Melbourne, Nov 23 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday named all-rounder Hilton Cartwright for the first time in its 14-member One-Day International (ODI) squad that will face New Zealand in three matches, while pacer Pat…
Madrid, Nov 23 (IANS) Ten-man Sevilla slipped to a 1-3 home defeat to Italian football champions Juventus in a hard-fought Champions League match. Sevilla had to play for 55 minutes with 10 men after Fran…
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Gujarat wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel has replaced injured Wriddhiman Saha for the third cricket Test against England starting in Mohali on Saturday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced…
Mallorca (Spain), Nov 23 (IANS) Toni Nadal, uncle and coach of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, has said that the greatest dream of his nephew is to win a Grand Slam tournament again. Nadal, currently…
Panaji, Nov 23 (IANS) Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) will look to return to winning ways and secure a semi-final berth when they take on bottom-placed FC Goa in an Indian Super League (ISL) football match…
New York, Nov 23 (IANS) United States Soccer has announced that Bruce Arena will return as head coach of the men’s football team a decade after he left the job. The 65-year-old New York native…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (IANS) Brazilian Serie D club Boavista have said that they have held talks to sign Peru international centre-back Alberto Rodriguez next season. The 32-year-old will be a free agent next…
Nairobi, Nov 23 (IANS) Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge wants to go for a double in London next year following his victory in the Delhi Half Marathon last Sunday. First he will put everything…
Paris, Nov 23 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have said they were stunned by the “incomprehensible situation” after British authorities suddenly revoked defender Serge Aurier’s visa. The Cote d’Ivoire international has not been allowed to travel…
Berlin, Nov 23 (IANS) Borussia Dortmund staged a goal festival to beat Legia Warsaw 8-4 in a high scoring clash in Group F of the UEFA Champions League here. Dortmund and Legia have set a…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (IANS) Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly leading the race to sign highly-rated Brazilian midfielder Thiago Maia. But the French Ligue 1 champions face competition from Manchester United and Chelsea, who are…
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (IANS) Barcelona are considering a move to sign Roma’s Brazilian right-back Bruno Peres, according to media reports. Brazil’s Uol news portal said on Tuesday that Barcelona scouts were in the…
Monaco (France), Nov 23 (IANS) French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris denied Radamel Falcao from the penalty spot, but could not rescue Tottenham Hotspur’s Champions League campaign as Mauricio Pochettino’s men slipped to a 1-2 defeat at…
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) US President Barack Obama awarded 21 recipients, including basketball greats Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the Presidential Medal Of Freedom at the White House here on Tuesday. “From scientists, philanthropists and…
Guwahati, Nov 22 (IANS) NorthEast United FC kept their Indian Super League (ISL) football semi-final qualification hopes alive with a narrow 1-0 victory over FC Pune City here on Tuesday. NorthEast had gone six matches…
Bengaluru, Nov 22 (IANS) Leading sports enterprise EduSports on Tuesday tied up with the tennis academy of professional player Rohan Bopanna to coach school students across the country. “We will offer coaching in schools across…
Kanty-Mansiysk (Russia), Nov 22 (IANS) Indias Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli jumped four notches to the joint sixth spot after registering her first victory in the elite FIDE womens chess Grand Prix here. Starting with white, she…
Barcelona, Nov 22 (IANS) The organising committee of the Barcelona Open on Tuesday confirmed the presence of Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal in next year’s edition of the tournament, which will see his 13th participation…
Imphal, Nov 22 (IANS) Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh opened the 10th international Manipur polo tournament, 2016 at the historic polo ground in the heart of Imphal city, the capital of border state Manipur on…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The National Basketball Association (NBA) on Tuesday announced its plans to launch NBA Academy India, an elite basketball training centre in the national capital for the top male and female…