Indian Super League (ISL) franchise NorthEast United FC coach Avram Grant on Saturday echoed the sentiment of I-League clubs in having a level playing field for the upcoming Super Cup with the number of foreigners disparity. The Super Cup will be a knockout competition with 16 teams. The top six teams of the I-League and the Indian Super Lea...
Kerala and Chhattisgarh on Saturday emerged champions at the National Inclusion Cup football tournament here. Kerala hammered Vidarbha 8-3 in the men's final, while Chhattisgarh took the top honours in the women's final, beating Uttarakhand 5-3. Kerala rode on four goals by Praveen, together with Manikandan and Vishnu, shooting eight past Vidarbha....
The $1.8 billion fraud hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) has said that Indian skipper Virat Kohli continues to be its brand ambassador. "There are reports in the media that Virat Kohli, Bank's brand ambassador is going to discontinue his endorsement with Punjab National Bank. The same is again totally false and incorrect. Virat Kohli is our ...
Ace striker Rani will lead a 20-member squad for the upcoming tour of South Korea -- between March 3 and 12 -- where they will play five matches against the hosts at the Jinchun National Athletic Centre in Seoul, Hockey India (HI) announced on Friday. Defender Sunita Lakra will be her deputy for the season opener. With celebrated goalkeeper...
Midfielder Sergi Roberto has signed his contract renewal with Barcelona, a deal that runs until 2022. The 26-year-old Roberto, who appeared with Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu on Thursday, discussed how he made his dream of playing professional football a reality, reports Efe. On Barcelona's team website, Roberto advised young play...
Shakhtar Donetsk recovered from a deficit to defeat AS Roma 2-1 in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie. Towards the end of an action-packed first half here on Wednesday, Roma put on the pressure and it paid off with a goal in the 41st minute by Cengiz Ãœnder, with a key assist from Edin Dzeko. The Shakhtar comeback began eight m...
The US won a gold in the women's ice hockey final with a victory over Canada after a sudden death penalty shootout on Thursday at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics here. Having ended regulation on level terms at 2-2, the teams began overtime in 4-on-4, reports Efe. The hero for the US was goaltender Maddie Rooney after she saved four shots during the shootou...
Brazil's Gremio defeated Argentine side Independiente on penalties to win their second Recopa Sudamericana here on Thursday. After a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg in Buenos Aires, both teams were in a cautious mood early at Arena Gremio in southern Brazil, reports Xinhua. Just like in the first match, Independiente were reduced to 10 men before hal...
Indian players Harshit Aggarwal and Chaliha Orijit will be fined for their late withdraw from the 2018 Uganda International Badminton Open Championship. "The two players will be fined $150 for late withdraw as per the rules set by the Badminton World Federation," Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Badminton A...
German World No. 9 Angelique Kerber beat the Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova...
