Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) India will make its maiden appearance in the Under-17 Futsal World Cup in Paraguay after being invited by the sports governing body AMF through wild card. India will be one of…
Paris, July 8 (IANS) Defender Pepe trained separately on Friday while doubts remain about his participation at the Euro football championship final against France here on Sunday. The Real Madrid defender already missed, due to…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Beijing Olympics bronze medallist pugilist Vijender Singh’s decision to turn professional has found place in a book named ‘Ringside With Vijender’, which was published online on Friday. Penned by senior…
Paris, July 8 (IANS) The Euro football championship semi-final between France and Germany drew the largest TV audience in France since 2006, according to statistics company Médiamétrie. The TF1 channel that aired the match played…
London, July 8 (IANS) Veteran goalkeeper and Czech Republic’s record appearance holder Petr Cech on Friday announced his retirement from international football to focus on his club career. The 34-year-old national captain holds a record…
Berlin, July 8 (IANS) German football club Werder Bremen on Friday announced the contract extension of midfielder Fin Bartels. The 29-year-old penned a contract extension ahead of schedule and will stay at Bremen until June…
London, July 8 (IANS) British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was the fastest in the first free practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone here on Friday. In his best lap at the…
Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Round 1 of the Indian national rally championship (INRC) and Indian rally championship (IRC) will be flagged off on July 23 in Coimbatore, the organisers announced on Friday. While Round 1…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos head coach Gianluca Zambrotta, who has been in Delhi for only two days, is wasting no time in getting to know his new club better. Despite being on…
London, July 8 (IANS) The 2007 Formula One World champion Kimi Raikkonen has been retained by Ferrari for the 2017 season, it was announced on Friday. He will stay on as Sebastian Vettel’s team-mate for…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) It rained wishes for Sourav Ganguly as the former Indian captain turned 44 on Friday. Twitter was abuzz with love for one of the countrys most celebrated cricketers with #HappyBirthdayDada trending…
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) financial committee has disclosed that the state cricket association has a surplus of around Rs 3.5 crore this year. The amount was revealed after the…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) With an eye to the World Cup in Lucknow later this year, the Indian junior mens hockey team will look to gaining valuable exposure of playing on the big stage…
Marseille, July 8 (IANS) Antoine Griezmann scored a brilliant brace to power hosts France to a comfortable 2-0 win over Germany in the semi-finals of the European Championship here and set up a final showdown…
London, July 8 (IANS) The Mercedes Formula One team management has told its drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg that they will be free to race each other in the British Grand Prix but must…
St. Petersburg, July 8 (IANS) Three days after the news about Russian forward Alexander Kokorin’s boisterous party at a Monaco luxury night club set sporting circles abuzz, the footballer apologised on Friday. Life.ru news portal…
Geneva, July 8 (IANS) The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has requested an evaluation from its ethics commission concerning the participation of Russian runner Yulia Stepanova at the 2016 Olympics next month….
Marseille (France), July 8 (IANS) Germany’s football team head coach Joachim Loew said that too many things went wrong for his side during the 0-2 defeat to France in the European Championship semi-final here. Antoine…
Moscow, July 8 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to set up national inter-departmental headquarters in charge of security issues at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup football tournaments….
Marseille (France), July 8 (IANS) France head coach Didier Deschamps heaped praises on match-winner Antoine Griezmann, who scored a brilliant brace to power his team to a convincing 2-0 win over Germany in the semi-final…