After taking an unassailable 1-0 lead, India will aim to clinch the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka at a typical five-day pitch of the Ferozeshah Kotla Cricket Ground here on Saturday. India will also eye on equalling a record of most consecutive Test series wins. Currently they are on a eight-series winning streak and a win or a d...
A second-half brace from Felipe Vizeu fired Brazilian football club Flamengo to a 2-0 victory over Colombian side Junior de Barranquilla in their Copa Sudamericana semi-final here on Thursday. The result at Estadio Metropolitano handed Flamengo a 4-1 win on aggregate after their 2-1 win in last week's first leg at the Maracana stadium, repor...
Former India women's cricket team coach and batswoman Sreerupa Bose (Mukherjee) passed away on Thursday morning due to massive cardiac arrest at her Salt Lake home in the eastern part of the city. She was 66. She is survived by her husband, former Bengal Olympic Association (BOA) president, Paresh Nath Mukherjee, and daughter, tennis player Amr...
Arsenal head coach Arsene Wenger said his key midfielder Mesut Özil performed well against Huddersfield Town in the English Premier league (EPL) tie and proved what he can do. The German playmaker helped Arsenal to a 5-0 victory over Huddersfield Town on Wednesday night. "Ozil is a great football player, but he shows as well at the moment he can fight," the Fre...
Everton key striker Wayne Rooney said he has never struck a football better in his long career than he did when scoring from inside his own half to complete his first club hat-trick against West Ham in the English Premier League (EPL). The veteran forward netted thrice to hand his side a thumping 4-0 victory over the London club on Wednesday. ...
Syrian footballer Omar Kharbin was named the AFC men's Player of the Year 2017, while Japanese Takafumi Hori won the men's Coach of the Year title here. The Syria forward has made 36 appearances for his national team scoring 16 goals since 2016. He plays for the Al-Hilal in Saudi Professional League. The 23-year-old also became the first Syr...
New Zealand will miss the services of experienced paceman Tim Southee and has brought in Lockie Ferguson as a cover for the first cricket Test against the West Indies, starting at the Basin Reserve here on Friday. Southee is expecting the birth of his child. The other notable additions to the squad include uncapped wicketkeeper Tom Blundel...
Experienced Indian centre-back and drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh feels that the six-month injury lay-off has helped him mature as a hockey player and perceive match situations differently as he gets ready for "a fresh start" at the Hockey World League (HWL) Final here, starting Friday. Rupinder was troubled by a hamstring injury in his...
Former Italy international Andrea Pirlo said he stole ex team-mates David Beckham and Ronaldinho's secrets while playing for Serie A football club A.C. Milan. The former England midfielder Beckham and ex-Brazil star Ronaldinho played along side Pirlo at AC Milan in between 2008 to 2011. "At Milan we had (David) Beckham, Ronaldinho, (Clarence) Seedor...
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon on Wednesday cautioned his teammates against complacency as they prepare to host England for the historic day-night second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval here from Saturday. Lyon said Australia was bracing for a brave fightback from the tourists, who were hammered by 10 wickets in the Ashes opener in Brisbane. ...
