Indian paddlers opened their Commonwealth Games campaign on a winning note with the men's team thrashing Trinidad and Tobago 3-0 while the women also completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka here on Thursday. Amalraj Anthony opened India's win with a 11-5, 3-11, 11-2, 14-12 win over Dexter St. Louis in the first men's singles tie before Sa...
India were defeated 2-3 by lowly Wales on the first day of the women's hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. This is the first time that World No.10 India have lost to Wales -- who are placed 26th in the world rankings -- in a major tournament. Lisa Daley (7th minute) scored a field goal to hand Wales an early l...
Werder Bremen's head coach Florian Kohfeldt has penned a contract extension ahead of schedule with the German club. The 35-year-old coach has been rewarded for securing Bremen's top-flight status and leading the "Green-Whites" out of the relegation zone after taking over in October 2017, reports Xinhua news agency. "He has led the team out of a di...
German football club Hannover 96 has announced that striker Jonathas suffered a new injury during a training session. The Brazilian sustained a torn hamstring and will be thus out of action for "at least two weeks", according to the club's statement on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency. "We wish you a speedy recovery and keep our fingers crossed for a ...
Are you one of those cricket fanatics who can't wait to sit back, relax, grab a drink or two while cheering for your favourite team? As the Indian Premier League (IPL) approaches, how about celebrating differently this season with drinks named after your favourite player, as many restaurants are adding quirk to their menu. Come Sa...
Cristiano Ronaldo led Real Madrid to a resounding 3-0 victory over Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final here, scoring twice -- the second with a bicycle kick for the ages -- and assisting on the third goal. The Portugal star boosted his goal total for the current Champions League campaign to 14 and put the Blancos well on the wa...
Bayern Munich came back from a deficit here Tuesday to defeat Sevilla 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final and give the Spanish club a high mountain to climb in next week's return engagement in Germany. Playing without their on-field leader, the suspended Ever Banega, Sevilla were the better side in the first h...
David Trezeguet, a member of the team that won the World Cup for France in 1998, has arrived in Bogota with the World Cup trophy as part of the tour leading up to this year's tournament in Russia. The 18-carat gold trophy arrived in Bogota's El Dorado airport on an airplane painted in red, black and white, the colours of tour sponsor Coca-Cola, Efe news repor...
David Trezeguet, a member of the team that won the World Cup for France in 1998, has arrived in Bogota with the World Cup trophy as part of the tour leading up to this year's tournament in Russia. The 18-carat gold trophy arrived in Bogota's El Dorado airport on an airplane painted in red, black and white, the colours of tour sponsor Coca-Cola, Efe news repor...
Indian Super League semi-finalists FC Pune City are 'smart enough and intelligent...
