Paris, Feb 12 (IANS) Spanish football powerhouse Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema told the court investigating an alleged sex tape blackmail case of his national teammate Mathieu Valbuena that he has never seen the…
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was on Friday banned for five years by the BCCI from officiating all cricket tournaments and matches in India after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of…
Atlanta, 11 February 2016: YuppTV, the world’s largest Over-The-Top (OTT) provider for South Asian content, is happy to announce that it has secured the digital media rights for the Asia Cup T20, 2016 to be held…
Canterbury, Feb 12 (IANS) An English cricket team was bowled out for zero in a county six-a-side indoor championship match. No willower from the Bapchild Cricket Club could score a single run against Christ Church…
By Raymond Kharmujai Shillong, Feb 12 (IANS) Three Pakistani women boxers — Khoushleem Bano, Rukhsana Parveen, and Sofia Javed — are on the verge of scripting history here on Indian soil, when they step into…
Ranchi, Feb 12 (IANS) India scored a challenging 196/6 in 20 overs against Sri Lanka in the second T20 International of their three-match series at the Jharkhand International Stadium here on Friday. Opener Shikhar Dhawan…
Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during their Spanish Primera Division League soccer match against RCD Espanyol played at the Power8 stadium in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, 17 May 2015. EFE/Alberto Estevez Jerusalem, Feb 11…
Ranchi, Feb 11 (IANS) Ahead of the second Twenty20 International (T20I) against Sri Lanka, India team director Ravi Shastri on Thursday said he is aiming at trying all possible combinations to get the best squad…
Bridgetown (Barbados), Feb 11 (IANS) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has questioned the timing of the Twenty20 World Cup squads contract demands, and says if players refuse to sign by Sundays deadline, replacements will…
Kolkata: South African cricketer Albie Morkel arrives at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, on Oct 6, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Rising Pune Supergiants franchise on Thursday acquired…
Moscow, Feb 11 (IANS) Soviet football legend Anatoly Ilyin died at the age of 84 here on Thursday. Striker Ilyin was capped 31 times by the then Soviet Russia (the USSR) between 1952-59 and scored…
By Sayan Mukherjee New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The gradual slowing of playing surfaces, which has prompted players to adopt a pro-backline approach, means tennis is unlikely to get a serve and volley champion…
By Sayan Mukherjee New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Former England Davis Cup captain Paul Hutchins believes that fixing in tennis may never be completely eradicated due to the “human nature” of succumbing to temptation, but…
Shillong, Feb 10 (IANS) India made a clean sweep winning seven gold and five silver medals in the women’s doubles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles, and men’s and women’s singles events of table tennis competitions in…
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore player Darren Sammy during a practice session at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on May 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Port of Spain (Trinidad), Feb 10 (IANS) Fresh controversy appears to be…
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Cricketers can be red carded or banished to a sin-bin for 10 overs as Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tries to bring down the levels of bad behaviour. The club is set…
Melbourne, Feb 10 (IANS) The pink Kookaburra ball with a completely black seam will be used in next week’s round of day-night Sheffield Shield matches in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Cricket Australia (CA) announced on…
By Veturi Srivatsa The defeat on Tuesday in the Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka brought the Indian players down to earth after the auction euphoria of the Indian Premier League (IPL) barely two days before…
Shillong, Feb 10 (IANS) National table tennis champions Anthony Amalraj and Manika Batra will spearhead the six-member Indian squad for the Asian Olympic qualifiers which was announced here on Wednesday. Apart from two-time men’s national…
Wellington, Feb 10 (IANS) A video footage emerged on Wednesday showing Australia batsman Usman Khawaja becoming touchy-feely and progressively moving his hand down to teammate Adam Zampa’s buttocks before the second One-Day match against New…