Marseille, Feb 22 (IANS) Australian tennis player Nicholas Kyrgios won his first ever Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) title at the Marseille Open here. World No.41 Kyrgios won the final against Croatia’s Marin Cilic 6-2,…
San Juan (Puerto Rico), Feb 22 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal will play an exhibition match here on March 21 against compatriot Pablo Andujar. World No.5 Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, and Andujar…
Milan, Feb 22 (IANS) AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has stirred up a fresh controversy by describing on-loan Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli as an “Italian who has taken a bit too much sun”. Berlusconi, who…
Lillehammer (Norway), Feb 22 (IANS) The 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games came to an end with a festive closing ceremony and the official hand over to the next host city — Lausanne. Dancers and acrobats…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Argentina coach Gerardo Martino has said that Lionel Messi cannot always be the saviour of the side always and asked the other players to support him after being drawn in…
Berlin, Feb 22 (IANS) Dortmund reaped their second straight victory with a narrow 1-0 win over German football rivals Leverkusen while Stuttgart secured a late 1-1 draw at Schalke to close the 22nd round of…
Madrid, Feb 22 (IANS) Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title in the 25th round as the Spanish football club opened a lead of eight points over Atletico Madrid and nine over Real Madrid….
The Hague, Feb 22 (IANS) While PSV, Ajax and AZ continued their winning streaks in Dutch football league Eredivisie, Feyenoord remained winless for the ninth time in a row. Feyenoord, which welcomed former Dutch national…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Argentinian player Patricio Toranzo strongly criticised South American football authorities, asking them to take responsibility for the recent road accident involving his current team Club Atletico Huracan in Venezuela. “Someone…
MELBOURNE, Jan. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns the ball during his men’s singles second round match against Quentin Halys of France at the Australian Open Tennis Championships in Melbourne, Australia, Jan….
Malaga (Spain), Feb 22 (IANS) After the 1-1 draw against Malaga in their La Liga match, Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane admitted that his team’s mission is getting more “difficult,” but he believes that…
Madrid, Feb 22 (IANS) Atletico Madrid, in second place in Spain’s La Liga football standings but dropping ever farther behind leaders Barcelona, managed only a scoreless draw against Villarreal before some 53,000 fans at the…
By Debdoot Das Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) After losing the U-19 World Cup to West Indies Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishab Pant says their coach, cricketing legend Rahul Dravid told them to take the game as…
New York, Feb 22 (IANS) Following is the draw for 2016 Copa America Centenario made on Sunday, according to Xinhua. Group A United States Colombia Costa Rica Paraguay Group B Brazil Ecuador Haiti Peru Group…
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Following are the collated results of the English FA Cup results on Sunday, according to Xinhua. Fifth round Blackburn lost to West Ham 1-5 Tottenham lost to Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea…
Buenos Aires, Feb 22 (IANS) Goalkeeper for Argentina’s Newell’s Old Boys, Ezequiel Unsain, will be out for 45 days due to a double fracture in his lower jaw caused by accidentally colliding with Boca Juniors…
Santiago, Feb 22 (IANS) The coach for Chile’s national soccer team, Juan Antonio Pizzi, announced on Sunday he is open to the possibility of including players from foreign clubs in the team, if they maintain…
London, Feb 22 (IANS) Ronnie O’Sullivan came from 5-2 down to beat Neil Robertson 9-5 to win his fourth Welsh Open title in Cardiff on Sunday. Australia’s Robertson led 5-2 during the first session but…
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) City giants East Bengal edged past Goan outfit Salgaocar 2-1 in an I-League encounter at the Barasat stadium here on Sunday. The win has propelled the red and gold brigade to…
Mumbai: India`s limited over skipper MS Dhoni addresses a press conference ahead of India`s tour of Australia, in Mumbai on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) India’s limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni…