Osaka, March 7 (IANS) China earned a berth for the Rio Olympic women’s football event here on Monday with one game remaining in the six-team round-robin Asian Zone qualifications. After beating Vietnam 2-0, drawing North…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Former swashbuckling opener Virender Sehwag said on Monday that India have a good chance of winning the World Twenty20 championship which starts on Tuesday. “India has 99 percent chances of…
Madrid, March 7 (IANS) Spanish football giants Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo is leading the race for the European Golden Shoe with 27 goals. The award is presented each season to the leading goal…
Wolfsburg (Germany), March 7 (IANS) Reigning German Cup winners VfL Wolfsburg’s duel with the Belgian side KAA Gent in the second leg of the Champions League last 16 round on Tuesday is being regarded as…
Madrid, March 7 (IANS) Real Madrid held their last training session on Monday in readiness for the second leg of the European Champions League’s knockout stage football tie against Roma on Tuesday at the Santiago…
Shimla, March 7 (IANS) The Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Monday slammed Indian cricket board secretary and BJP MP Anurag Thakur for double-speak on the issue of holding the World Twenty20 India-Pakistan match in Dharamsala,…
Rome, March 7 (IANS) Italian football club Roma has announced that defender Antonio Rudiger will be sidelined for around two weeks after suffering a thigh injury. “Rudiger underwent tests earlier which have revealed a minor…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) India are among the favourites to win the upcoming World Twenty championship at home, but former India opener Gautam Gambhir cautioned that the hosts will have to be at their…
London, March 7 (IANS) United States’ legend Serena Williams kept her lead in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings for the 160th consecutive week with 9,245 points, according to the rankings released on Monday. This…
Bangkok, March 7 (IANS) Indian shooter Gurpreet Singh narrowly missed a place in the final of the men’s 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol at the ISSF World Cup here on Monday. Gurpreet scored 577 in…
Dubai, March 7 (IANS) India will go into the World Twenty 20 as the number one ranked side in the cricket world after clinching the Asia Cup T20 title. Their number one ranking was sealed…
Moscow, March 7 (IANS) Russia will support all measures of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on the reform of All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) after the widespread rule-breaking scandal…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and his Pakistan counterpart Inzamam-ul-Haq have called for the resumption of bilateral series as it will improve relations between the two nations. Speaking at a…
Canberra, March 7 (IANS) Seven National Basketball Association (NBA) players have been called up in Australia’s preliminary 26-man squad for the Rio Olympics, despite questions remaining on whether or not their franchises will allow them…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Internet giant Google has cashed in on the World Twenty 20 fever with a new colourful doodle on its home page which shows a cricket game in progress at a stadium….
By Debdoot Das Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Come April 3, an expected full house of 65,000 would scream their lungs out in the World Twenty 20 final at a greener and prettier Eden Gardens, with…
Dhaka, March 7 (IANS) Bangladesh cricket captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said the Asia Cup final may have had a different outcome if they had scored 20 runs more. Asked to bat first in the rain-hit…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Reliance Jio Infocomm will offer complementary WiFi service, Jionet, at the six main stadiums across the country for T20 World Cup matches, a company statement said here on Monday. Jionet…
London, March 7 (IANS) Zhong Tianshi has become China’s first world champion in an individual cycling event after beating teammate Lin Junhong in the women’s sprint at the Track World Championships here. The 25-year-old on…
Rio de Janeiro, March 7 (IANS) The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has announced that Orlando City’s attacking midfielder Kaka has been cut from the national squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay…