New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Promising batsman Lokesh Rahul was on Tuesday drafted into the India squad ahead of the second cricket Test against England, starting from November 17 at Visakhapatnam. Rahul, who suffered a…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Hockey India League (HIL) will have its seventh franchise in Bengaluru with the JSW Steel Group-owned outfit set to enter the fray in 2018, league chairman Narinder Batra announced on…
Doha, Nov 15 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it has suspended accreditation of the anti-doping laboratory of Qatari capital Doha for four months. “The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the accreditation…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Former Valencia coach Gary Neville has hinted that he will not manage a football team again. Neville, 41, who currently works as commentator for the Britain-based Sky Sports, led Valencia in…
Kampala (Uganda), Nov 15 (IANS) Uganda’s national rugby team will face some of the powerhouses of the game at the 2016 Dubai Rugby Sevens tournament slated to be held from December 1-3. The east African…
Berlin, Nov 15 (IANS) Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt is expected to participate in the training of top flight German football club Borussia Dortmund where a sprinting duel is expected with striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang….
Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) French tennis player Amelie Mauresmo has announced that she will quit as captain of the French women’s tennis team because she is expecting her second child. The 37-year-old explained at a…
Madrid, Nov 15 (IANS) Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann has undergone medical tests after he returned from the French national football team camp with a traumatic injury. Atletico explained on their website on Monday that…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Former Spain star Carles Puyol said that the English Premier League (EPL) needs to promote the talent of local players so that the England football team can start winning titles. In…
Kampala (Uganda), Nov 15 (IANS) Uganda’s national men’s football team will have several build up games in Dubai ahead of their return to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after 39 years. Uganda head…
Nairobi, Nov 15 (IANS) Kenya’s Stephen Kamande, a hawker selling trinkets at a local market, started his athletics career in 2005 for leisure as a way of keeping fit and quickly became a regular participant…
Havana, Nov 15 (IANS) Top Spanish football club Real Madrid has opened a training camp in Havana for Cuban children. Some 100 boys and girls selected from eight schools in Havana attended the first day…
Madrid, Nov 15 (IANS) Spanish football giants FC Barcelona have announced that a group of the club’s former players are going to help organise a day of solidarity with refugees in Greece. The event, which…
Buenos Aires, Nov 15 (IANS) Lionel Messi was one of several Argentinian players to fall ill during a flight from Buenos Aires to San Juan, according to media reports. The Barcelona forward and other unnamed…
Cotonou (Benin), Nov 15 (IANS) Benin will hold the third edition of the international open tennis tournament from December 5 to 10 aimed at promoting the best senior players from African countries. At least 60…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash at the ATP World Tour Finals here for his first victory after climbing to the top of the…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori successfully started the ATP World Tour Finals with a victory over Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3 in the John McEnroe Group. The win on Monday helped…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 15 (IANS) Brazil has been banned from international basketball tournaments for “serious” rule breaches, the sport’s world governing body International Basketball Federation (FIBA) said. In a statement on Monday, FIBA said…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Andy Murray defeated seventh seed Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 in their Group clash for his first victory after climbing to the top of the world rankings at the ATP World Tour…
Vatican City, Nov 14 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis greeted football world champions Germany in an audience at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a friendly match against Italy. Bayern Munich players Thomas Mueller and Mats Hummels…