Everton held; Dortmund lose at home
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 20:42.
Hamburg - Everton were held to a disappointing 2-2 draw at home by Standard Liege Thursday in an UEFA Cup first round match, while former Champions League winners Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 2-0 defeat at home against Udinese.
In Liverpool, Dieumerci Mbokani gave the Belgian side a 9th minute lead against Everton, which Nigerian Aiyegbeni Yakubu equalized midway through the first half. Read more »
Wins for Manchester City, Villa and Stuttgart in UEFA Cup
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 18:13.
Hamburg - English Premier League sides Aston Villa and Manchester City both came from behind to secure victories Thursday in their respective UEFA Cup first round matches.
Brazilian Jo was the hero for City, scoring twice to secure a away win against Omonia in the first leg of their first-round tie. Read more »
Aston Villa and Stuttgart come back to win in UEFA Cup
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 17:37.
Hamburg - English Premier League side Aston Villa on Thursday came from behind to beat a nine-man Litex Lovech side 3-1 in a first leg, first round UEFA Cup match.
In another game German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart came from behind to beat another Bulgarian club, Cherno More Varna. Read more »
Aston Villa come back to beat nine-man Litex Lovech
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 16:36.
Hamburg - English Premier League side Aston Villa on Thursday came from behind to beat a nine-man Litex Lovech side 3-1 in a first leg, first round UEFA Cup match.
The Bulgarian club scored first through Ivelin Popov in the 10th minute with a free-kick, that eluded friend and foe alike and then slipped past Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel. Read more »
Good start to Champions League for first-timers
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 19:44.
Hamburg - Cypriot Champions League first-timers Anorthosis Famagusta and Romanian club CFR Cluj, who were also making their Champions League debut, both got their campaign off to a successful start on Tuesday.
Cluj came from behind to stun Serie A club AS Roma 2-1 in Italy, while Famagusta held fancied Bundesliga side Werder Bremen to a goalless draw in Germany. Read more »
Good start for German clubs in UEFA
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 18:34.
Hamburg - German clubs on Tuesday got their UEFA Cup campaigns off to a winning start as Schalke 04 won 4-1 at APOEL Nicosia, while Hertha Berlin beat St Patricks 2-0.
In the only other game on Tuesday, Olympiakos Piraeus scored a 2-0 victory at Nordsjaelland. Read more »
Kazakhstan fires coach: "We are ashamed"
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 15:23.Hamburg - Kazakhstan football officials on Monday announced that they had fired their national team coach Arno Pijpers after losing two of their opening three World Cup qualifiers.
German Bernd Storck, who won the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund in 1989, will take over from the Dutchman, officials said.
The 45-year-old German has been coaching the Kazakhstan under-21 side and the first division club Kairat. Read more »
Hamburg top table after day of come-backs
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 15:52.Hamburg - SV Hamburg moved to the top of the German Bundesliga on Saturday after coming from two goals down to beat a ten-man Bayer Leverkusen 3-2.
Hamburg are on 10 points, two more than Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, who clawed their way back from three goals down to draw 3-3 against a nine-man Schalke side.
It was the first time in Germany in eight years that a team managed to come from 3-0 down to draw a game. Read more »
Russia leave it late to edge Wales, Ukraine get second win
Submitted by Keval Sharma on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 18:13.
Hamburg - Russia got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a winning start Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Wales in Moscow, while Ukraine scored their second victory in as many matches with a 3-1 win in Kazakhstan.
Serhiy Nazarenko gave the Ukrainians the lead in the 45th minute in their Group 5 match in Almatay. Read more »
True passion knows no final whistle at Hamburg fan cemetery
Submitted by Rajiv Dhoot on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 13:40.Hamburg - "HSV forever and ever," is the anthem of German Bundesliga soccer club SV Hamburg, or HSV. Now fans can be true to their team after death.
Europe's first cemetery for football supporters opened Tuesday in the port city, just a stone's throw from the club's home ground, the Nordbank Arena.
The final resting place offers fans who have left their earthly life the chance "to hear how a match has ended," said Christian Reichert, the club official responsible for fan affairs. Read more »
Ramallah, May 20 : High on confidence after notching up a double-win over Bahrain in two international friendlies in the latter's own backyard, the Indian women's football team will look to carrying on 
New Delhi, May 21 : Former Ranji player Baburao Yadav is the latest to be arrested for spot fixing in the Indian Premier League, Delhi Police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, May 20 : Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma doesn't want his team to get distracted by the spot-fixing controversy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and says the focus is on playing good cricket 
Mumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine. 
Dijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.