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Sports

FAREWELL TO A LEGEND

Maradona, the most gifted and most troubled of footballers

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/26/20

Diego Maradona, who has died at 60, was a genius with a football at his feet. His achievements with otherwise modest Argentina and Napoli sides mark him out as one of the greatest players ever,…

FOOTBALL

Football legend Maradona dies at 60

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/25/20

The forward, who led Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986, underwent surgery for a bleed on the brain earlier this month. Doctors had said it was a success.

NATIONS LEAGUE

Imperious Spain humiliate Germany 6-0

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/18/20

In Group A3, France beat Sweden 4-2.

IN EUROPE

Norway health chief wants halt to international football over virus

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/17/20

Bjorn Guldvog has contacted UEFA and the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) about the concerns.

FOOTBALL

Finland humbles world champs France at their stadium

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/12/20

Germany did better as a youthful team beat the Czech Republic 1-0; the Netherlands and Spain drew 1-1; coronavirus-hit Italy defeated Estonia; and European champions Portugal routed minnows Andorra…

FOOTBALL

Ramos spot-on as Real Madrid win Clasico 3-1 over Barcelona

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/25/20

Champions Real top the table while Barca, after defeat in coach Ronald Koeman's first Clasico, are 10th albeit with a game in hand. Later Saturday night Atletico Madrid moved into second place…

FOOTBALL

Brazilian football legend Pele celebrates his 80th birthday

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/23/20

Pele won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970, making him the only player to win the competition three times. He is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.

CORONAVIRUS

CR7 in defiant mood after being accused of breach of virus rules

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/17/20

"I did not break any protocol," the striker said. "It is all a lie."

NATIONS LEAGUE - GROUP B4

Finland beat Ireland again in Nations League, again from Jensen

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/15/20

Euro 2020 qualifiers Finland momentarily topped the group with nine points from four games, two ahead of Wales, who later took first place with 10 points after beating Bulgaria.

QUARANTINE

Ronaldo returns to Italy in private plane despite corona infection

Foreigner.fi/dpa 10/14/20

The Portuguese superstar had his positive test revealed by the Portuguese federation on Tuesday.

FORMULA ONE

Bottas wins Russian Grand Prix; Hamilton must wait for record

Foreigner.fi 9/28/20

Bottas began third but overtook Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the start and easily held on to his ninth career win and second this year after the season-opener in Austria.

FORMULA ONE

Bottas leads Mercedes one-two at Russian Grand Prix second practice

Foreigner.fi 9/25/20

His team-mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton was second fastest, 0.267 seconds behind.

FORMULA ONE

Hamilton close to another record while Bottas fails to catch up

Foreigner.fi 9/14/20

On Sunday the Finn was also in the spotlight for supposedly causing a four-car crash.

FOOTBALL

Neymar accuses rival of racism for calling him 'monkey' during match

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/14/20

After the game the Brazilian player wrote on Twitter his "only regret is not hitting that idiot in the face."

BARCELONA

Messi stays against his will but can get his deserved send-off

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/6/20

Barcelona have managed to retain superstar Lionel Messi who must now adjust mentally to deliver a strong farewell season with the club.

Bottas leads Mercedes one-two at Monza as Ferrari struggle again

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/4/20

Verstappen was fifth in first practice having recovered from hitting the wall through the Ascari chicane.

FOOTBALL

Messi to boycott Barcelona's first training session

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/30/20

The Argentinian star believes beginning pre-season with the rest of the squad would contradict his stance that he is now a free agent.

FOOTBALL

Spanish lament: Messi going is worse than 8-2 loss to Bayern

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/26/20

The possible transfer of Lionel Messi dominated sports coverage on Wednesday.

FOOTBALL

Coman sinks ex-club PSG and Munich win Champions League final

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/24/20

Bayern drew level with last year's winners Liverpool on six titles from 11 finals, with only AC Milan (seven) and Real Madrid (13) ahead.

Unfortunate Lukaku wins Europa League for Sevilla

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/22/20

The Champions League equivalent concludes Sunday in Lisbon with Bayern Munich taking on Paris Saint-Germain.