; Napoli win at Inter

Soccer PIX: PSG hammer Dijon; Napoli win at Inter

Rediff.com13 Feb 2020

Images from the football matches played across Europe on Wednesday.

Pirlo says no hard feelings over Euro omission

Pirlo says no hard feelings over Euro omission

Rediff.com1 Jun 2016

Andrea Pirlo says he has no hard feelings towards Italy coach Antonio Conte after the veteran playmaker was overlooked for next month's European Championship in France.

Balotelli apologises for red card vs Napoli, claims he was provoked

Balotelli apologises for red card vs Napoli, claims he was provoked

Rediff.com27 Sep 2013

Maverick AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli has apologised for a sending-off against Napoli which earned him a three-match ban but claimed he was provoked.

Armstrong breaks collarbone

Armstrong breaks collarbone

Rediff.com24 Mar 2009

Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong fractured his right collarbone in a race in Spain on Monday, casting doubt on his participation in May's Giro d'Italia. The American announced via his twitter feed that he would be having surgery "in a couple of days" after sustaining the injury during the first stage of Spain's Vuelta Castilla y Leon.

Serie A PICS: Immobile equals scoring record; Inter 2nd

Serie A PICS: Immobile equals scoring record; Inter 2nd

Rediff.com2 Aug 2020

He also finished the season five goals clear of the next leading scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.

Dr Reddy's buys Italian generics firm

Dr Reddy's buys Italian generics firm

Rediff.com4 Apr 2008

Hyderabad-based pharma company Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has acquired Jet Generici Srl, a company engaged in the sale of generic finished dosages in Italy. Financial terms and conditions of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal has been completed through Dr Reddy's Italian subsidiary, Reddy Pharma Italia, which has been engaged in building a pipeline of registrations since its incorporation.

Serie A: Inter secure fourth spot, Milan boost European hopes

Serie A: Inter secure fourth spot, Milan boost European hopes

Rediff.com8 May 2016

Inter Milan clinched fourth place in Serie A after a 2-1 home victory over Empoli on Saturday while AC Milan gave their European aspirations a boost with a 1-0 triumph over 10-man Bologna.

Kaka to join Real Madrid

Kaka to join Real Madrid

Rediff.com3 Jun 2009

Kaka is the latest big name to join Real Madrid.

PM congratulates Sundar Pichai on new role

PM congratulates Sundar Pichai on new role

Rediff.com11 Aug 2015

Many other Indians are heading the businesses at companies abroad.

Italian soccer in dire state as television weighs options

Italian soccer in dire state as television weighs options

Rediff.com18 Nov 2013

When Italy's cash-strapped soccer clubs meet on Monday to prepare for a new deal on broadcast rights, their deliberations will be coloured by the unhappy knowledge that Italian football is in a dismal state and viewers are switching off.

Will Pogba stay at Juventus?

Will Pogba stay at Juventus?

Rediff.com18 Jul 2016

Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri is confident Paul Pogba will stay put at the club despite talks about the French midfielder leaving for England or Spain.

Bhupathi-Knowles in semis of Rome event

Bhupathi-Knowles in semis of Rome event

Rediff.com1 May 2009

Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles quelled a late challenge from the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to reach the semi-finals in the euro 2,750,000 Internazionali BNL D'Italia ATP event in Rome on Friday. The fourth-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair beat their sixth seeded opponents 6-3, 6-4 in just 59 minutes.

Yummy Italian 'tamaatar toasts'

Yummy Italian 'tamaatar toasts'

Rediff.com15 Jul 2008

All the top chefs in the world create the most amazing toppings for bruschetta but classic tomato-topped bruschetta will always be in fashion.

Ricco takes Tour de France sixth stage

Ricco takes Tour de France sixth stage

Rediff.com10 Jul 2008

Italian Riccardo Ricco won the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday while Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen seized the overall leader's yellow jersey. The Giro d'Italia runner-up, also known as "The Cobra", attacked in the final metres of a category-two climb to Super-Besse to beat Spain's Alejandro Valverde and Australian Cadel Evans, second and third respectively.

Football Focus: 'Messi needs Barca and Barca needs Messi'

Football Focus: 'Messi needs Barca and Barca needs Messi'

Rediff.com13 Aug 2020

News of all that transpired on and off the football field.

Tour de France: Matthews wins stage 10, Froome retains yellow

Tour de France: Matthews wins stage 10, Froome retains yellow

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

Michael Matthews completed his set of grand tour victories when he prevailed in the 10th stage of the Tour de France at the end of a royal breakaway on Tuesday.

Soccer PIX: Higuain, Dybala earn Juve late win

Soccer PIX: Higuain, Dybala earn Juve late win

Rediff.com23 Nov 2019

Sarri was without Cristiano Ronaldo for the trip to the Gewiss Stadium as the Portuguese forward recovers from a knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League meeting with Atletico Madrid in Turin.

Soccer PIX: Real drop points at Getafe; Juve lose

Soccer PIX: Real drop points at Getafe; Juve lose

Rediff.com19 Apr 2021

The draw interrupted a run of four straight league wins for Zinedine Zidane's side and left them second on 67 points after 31 games, three behind leaders Atletico who thrashed Eibar 5-0 earlier in the day.

Real to buy back Morata, confirm Juventus

Real to buy back Morata, confirm Juventus

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

Real Madrid look set to activate a buy-back clause to take Alvaro Morata back to the Bernabeu from Juventus, the Italian club's chief executive, Giuseppe Marotta, said on Tuesday.

Euro 2016: Best is yet to come from Pogba, says Wenger

Euro 2016: Best is yet to come from Pogba, says Wenger

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

France's Paul Pogba has yet to show his full potential and it remains too early to judge the midfielder, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said of his compatriot. After subdued displays in his first two Euro 2016 Group A outings against Romania and Albania, the 23-year-old produced an improved performance in the goalless draw against Switzerland on Sunday as unbeaten France topped their pool.

Force India F1 team to launch 2008 car in Mumbai

Force India F1 team to launch 2008 car in Mumbai

Rediff.com26 Jan 2008

The Ferrari-powered car will not do any demonstration laps in the Indian city however with the first test run scheduled for Spain's Barcelona circuit on Feb. 25.