The FIFA under-17 World Cup in 2017, which will be held in India, officially has six venues now after the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata was ratified by the FIFA delegation after an inspection on Tuesday. The other five venues that had been ratified before Kolkata are Kochi, Mumbai, Goa,[Read More…]
Real Madrid wingers Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero were nominated for the coveted 2016 Ballon d’Or football award, a French sports magazine France Football announced on Monday. The magazine said that Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre Emerik Aubameyang and long-serving Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus were[Read More…]
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday has given it’s green signal to deploy the DRS in the upcoming test series against England starting from November 9. BCCI President Anurag Thakur, who was present throughout the presentation stated, “We are happy to note that Hawkeye has[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a limit on the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) financial transactions which is set to cripple the cash rich Indian cricket board. In what is yet another huge setback for the BCCI, the Supreme Court has asked the Lodha Committee to[Read More…]
The Indian football team achieved its best FIFA ranking in over six years when the side jumped 11 places to be 137th in the latest list released on Thursday. India, who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an International Friendly in Mumbai in September, garnered 230 points for the month.[Read More…]
Sunil Chhetri led Bengaluru FC to a historic AFC Cup final by scripting an inspiring 3-1 win over defending champions Johor Darul Ta’zim with his stunning double strike, on Wednesday. Bengaluru made it to the final by virtue of superior aggregate goal difference of 4-2. The first leg in Malaysia[Read More…]
A review petition filed by BCCI to look into verdict passed by the court in the Lodha panel logjam was refused by the Supreme Court. BCCI had asked the court to consider a review of the verdict passed on July 18 where the recommendations by Lodha panel were accepted including a[Read More…]
Star India, sponsor of the Indian cricket team, has launched a TV campaign called ‘Nayi Soch’ for which they have signed cricketers MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane to portray the importance of mothers in life. The ad shows the three cricketers proudly wearing their mothers’ names on their[Read More…]
Week 8 and the traditional power houses of the Premier league are all eyeing the trophy. Champions Leicester travel to Chelsea to kick off the action on a Saturday wherein leaders Manchester City face fifth-placed Everton; throw in a London derby between Crystal Palace and West Ham to make things[Read More…]
Paksitan’s Azhar Ali led from the start and remained unbeaten in the final session of the second day against West Indies in Dubai in the first pink ball Test in the sub-continent. To make this occasion special, Ali registered an unbeaten 302 against the downtrodden visitors who have been mauled[Read More…]
Pakistan women’s football team striker Shahlyla Ahmadzai Baloch died in a car crash in Karachi late on Wednesday night. Police officials said that Shahlyla was returning with her cousin, Fadeayan Baluch, with whom she was engaged too, from a restaurant when the Toyota Cruiser she was travelling in went out[Read More…]
NorthEast United FC returned to the top of the ISL table after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over FC Pune City at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium, Balewadi-Pune, on Wednesday. In a match that saw fortunes-fluctuating and both teams reduced to 10 men, NorthEast United scored the only goal[Read More…]
Dipa Karmakar became the talk of the town after her performance at the Rio Olympics 2016. The Indian gymnast, along with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik was presented a BMW car by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. However, due to the difficulties in maintenance, Dipa is all set to return[Read More…]
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool will be looking to end a dismal Premier League run against Manchester United and build on a promising start to the campaign with victory over their bitter north west rivals on Monday. Resurgent Liverpool are three points ahead of United in the table as Jose Mourinho’s rebuilding[Read More…]
Brazil powered to the top of the table in South America’s 2018 World Cup qualifying race on Tuesday with a victory over Venezuela as Argentina suffered a shock defeat at home to Paraguay. Goals from Manchester City teenager Gabriel Jesus and Chelsea’s Willian secured a 2-0 win over Venezuela in[Read More…]
R Ashwin’s 20th five-wicket haul in Test Cricket helped India bowl out New Zealand for 299 on the third day of the Indore Test. Declining to enforce the follow-on after Ashwin’s 6 for 81 secured a 258-run lead, the Indian batsman ended the day at 18/0, giving their bowlers a[Read More…]
Lazio striker Ciro Immobile grabbed an injury-time winner as four-time champions Italy snatched a 3-2 comeback win at Macedonia on Sunday, narrowly avoiding a World Cup qualifying embarrassment. Italy, who had needed a late penalty to salvage a point against Group G rivals Spain on Thursday, were staring at a[Read More…]
Indian captain Virat Kohli hammered a listless New Zealand attack with a superlative double hundred as the hosts piled up a mammoth 557 for five on the second day of the third cricket Test here. Kohli stroked his way to a career-best 211 and was brilliantly supported by Ajinkya Rahane,[Read More…]
Gareth Southgate’s first game in charge for England resulted in a 2-0 victory over Malta in Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier while defending champions Germany strolled past the Czech Republic 3-0. Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli scored first-half goals in front of a crowd of 82,000 at Wembley to steer[Read More…]
Former Ghana international Malik Jabir has blamed the poor standard of football in the country’s domestic league on players having too much sex. Jabir, who now manages in the division, says the league has not progressed as hoped because players spend time before games having intercourse. “A lot of today’s[Read More…]
Lifted by hundreds from David Warner and captain Steve Smith, Australia posted an imposing 6-371 at Kingsmead — at the time the highest ODI score in Durban. However, a brilliant unbeaten 118 by South Africa’s David Miller guided the Proteas to the victory target with four balls remaining and four[Read More…]
Czech Republic football club Sparta Prague has sent two of its players to train with the women’s team after the players told a female assistant referee that ‘women belong in the kitchen’. Lukas Vacha and Tomas Koubek were condemned by the Czech FA chairman and their club appointed them as[Read More…]
India’s pace spearhead, Mohammed Shami has set a huge example for commitment to one’s game in the recently concluded second test match against New Zealand at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. It’s been revealed that while the 26-year-old was busy with national duties, his daughter was being hospitalised. According to reports, on[Read More…]
The Sachin Tendulkar – Virender Sehwag partnership has always provided entertainment, be it on the pitch or off it. Sehwag who has teased, embarrassed, joked and trolled several cricketers and celebrities on the Twitter, decided to take on the master blaster this time. Sachin congratulated the Indian cricket team on[Read More…]
Just In: The BCCI’s accounts have been unblocked. The third test match between India and New Zealand has come under cloud over annual subsidies and payments. The Lodha Committee wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India questioning payments to state associations and the two banks, Yes Bank and Bank of[Read More…]
