By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) UC browser, popular on mobile phones, has tied up with micro-blogging site Twitter and tech giant Microsoft’s search engine Bing to provide a mobile gateway to live…
Manchester, March 10 (IANS) Former Manchester United forward Louis Saha believes that the club should buy Everton striker Romelu Lukaku next summer in order to strengthen their presence upfront. The Belgium international is the second…
Moscow, March 10 (IANS) Benfica beat Zenit St. Petersburg 2-1 in the second leg match to win their Champions League knockout stage tie 3-1 on aggregate and claim a berth in the quarter-finals of the…
Moscow, March 10 (IANS) Russias Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) Acting Director General Anna Antseliovich has said she is considering filing a business defamation lawsuit against German journalist Hajo Seppelt, who, in his films on doping in…
London, March 10 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) topped Chelsea 2-1 in the second leg match to seal a 4-2 win on aggregate in the contest for a slot in the Champions League quarter-finals. This marks…
Riga, March 10 (IANS) The inventor of the drug Meldonium has warned that the World Anti-Doping Agencys (WADA) decision to outlaw the formula may soon contribute to a higher death rate among professional athletes. Ivars…
Birmingham, March 10 (IANS) Sai Praneeth upset Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight games while Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth also won their respective matches as Indian shuttlers enjoyed a good outing in the…
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is relieved to have opened their World Twenty20 campaign with a win against the Netherlands, after getting a scare. Mashrafe, who believes there would have been…
La Paz, March 10 (IANS) Bolivian football club Bolivar and Argentina’s Boca Juniors will meet in the Hernando Siles Stadium here for Copa Libertadores de America group match on Friday. The match will be key…
Abuja (Nigeria), March 10 (IANS) Interim head coach of Nigeria’s national footbal team Samson Siasia said he plans to crush Egypt with goals when the two nations meet twice in an African Cup of Nations…
Kingston (Jamaica), March 10 (IANS) Sprint icon Usain Bolt says his preparations for Rios Summer Olympics are on track, despite an ankle injury which kept him out of training recently. The 29-year-old is bidding to…
Buenos Aires, March 10 (IANS) Fans of Argentinian football club River Plate have begun a campaign via Twitter to try to persuade goalkeeper Marcelo Barovero to stay with the club. With the hashtags “NoTeVayasTrapito” (Don’t…
Islamabad, March 10 (IANS) The responsibility of making alternate arrangements for Pakistani fans who have already made ticket purchases and hotel reservations at Dharamsala fall on BCCI, said a Pakistani daily after the India, Pakistan…
Brasilia, March 10 (IANS) Brazilian Defence Minister Aldo Rebelo announced that 38,000 military personnel will be deployed to carry out security operations during the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games. Twenty-thousand of them will be…
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Oman stunned Ireland by two wickets, while the Netherlands scared Bangladesh but fell short by eight runs in World T20 qualifying matches at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium here on…
Bengaluru, March 9 (IANS) A young and resilient Bengaluru FC (BFC) side battled hard but went down 1-0 to Malaysian outfit Johor Darul Ta’zim team in an AFC Cup Group H game at the Kanteerava…
Kolkata: CAB chief Sourav Ganguly addresses a press conference in Kolkata, on March 9, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Happy over the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) getting to host the high-voltage…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Anti-Terrorist Front of India (ATFI) , which has been stridently opposing the Pakistan cricket team playing in India, on Wednesday threatened to dig up the pitch at Eden Gardens here that…
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday said he believes organising an India-Pakistan encounter is easier than playing in one. “Organising is easier than playing in an India-Pak…
Gandhinagar, March 9 (IANS) With a view to producing international-level sportspersons and developing world-class sports infrastructure in the state, the Gujarat government on Wednesday announced an integrated sports policy. “The idea of announcing the new…