Shillong Lajong host Bengaluru FC in I-League
Shillong, March 1 (IANS) Bengaluru FC will look to close in the gap on Mohun Bagan at the top of the I-League table as they lock horns against Shillong Lajong at the Nehru stadium here…
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Mumbai face Aizawl FC in I-League
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Mumbai FC will take on Aizawl FC in an I-League football match at the Cooperage Ground here on Wednesday. Debutant Joel Sunday Ayeni and H. Lalmuankima found the net in the…
Real Madrid can buy back Morata till 2017 for less than $32.5 mn
Madrid, March 1 (IANS) Real Madrid retains the right to buy back their former forward Alvaro Morata between summer 2016 and summer 2017 for an amount ranging from 20 to 30 million euros ($21.7 to…
Bihar cricket body takes on BCCI over Lodha panel report
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma on Tuesday criticised the Indian cricket board over its decision to move the Supreme Court over difficulties in implementation of the Justice R.M….
BCCI, Himachal tussle over India-Pakistan World T20 tie
Shimla/New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The marquee World Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan at Dharamsala threatens to snowball into a major controversy between the Indian cricket board and the state’s politicians, dragging Prime Minister…
Coach Allegri asks Juventus not to drop guard against Inter
Turin, March 1 (IANS) Juventus may enter Wednesdays Coppa Italia semi-final second leg against Inter Milan with a 3-0 advantage, but head coach Massimiliano Allegri on Tuesday assured that the Italian football giants will not…
Singing was Sehwags mantra for keeping focus while batting
Mumbai: Kings XI Punjab batsman Virender Sehwag during an IPL-2015 match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, on April 12, 2015. (Photo: Nitin Lawate/IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS)…
Arsenal’s Oxlade-Chamberlain out for two months
London, March 1 (IANS) English football club Arsenal’s head coach Arsene Wenger on Tuesday confirmed that midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has suffered knee ligament damage and is expected to return to action not before end of…
Best chance for Dhoni to lift third world title: Sehwag
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) One of the most explosive batsmen the game has produced, Virender Sehwag believes that this is the best chance for India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to lift his third global…
India opt to bowl against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup
Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 1 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and opted to bowl against Sri Lanka in an Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium here on…
China beat Spain 3-0 in TT Team Worlds
Kuala Lumpur, March 1 (IANS) China beat Spain 3-0 for their fourth straight win in the women’s event here on Tuesday at the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships, keeping their unbeaten record in the…
Delhi court frames charges in CWG baton relay graft case
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A court here has framed charges against the then 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee officials, including T.S. Darbari, in graft cases related to a baton relay in London ahead of…
Arsenal using criticism as motivation: Wenger
London, March 1 (IANS) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger pointed out that his team is using the criticism they have received recently as motivation to fuel their English Premier League (EPL) title challenge. Several experts have…
Striker Rashford needs to keep calm: United teammate Mata
Manchester, March 1 (IANS) Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata has advised teenage striker Marcus Rashford to remain calm after scoring a brace each in his first two games for the English football giants. Rashford on…
Tottenham are favourites to win EPL: Ranieri
Leicester, March 1 (IANS) Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri believes that Tottenham Hotspur are the favourites to win the English Premier League (EPL) title this season. Spurs are on 54 points from 27 games, just…
Gursimar starts favourite in sixth leg of women’s golf Tour
Pune, March 1 (IANS) Buoyed by her maiden professional title last week, Gursimar Badwal will start as firm favourite in the sixth leg of the Hero Womens Professional Golf Tour starting at the Oxford Golf…
We have to get results to avoid relegation: Sunderland’s Allardyce
Sunderland (England), March 1 (IANS) Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has called on his players to realise the grave situation facing the club as they battle to avoid relegation from the English Premier League (EPL). Sunderland…
West Indies have all ingredients to regain World T20 title: Ambrose
St John’s (Antigua), March 1 (IANS) West Indies bowling coach Curtly Ambrose has insisted that his side has some of the world’s most destructive Twenty20 cricketers who can combine to clinch the upcoming World T20…
Former Bayern Munich chief Hoeness released from prison
Berlin, March 1 (IANS) Former FC Bayern Munich president and German football great Uli Hoeness has been released from prison on suspension after serving half of his three-and-half-year sentence for tax evasion. The 64-year-old leaves…
Olympic hurdler turns into bodybuilding champion
London, March 1 (IANS) Still remember the warm hearted British athlete who helped injured Chinese 110 metres hurdler Liu Xiang limp off the track at the 2012 London Olympic Games? Andy Turner, the third fastest…