Brussels, Aug 31 (IANS) Spain’s football team on Wednesday arrived in Brussels amid moderate security measures to prepare for the friendly tie against Belgium on Thursday. The international friendly will be Spain’s first match under…
Madrid, Aug 31 (IANS) Spanish football club Real Madrid on Wednesday completed its second training session of the week without 14 of its first team players. The regular starters have been called up by their…
Hong Kong, Aug 31 (IANS) Olympic gold medallist Justin Rose will defend his UBS Hong Kong Open golf title, while Masters champion Danny Willett will also vie for the honours at the Hong Kong Golf…
Barcelona, Aug 31 (IANS) Argentinas defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano said it would have been a sin had ace forward Lionel Messi stayed in international retirement and not played for the national football side. Messi announced…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Board Of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) President Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said that the national cricket board is in no hurry to host a day-night Test match in…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Delhi Dynamos FC on Wednesday announced the signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tebar for the upcoming third edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament. The 30-year-old previously played…
Pune, Aug 31 (IANS) Four participants from Maharashtra have been selected for the Indian contingent for the forthcoming 17th Asia Junior Judo Championship. The competition will be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in…
Sevilla (Spain), Aug 31 (IANS) Sevilla striker Juan Munoz will play on loan until the end of this football season at Real Zaragoza, it was announced on Wednesday. The striker travelled to Zaragoza on Wednesday…
Turin, Aug 31 (IANS) Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on Wednesday completed his season-long loan move to Italian football club Torino after the Englishman fell behind the pecking order in the club he has played…
Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS) The fourth operational visit of the delegation of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to Russian stadiums hosting matches of the 2018 World Cup will take place during September 7-15….
Dubai, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has slipped one rung to third in the International Cricket Council (ICC) list for Test bowlers, released on Wednesday. South African star pacer Dale Steyn has leapfrogged England’s…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal felicitated Olympic medal winners shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik and handed over to them cheques of Rs 2 crore and Rs 1 crore…
Barcelona, Aug 31 (IANS) Newly-signed Barcelona striker Paco Alcacer feels “happy” and it is a “huge thrill” to be at the Catalan football club after being signed from Valencia for a transfer fee of around…
New York, Aug 31 (IANS) World No.2 Andy Murray gave No. 81 Lukas Rosol no room to breathe in a comprehensive 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 first round victory at the US Open tennis tournament. Czech Rosol…
Glasgow, Aug 31 (IANS) Celtic FC have made official the signing of Costa Rican defender Cristian Gamboa from English club West Bromwich Albion for the next three football seasons. “Celtic are delighted to announce the…
Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is likely to retest samples from the 2014 Para Games in Sochi after the 2016 Rio Games wrap up next month, IPC spokesman Craig Spence has…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Yogeshwar Dutt has made a sporting gesture, and said on Wednesday that he wants wrestler Besik Kudukhov’s family to retain the 2012 London Olympics silver of which the Russian was…
Moscow, Aug 31 (IANS) The heads of 17 anti-doping agencies have proposed a number of reforms to overhaul the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the wake of the Russian doping scandal, according to media reports….
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s men marathoners T. Gopi and Kheta Ram have asserted that the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) provided them the required water and energy drinks during their event on August…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 31 (IANS) The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that two refugee athletes will compete as part of an independent team at the Rio Paralympic Games, starting from September 7 here….