London, June 10 (IANS) India started their Champions Trophy hockey campaign with a nail-biting 3-3 draw against defending champions Germany here on Friday. In what turned out to be a brilliant comeback from the Olympic…
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) France football legend Zinedine Zidane on Friday said the present national team will give good competition to other top teams competing in the Euro championship this year. This team is very…
San Marino, June 10 (IANS) India’s men’s skeet shooters were unable to reach the final round of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup for Shotgun here on Friday. Among the three Indians in…
Tours (France), June 10 (IANS) Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic said on Friday that it is time to do “something great” with his national football team, which starts its Euro 2016 campaign in France against Turkey…
Nairobi, June 10 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic champion David Rudisha is oozing confidence ahead of his second Diamond League 800 metres race in Stockholm on June 16. Rudisha, who holds the Olympic and world 800m record…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Italy’s strength lies in the team’s unity as they head into Euro 2016. However, the ‘Azurris’ are without key players like Marco Verratti and Claudio Marchisio…
Sevilla (Spain), June 10 (IANS) Sevilla football club on Friday announced an agreement to sign Japanese international Hiroshi Kiyotake from German outfit Hannover. The attacking midfielder will thus become, after passing the medical examination and…
The Hague, June 10 (IANS) The Middle-Netherlands court in Utrecht ruled on Friday that the Licence Committee was right in relegating FC Twente to the second tier of Dutch football league on grounds of financial…
Berlin, June 10 (IANS) Bayern Munich have extended the contract of chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge until 2019, the Bavarian football club said on Friday. “FC Bayern Munchen chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has extended his contract to December…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) India’s lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, who was on Friday named the country’s flag bearer for the upcoming Rio Olympics, announced that he will retire post the quadrennial…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) Marseille authorities will boost security ahead of England’s Euro 2016 opener against Russia on Saturday after English football fans clashed with locals in the centre of the southern French city THursday…
Georgetown (Guyana), June 10 (IANS) Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa says he is ready to grab the opportunity in Test cricket when call comes. The 24-year-old has looked quite comfortable in the short international career so…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Chief national coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu on Friday blamed the dip in performance of the Indian boxers on the mess and infighting within the national federation for the sport and…
Nantes (France), June 10 (IANS) Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s transfer to Manchester United is on hold as Swedens head coach Erik Hamren has said “it would not be okay” for him to travel to England and…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) In a move which may end veteran warhorse Leander Paes’ Olympic dreams, Rohan Bopanna has selected Saketh Myneni as his preferred partner for the men’s doubles tennis event at the…
(150630) — MEXICO CITY, June 30, 2015 (Xinhua) — Photo provided by Mexico’s Presidency shows Spain’s King Felipe VI delivering a speech during a welcoming ceremony hosted by Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Indian pugilist Vikash Krishan Yadav will face Kenya’s Nickson Abaka on Saturday in an AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) match that will make him eligible for the Olympic qualifiers meant for…
Sydney, June 10 (IANS) Star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered straight wins in the women’s and men’s singles matches to storm into the semi-finals of the $75,000 Australian Open Superseries here on Friday….
Sentosa (Singapore), June 10 (IANS) Veteran Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh will make his fifth appearance at the US Open next week after Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee withdrew due to personal reasons. Jeev, a two-time Asian…
Christchurch, June 10 (IANS) New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Friday named Indian-origin batsman Jeet Raval in the squad for the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe and South Africa next month. Raval is the latest Indian…