Paris, Aug 30 (IANS) French side Olympique de Marseille has announced its current owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus has started “exclusive negotiations” with US investor Frank McCourt to sell the football club, a transaction which should be…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt said on Tuesday that he has been informed that the bronze medal he won at the 2012 London Olympic Games was upgraded to silver. The World Anti-Doping…
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal cruised to victory in his first round match over Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin at the US Open tennis tournament. The Spaniard dominated in the match-up against…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics could be upgraded to silver after runner-up Besik Kudukhov of Russia was found guilty of doping violation. The World…
New York, Aug 30 (IANS) India’s Saketh Myneni posted an inspired display but was beaten 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 5-7 against Czech Jiri Vesely in the first round of the US Open tennis tournament….
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 30 (IANS) An official of the Rio Paralympics opening ceremony has promised an experience to awaken the five senses and straying from the idea that Para athletes are “superhuman”. Without given…
New York, Aug 29 (IANS) The US Open got underway on Monday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with a new attraction — the retractable roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, a feature…
Moscow, Aug 29 (IANS) Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Vice President Rima Batalova has said the country’s paralympians may have to miss the 2018 Winter Games as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) did not communicate the…
Madrid, Aug 29 (IANS) Spain’s new chief coach Julen Lopetegui said on Monday that he is “very excited” to lead the first training session and is looking forward to starting work with the national football…
Greater Noida, Aug 29 (IANS) India Blue were 105 for no loss when incessant rain forced an early close of play on the opening day of the second Duleep Trophy match against India Red at…
Panaji, Aug 29 (IANS) FC Goa on Monday left for Rio de Janeiro for their pre-season training and conditioning ahead of the forthcoming third edition of Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament. Twelve Indian footballers…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India’s renowned mountaineer Harbhajan Singh was on Monday honoured with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for Lifetime Achievement by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held at Rashtrapati…
Zagreb, Aug 29 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Croatian midfielder Luka Modric was named as the new captain of the national team on Monday, while the captain’s armband will be rotated between Ivan Rakitic and Vedran Corluka…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Indias renowned mountaineer Harbhajan Singh was on Monday honoured with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Harbhajan…
Nainital (Uttarakhand), Aug 29 (IANS) Pramod Patni of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) beat off stiff competiton from Puran Singh Dhami to win the seventh edition of the Namah Nainital Mountain Monsoon Marathon here…
Madrid, Aug 29 (IANS) Spain defender Sergio Ramos on Monday expressed surprise over chief coach Julen Lopetegui’s decision for not picking veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas in the national football squad. “We were all are surprised…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Monday dismissed media reports that said that four national women’s hockey players were made to sit on the floor while travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Monday said every match at the recently-concluded Games was a challenge for her. World No.10 Sindhu, who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Sports Day awards at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. Rio Olympics medallists shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rio Olympics medallists — shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik — and gymnast Dipa Karmakar along with shooter Jitu Rai were conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awards…