London, Sep 4 (IANS) Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy has revealed it was easy for him to reject an offer from Arsenal and stay at the reigning English Premier League (EPL) champions as both his…
Berlin, Sep 4 (IANS) After wearing Germany’s football team’s No.10 shirt, playmaker Mesut Ozil has expressed the desire to don the coveted number at English club Arsenal as Jack Wilshere has left on loan for…
Montreal, Sep 4 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has spent close to $70 million on research in the past 15 years, the agency said in an annual report. According to the report, $1.591 million…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 4 (IANS) Catalan football powerhouse FC Barcelona could take legal action over Brazilian forward Gabriel Barbosa’s transfer to Inter Milan from Santos, according to media reports. Gabriel joined Inter Milan last…
Manaus, Sep 4 (IANS) Brazil’s football team suffered a scare when forward Neymar was knocked down by a fan during training session. The incident occurred on Saturday midway through an open session watched by around…
Mexico City, Sep 4 (IANS) American basketball icon Kobe Bryant said during a forum in the Mexican capital that his countrymen should not lose focus on the “core issues” in the debate on racial injustice…
Lausanne (Switzerland), Sep 4 (IANS) At least three anti-doping experts of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) have resigned to protest a decision to allow Russian swimmers to compete at 2016 Rio Olympics, Irish media has…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova advanced to the US Open tennis fourth round with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over China’s Zhang Shuai. She will next take on American World No.1 and top…
Madrid, Sep 4 (IANS) FC Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Sergi Roberto said that the philosophy of his national football team is similar with his club, indicating that Spain new coach Julen Lopetegui adopts the same philosophy…
Moscow, Sep 4 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has turned down the requests of 34 Russian Paralympians to speed up the consideration of their appeals against a decision to ban them from the 2016…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) India’s tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna won but veteran Leander Peas’ US Open campaign came to an end as he was beaten in a second-round mixed doubles match…
New York, Sep 4 (IANS) World No.1 Serena Williams of the United States defeated Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-1 in the US Open third round here on Saturday, one step closer to winning the…
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) The Indian national football team came up with a dominating performance to thrash Puerto Rico 4-1 in an international friendly match at the Andheri Sports Complex here on Saturday. Narayan Das…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) The Indian chess teams — open and women — continued their winning streak in the second round of the World Chess Olympiad held at Baku, Azerbaijan wiping out…
Milan, Sep 3 (IANS) Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes secured pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with the fastest lap in Saturday’s qualifying at the Monza Formula One circuit. The British defending world champion dominated…
Barcelona, Sep 3 (IANS) Despite Argentine forward Lionel Messi being within 20 months of the expiration of his FC Barcelona contract, the Catalan football clubs sporting director has no doubt hell stay well into his…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Magpie Sports Group (MSG) on Saturday unveiled ambitious plans for the upcoming inaugural edition of the Indian Champions League (ICL). The ICL, to be organised on the lines of…
Manchester, Sep 3 (IANS) Manchester City defender John Stones said his decision-making has already improved under Pep Guardiola, who he believes is the best coach in football. Guardiola signed the 22-year-old England international for 47.5…
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Two-time national champion and Indias top ranked paddler Soumyajit Ghosh said it felt like ‘”a second life” was given to him, following the disappointing performance at the Rio Olympics, when Bengal…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos on Saturday announced the signing of former Celta Vigo and Real Madrid defender Ruben Gonzalez as their second marquee footballer for the third edition of the Hero Indian…