Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees (ROC) appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016…
Johannesburg, July 21 (IANS) South African prosecutors said that they will appeal against Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius’s six-year sentence for murder, calling it “shockingly too lenient”. The National Prosecuting Authority said the sentence was “disproportionate…
Barcelona, July 21 (IANS) Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said on Thursday he has no doubts that retired Argentine star Lionel Messi is ready for the new football season as usual, despite the legal trouble and…
Prague, July 21 (IANS) The Czech Olympic Committee has described the ban on Russian athletes taking part in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as “totally unacceptable and unjust”. “The punishment for all…
Barcelona, July 21 (IANS) Barcelona coach Luis Enrique on Thursday said he will only leave the football team when he no longer has the energy to continue leading the Catalan squad. “I will leave Barça…
By Veturi Srivatsa Mohammed Shahid’s stickwork defied description, it was sheer enjoyment. He knew by the time he left the hockey scene that the game did not need the skills he had so well exhibited…
Antigua, July 21 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat in the first of the four-match Test series against the West Indies at the Sir Viv Richards stadium here on…
Lausanne (Switzerland), July 21 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday rejected the Russian Olympic Committees appeal against the ban on its athletes from track and field competitions at the 2016 Summer…
Berlin, July 21 (IANS) German heavyweights Borussia Dortmund on Thursday re-signed attacking midfielder Mario Götze, who had left the outfit back in 2013 to spend three football seasons at Bayern Munich. The transfer is set…
Mumbai, July 21 (IANS) Veteran Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh predicted that his compatriots will come out victorious against hosts West Indies in the all-important four-match Test series starting at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here…
Barcelona, July 21 (IANS) Barcelona football club on Thursday began their second day of two-day training session at the Sant Joan Despi sports complex outside the Catlan capital. Twelve second-team players and A-squad footballers Adriano,…
London, July 21 (IANS) As artificial intelligence (AI) makes deeper inroads to improve our daily life, a group of Land Rover engineers have helped the British Land Rover BAR team by building a faster boat…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded fifth while P.V. Sindhu got the ninth seeding in women’s singles at the upcoming Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro. In men’s singles,…
Malaga (Spain) July 21 (IANS) Malaga Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, who has been with the club for the past two seasons, is close to moving to Granada next football season. The player did not train…
Berlin, July 21 (IANS) German international Mario Gotze will return this season to Borussia Dortmund after spending three football seasons at Bayern Munich, which signed him for 37 million euros ($40.7 million), said Dortmund on…
Shanghai, July 21 (IANS) Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes that Sam Allardyce is the best person to coach the England national team but must be given the right support. Currently the manager of English…
Sevilla (Spain) July 21 (IANS) Sevilla’s Brazilian player Mariano Ferreira thinks his compatriot Ganso, recently signed by the football club for the next five seasons, will help the team because he has a lot of…
Madrid, July 21 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Alvaro Morata, who returned to the Whites after two years at Juventus football club, said it is “a dream come true”. “I can’t wait for tomorrow to arrive so…
Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) Promising golfer Amandeep Drall carded an even par round of 72 on the second day to maintain the lead in the Rs 6,00,000 Hero women’s Pro championship at the Karnataka Golf…
Moscow, July 21 (IANS) The Kremlin considers the blanket ban on Russian field and track athletes from the upcoming Olympics in Rio de janeiro inadmissible, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said on Thursday. Earlier in…