The game of Football, over its history of more than 160 years, has seen the role of rivalries emerge, shooting up the popularity of the game which is now breathed by almost half of the world’s population! On the weekend when two of the greatest footballing fixtures, the Merseyside Derby(Liverpool Vs[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, the Leinster Senior League club “Ballybrack FC”, based out of Dublin, Ireland falsely pronounced one of their players as ‘dead’. The football club informed the Leinster Senior League on November 22 that Frenando Nuno La Funte Saiz had died in a road accident. The club’s match against[Read More…]
Football, the most popular sport in the world took its first steps in the international arena on 30th November 1872 when the first ever official international match took place between Scotland and England. The game was played at Scotland’s Hamilton Crescent in the city of Patrick. Alas! for the crowd[Read More…]
Sydney: Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar feels KL Rahul should play responsibly being an experienced player of the side. While five different Indian batsmen notched up their respective half-centuries against Cricket Australia XI in the warm-up game here on Thursday, Rahul failed to make a significant contribution after falling for[Read More…]
Chennai: The Southern derby between Chennaiyin FC and Kerala Blasters ended in a hard-fought goalless stalemate as both teams now face bleak play-off chances in the ongoing edition of the Indian Super League (ISL). The southern giants, desperate for a win at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium today, could not score[Read More…]
The captain of Indian cricket team across all formats, Virat Kohli on Thursday submitted a letter on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India to Rajasthan’s forest and environment minister. In the letter, he asked for the relocation of ‘Number 44’, an elephant, to a rehabilitation[Read More…]
In 1899 today, in the northern part of Spain, a club which would later become the most famous one in the world, Barcelona came into existence. Players from the nearby nations of England and Switzerland came together to form the football club. On this prestigious day, we bring some of[Read More…]
Naples (Italy): Napoli took the lead in Champions League Group C with a 3-1 win against Red Star Belgrade. But the Italian club is still not assured of a spot in the knockout stage, reports Efe news. While Red Star are already eliminated, just 2 points separate Napoli (9) from[Read More…]
Montevideo: Mexico qualified for the first time to a final of the Women’s U-17 World Cup by defeating Canada 1-0, thanks to a goal by Nicole Perez from a penalty kick, to face Spain in the title match. The first dangerous situation came after 13 minutes from Mexico’s Natalia Mauleon,[Read More…]
Rio de Janeiro: Atletico Paranaense will face their first Copa Sudamericana final against Colombian rivals Junior Barranquilla or Independiente Santa Fe after beating Fluminense 2-0 at the Maracana stadium. The comfortable victory of the team led by Tiago Nunes added to the one achieved with the same result three weeks[Read More…]
New Delhi: A dejected former Indian women’s captain Mithali Raj on Thursday termed it as the darkest days of her life after allegations were heaped on her following a fallout with coach Ramesh Powar. Powar on Wednesday alleged that Mithali threatened retirement over the batting position in the middle of[Read More…]
Over the last week, there has been a series of revelations and accusations which have put the Committee of Administrators and the BCCI in a rather, bad light. It started when in the Women’s World T20 Semi-Finals, one of India’s most successful cricketers, Mithali Raj, was not selected into the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the Indian Hockey Team for a 5-0 victory over South Africa in their opening match at the 2018 Hockey World Cup campaign in Bhubaneswar. “A fantastic start for the Indian Hockey team! Congratulations to our team for an impressive win against[Read More…]
When and where will the PSV Eindhoven Vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League 2018-19 take place? PSV Eindhoven Vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League match will start at 1:30 AM IST on November 29 at Philips Stadion. Which channel will telecast PSV Eindhoven Vs Barcelona UEFA Champions League match? PSV Eindhoven Vs[Read More…]
When and where will the Paris Saint Germain Vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League 2018-19 take place? Paris Saint Germain Vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League match will start at 1:30 AM IST on November 29 at Parc des Princes. Which channel will telecast Paris Saint Germain Vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League[Read More…]
After a gruelling 3 week battle between the World Champion, Magnus Carlsen and the US contender Fabiano Caruana, the tournament is all set for a thrilling end day. This is for the first time in the tournament’s history that all the games of the Championships have ended in a draw. If[Read More…]
The 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be the 14th edition of the competition. It is scheduled to begin on 28 November and will run its course till 16 December 2018. The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar has been chosen the venue for the 2018 Hockey World Cup. The 2014 World Cup was[Read More…]
Turin: Cristiano Ronaldo has just become the first player to reach 100 wins in the Champions League, beating old rival Lionel Messi to the landmark. Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri hailed the impact Cristiano Ronaldo was having on the Italian champions as the Portuguese star became the first player to win[Read More…]
When and where will the Manchester United Vs Young Boys UEFA Champions League 2018-19 take place? Manchester United Vs Young Boys UEFA Champions League match will start at 1:30 AM IST on November 27 at Old Trafford, England. Which channel will telecast Manchester United Vs Young Boys UEFA Champions League[Read More…]
India will be eying for the second title in the tournament under the captainship of Manpreet Singh. Recently, the men in blue came second in the Champions Trophy tournament. Where will the matches of Hockey World Cup 2018? The whole tournament will be hosted by the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Which[Read More…]
New Delhi, The selection fiasco in the Women’s World T20 semi-final against England refuses to die down with the centre of the storm, former India skipper Mithali Raj on Tuesday launching a scathing attack on head coach Ramesh Powar and Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji for supporting the[Read More…]
Sydney, India’s pacer Ishant Sharma on Tuesday said that the team is focused on winning the four-match Test series starting December 6 in Adelaide. Ishant said no player is thinking about the personal performance, rather all players have one aim of winning the Test series. “The biggest thing right now[Read More…]
San Sebastian (Spain), Real Sociedad produced one of their most complete performances of the season in a 2-1 victory over struggling Celta that was also their first home win of the 2018-2019 LaLiga campaign. The triumph on Monday in front of nearly 18,000 people at Anoeta stadium lifted Sociedad to[Read More…]
New Delhi, India’s veteran boxer M.C. Mary Kom extended her 10-year-old commercial relationship with IOS Sports & Entertainment, a sports management group, it was announced on Tuesday. Mary recently created history by winning her sixth World title becoming the most successful amateur boxer the world has ever seen. Commenting on[Read More…]
Cagliari (Italy), Cagliari held Torino 0-0 to edge up to 13th place in Serie A, with 15 points from 13 matches. Though the result on Monday extended the Sardinian side’s winless streak to three, supporters could see the 0-0 as an improvement after Cagliari were outscored by a cumulative 14-4[Read More…]