Mont Ventoux (France), July 14 (IANS) A motorbike crash caused chaos in the final kilometres of Thursday’s Stage 12 of the Tour de France, embroiling then race leader Chris Froome and causing him to lose…
Rome, July 14 (IANS) Argentine striker Lucas Ocampos is proud to play for the Italian football club Genoa, which he on Thursday described as Italy’s “number one club”. Ocampos said in an interview published by…
Horwich: Indian boxer Vijender Singh celebrates after winning the match against Andrzej Soldra of Poland at the Macron Stadium in Horwich of England on May 13, 2016. Vijender Singh registered his sixth win in a…
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) Alessandro Rosa Vieira, commonly known as Falcao of Chennai 5s will face off against Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs Mumbai 5s in the opening match of the inaugural season of Premier…
Barcelona, July 14 (IANS) Barcelona’s new French signing Lucas Digne said on Thursday, during his presentation by the Catalan football club, that although he likes to have an attacking role, he is aware that a…
London, July 14 (IANS) Chelsea’s new chief coach Antonio Conte on Thursday asked his footballers to forget the disastrous previous season as he demanded hard work to bring the club back to the European Champions…
Chennai, July 14 (IANS) After a four-month break, the resurfaced Madras Motor Race Trust track in Sriperumbudur near here will play host to the fourth round of the Indian National Racing Championship that includes the…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) India’s squash stars Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa on Thursday said that the sport deserves to be part of the Olympic movement. Ghosal, who is defending his men’s title at the…
Seville (Spain) July 14 (IANS) Sevilla intends to sign Italian midfielder Franco Vazquez, striker of Palermo, for the next five football seasons for 15 million euros ($16.7 million), officials close to the deal said on…
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar and IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla were cleared of conflict of interest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) ombudsman on Thursday…
Jakarta, July 14 (IANS) A total of 28 Indonesian athletes will take part in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro from August 5-21, a sports official said here on Thursday. The athletes will vie in…
Chengdu (China), July 14 (IANS) Indias Grand Master Harika Dronavalli held on to her nerves on a nail-biting final day to capture the coveted Fide Womens Grand Prix chess title here on Thursday. Harika, playing…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The appeals panel of the Indian Super League (ISL) has postponed the verdict on the appeals by the Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) and FC Goa against sanctions imposed on…
Moscow, July 14 (IANS) Brazilian footballer Mario Fernandes who now holds a Russian passport wants to play for the Russian national team and will do everything he can to be useful to the country. Earlier…
Madrid, July 14 (IANS) Atletico Madrid forward Borja “Baston” Gonzalez broke a bone in his left arm while training with the football club on Thursday. Baston suffered a left ulna fracture during exercises, the club’s…
Valencia, July 14 (IANS) Right-back Antonio Barragan will no longer train with Valencia as he is closing a deal with English football club Middlesbrough. Following the agreement between the two clubs on Wednesday, the Spaniard…
Granada (Spain), July 14 (IANS) La Liga club Granada announced on Thursday that Brazilian left-back Gabriel Silva is joining the side on loan from Italian football club Udinese. Granada reported in a statement on Thursday…
Madrid, July 14 (IANS) Five-time world triathlon champion Javier Gomez Noya of Spain will be missing the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August after breaking his arm during training. The Spanish triathlon federation…
Chengdu (China), July 14 (IANS) China’s women table tennis Olympic squad lost 1-4 in the team event to their compatriots, while head coach Kong Linghui took it as “normal” here on Thursday. The Olympic squad,…
Kuala Lumpur, July 14 (IANS) Promising shuttler Ajay Jayaram’s semi-final finish at the recently-concluded US Open Grand Prix Gold helped him rise two places to be back in top 20 in men’s singles of the…