The main athletes' village of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics held the first ceremony to usher in Olympians on Monday, four days before the opening of the games. The welcoming ceremony was conducted for athletes from Romania, Belgium and Brazil at the PyeongChang Olympic Village (POV). They braved icy winds as they marched and hoisted ...
Army Public School from Bengaluru clinched the FC Bayern Youth Cup India title after defeating Mumbai-based Campeon School 4-1 in an enthralling 30-minute final match here. Former French star footballer and FC Bayern Hall of Famer Bixente Lizarazu was present at the final of the tournament. Lizarazu said: "It was a great weekend ...
FC Barcelona retained their unbeaten record in the La Liga as they came back from a goal down to take a point from a feisty local derby away to Espanyol. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde, perhaps mindful of his side's Cup semi-final return leg away to Valencia on Thursday night, left Leo Messi on the subs' bench along with Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Robe...
Reigning Dutch champions Feyenoord suffered their 5th defeat of the Eredivisie football season, 1-0 at VVV-Venlo, to stay far behind league leaders PSV. Feyenoord had beaten PSV 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the Dutch Cup last Wednesday, but could not replicate that on Sunday, reports Xinhua news agency. Clint Leemans converted a penalty in the ...
Lebanon's tennis national team scored a major achievement by beating Chinese Taipei 3-2 in the Asian-Oceania second group of the Davis Cup competition. The games that were played on the grounds of the Taadod club in Beirut saw Lebanon leading Chinese Taipei 3-2 on Sunday, setting up a match with Hong Kong, who beat Iran in the same group, reports Xinhua n...
International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach has expressed disappointment and surprise after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) overturned the suspension on doping charges of 28 Russian athletes. "We would never have expected this," said the 64-year-old said at a news conference here. Bach also coined the statement releasea...
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought the BCCI's response on a plea by former cricketer S. Sreesanth challenging a life time ban on him by the apex cricketing body in the wake of an alleged spot fixing scandal. Issuing the notice, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Cha...
India produced a dominant performance to thrash South Africa by nine wickets in the second One-Day International (ODI) at the SuperSport Park here on Sunday....
Promising opener Manjot Kalra played a starring role with an unbeaten century as India overpowered Australia by eight wickets in the final to claim the ICC U19 World Cup for a record fourth time here on Saturday....
Promising opener Manjot Kalra played a starring role with an unbeaten century as...
