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. ...
London, Nov 28 (IANS) Former England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior fuelled speculation of suspended Ben Stokes reinforcing the tourists after their 10-wicket loss to Australia in the Ashes opener, when the all-rounder was spotted at Heathrow airport en-route New Zealand. Delighted at Stokes' possible return, Prior took to Twitter sayi...
Juventus forward Gonzalo Higuain has undergone surgery to repair a fractured finger on his left hand, the Serie A defending champions announced. The Italian football club, however, did not reveal when the Argentine forward was expected to return to competition, reports Efe. "The operation, which lasted approximately 45 minutes and concluded successfu...
Gerard Moreno's artful second-half goal enlivened an otherwise unexciting match between RCD Espanyol and visiting Getafe, allowing the hosts to break out of a slump and vault over two other football clubs into 13th place in La Liga. For Getafe, meanwhile, Monday's outcome marked the end of a four-match undefeated run, reports Efe. Just ...
Colombia's Giovanni Moreno has signed a new two-year deal with Shanghai Shenhua, the Chinese football club officials told EFE on Tuesday. The sources said that the Colombian international will be playing for the Chinese Super League team until the end of 2019 season after extending his contract, while the future of Argentina's Carlos Tevez there remain...
The BCCI on Tuesday announced that it will hold its emergent Special General Meeting (SGM) here on December 11 at which it is expected to discuss the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for 2019-2023. The BCCI has specially planned the SGM after the International Cricket Council (ICC) workshop on December 7-8 in Singapore which will discuss the minutes of the new ...
Indian table tennis player G. Sathiyan clinched the gold medal after defeating Japans Kazuhiro Yoshimura 4-2 (11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 6-11, 13-11, 11-7) in the men's singles final of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open here. The ninth seeded Indian's calculated game enabled him to prevail over the 11th seed, who displayed sheer power on Sunday night. Incidenta...
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, finishing second in the Formula One World Championship 2017, said his constructor had a good run despite failing to take the top spot in the recently concluded season. Ferrari finished second in the constructor standings with 522 points below Mercedes-AMG (668) who topped the chart. "I don't think it's a shame to come sec...
With the elusive title aspirations firmly in mind, city football giants East Bengal will look to start their campaign on a high when they take on defending champions Aizawl FC in an I-League encounter at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Tuesday. In the head to head count, the two teams have met four times so far with ...
2017 Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton said he was not concerned about his losses in the final two races of the season. Hamilton, who won nine races in the 2017 season to secure the title, failed to clinch the top podium finish in the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "I have zero concerns," the four-time Formula One World Champion was quoted sayi...
