Copenhagen, Aug 23 (IANS) Norwegian Real Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard has been excluded from his national football team before the start of the European qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Odegaard, who played…
London, Aug 23 (IANS) Everton is currently negotiating with Porto for the transfer of Algerian international Yacine Brahimi from the Portuguese football side, UK media reported. Brahimi, 26, who has rejected a big offer to…
Lisbon, Aug 23 (IANS) Portuguese international Josue Pesqueira will play the 2016-17 season at Turkish football side Galatasaray on loan from his team Porto, with a possibility of a purchase option, Portuguese media reported. The…
Vigo (Spain) Aug 23 (IANS) Victor Diaz’s late goal gave CD Leganes a 1-0 win over Celta as the modest football club from Madrid made its debut in the Spanish first division here. The newly…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulating women single’s badminton silver medallist PV Sindhu was among the top five Facebook posts during Rio Olympic Games, the company said on Tuesday. Across the…
Berlin, Aug 23 (IANS) Werder Bremen’s Max Kruse faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury, the Bundesliga football club confirmed in a statement. The “Green-Whites” did not only crash out…
Madrid, Aug 23 (IANS) French rider Alejandre Geniez won the third stage of the Vuelta de Espana (Tour of Spain) cycle race following a short but torturous finish on the final climb up to the…
Berlin, Aug 23 (IANS) Darmstadt has signed Tunisian free midfielder Aenis Ben-Hatira with immediate effect, the Bundesliga football club announced. The 28-year-old former Eintracht Frankfurt player, who was out of contract recently, joined Darmstadt and…
Port of Spain, Aug 23 (IANS) Test skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday congratulated his coach Raj Kumar Sharma, who was selected for this year’s prestigious Dronacharya award. Kohli took to Twitter to wish his coach…
Berlin, Aug 23 (IANS) Dortmund eased 3-0 past fourth-division side Eintracht Trier while Hamburg craved out a 1-0 win over third-division football club Zwickau at the end of the first round of the German Cup….
Nairobi, Aug 23 (IANS) Mulling over her debut in marathon, Olympic 5,000 metre champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya will be happy to pick up the gauntlet in Newcastle next month. The 34-year-old arrived here on…
Abuja, Aug 23 (IANS) Nigeria plans to win more medals at the forthcoming Paralympics in Brazil, an official said as athletes gradually round off preparations for the games. Ahead of the games scheduled to be…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 23 (IANS) Brazil coach Tite said he will try to convince ace forward Neymar to reverse his decision to quit as the national football team captain. Neymar stood down as the…
Vijayawada, Aug 23 (IANS) Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu on Tuesday reached Vijayawada to a grand welcome by the people. Large number of students and fans were lined up on either side of the road…
Hyderabad/Vijayawada, Aug 23 (IANS) Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu on Tuesday left for Vijayawada where the Andhra Pradesh government will felicitate her at a civic reception. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will present her a…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao presents a cheque of Rs Five Crore to Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu in Hyderabad on Aug 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Olympic silver medallist…
London, Aug 22 (IANS) A consortium led by a Chinese investment company has shown interest in acquiring a major stake in English Premier League side Liverpool, the British press reported on Monday. According to business…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Monday announced that Rio Olympics medallists — shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik — will receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award along with…
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Monday felicitated Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and her coach Pullela Gopichand. Sindhu and Gopichand, who returned from Rio to a rousing reception,…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Indian long-distance runner O.P. Jaisha has revealed shocking levels of official apathy and callousness during the women’s marathon event at the Rio Olympics, which she claims could have proved fatal…