Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) ISL club FC Goa has unveiled textile and casino tycoon Jaydev Mody as its new promoter while also announcing Brazilian football legend Zico as the team’s head coach. Mody, who operates…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) ISL club FC Goa has unveiled textile and casino tycoon Jaydev Mody as its new promoter while also announcing Brazilian football legend Zico as the team’s head coach. Mody, who operates…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) With the world’s biggest sporting extravaganza, the 2016 Summer Olympics, having just got under way, India will aim to better their earlier performance and the onus will lie to…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Textile tycoon Jaydev Mody — known for his glitzy offshore casinos in Goa and his thoroughbred horses in elite derby circles — has made another big bet on FC Goa. Mody,…
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Brazil did its best to roll out the red carpet for athletes, officials and visitors from over 200 countries for the 31st Olympic Games being held…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Emblematic monuments and buildings in at least twelve countries such as Paris’s Hotel de Ville, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer and Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium have lit up with green and…
United Nations, Aug 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Brazil to take part in the Olympic torch relay on Friday, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said. “The secretary-general has just arrived in Rio…
Rio De Janerio, Aug 5 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Thursday that 271 Russian athletes have been allowed to participate in the Rio Games which will officially open on Friday. “The result…
Geneva, Aug 5 (IANS) The international Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne has ruled that some of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s criteria for Russian athletes to participate at the Rio games are…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected two new vice presidents at its 129th session here on Thursday. Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain, son of former Olympics chief…
RIO De Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The International Olympic Committee’s three-man panel will announce the final ruling on the eligibility of Russian athletes, IOC President Thomas Bach said. A number of international federations have reported…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) In its bid to popularise cue sports in the state, the West Bengal Billiards Association would organise its maiden premier league from August 8 to 13. The nearly Rs 10 lakh…
Kolkata, Aug 4 (IANS) Mohun Bagan has roped in English central defender Daniel Anthony Seaborne for the 2016-17 season, the city soccer giants announced here on Thursday. The 29-year-old, also called Danny Seaborne, will arrive…
Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) ISL club FC Goa on Thursday formally unveiled textile and casino tycoon Jaydev Mody as its new promoter, while also announcing Brazilian football legend Zico as the team’s head coach. Mody,…
Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) Brazilian football legend Zico on Thursday hinted, that he could be associated with Indian Super League (ISL) outfit FC Goa for more than the contracted one year stint and also rooted…
Madrid, Aug 4 (IANS) Spanish football giants Real Madrid started their preparation for the UEFA Super Cup match against Sevilla after returning here on Thursday from a tour of Canada and the United States. The…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 4 (IANS) Reliance foundation chairperson Nita Ambani was on Thursday elected as an individual member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), making her the first Indian woman to be part of…
England, Aug 4 (IANS) Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has expressed his desire to sign at least one more player ahead of the upcoming season, and has called for the deal to be done by…
Panaji, Aug 4 (IANS) Brazil has a good chance to win its first Olympic gold in football at the Rio Olympics, football legend Zico said on Thursday. The FC Goa coach noticed that while the…
Milan, Aug 4 (IANS/AKI) Aftab Farook, a Pakistani expelled on suspicion of supporting the Islamic State group and plotting attacks in Italy, played cricket for its national youth side, an official said. “I struggle to…