Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday announced the appointment of former India captain Jude Felix Sebastian as coach for the junior men's team. The 33-member junior men's core group will train under Felix as they prepare for defending their title of Junior Men World Champions, HI said. "Jude Felix brings with him vast experience as former India captain as ...
Levante celebrated being back in Spanish top-flight football with a narrow 1-0 victory against regional rivals Villarreal here. The hosts on Monday stuck largely to the same line-up that secured promotion to La Liga, while injury-plagued Villarreal saw their tactics dictated by who was available, reports Efe. Levante started aggressively...
A goal by Raheem Sterling with seven minutes left in regulation allowed Manchester City to avoid a home defeat here against Everton in an English Premier League (EPL) match. City, who on Monday played more than half the match with 10 men after right-back Kyle Walker was sent off for a dubious second yellow card, were fortunate to salvage a point a...
Kenya's national football team has two friendlies lined up against Togo and Mauritania to be played in Rabat, Morocco, as part of their build-up for the 2018 African Nations Championships (CHAN). Harambee Stars sat out last weekend as Africa local-based players battled it out for the 14 slots up for grabs for the finals of the tournament, wh...
City-based football club Vasco da Gama have sacked coach Milton Mendes as the former Brazil top division champions fight to avoid relegation to the second division for the fourth time in a decade. Vasco announced the decision at a press conference on Monday, less than a day after their 3-0 loss to Bahia, reports Xinhua news agency. Brazilian media reported that former...
Uruguay president Tabare Vazquez has reiterated the country's interest in co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Argentina. The South American neighbors are expected to formally express their desire to stage the event, which will mark the 100-year anniversary of football's showpiece tournament, later this month, reports Xinhua news age...
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 22 Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian signings Neymar and Dani Alves are noticeably happy at having joined the Ligue 1 outfit this summer, according to Brazil national coach Tite. Neymar has scored three goals and provided three assists in his first two matches for the French side following his world record 222 million euro ($26...
Shillong, Aug 22 Bollywood actor and owner of Indian Super League (ISL) franchise NorthEast United FC, John Abraham, believes in grooming for home-grown footballers, rather than signing 30-plus have-been international stars. "I honestly believe we need to create heroes in our own country. I think that is very impor...
It's only now that more Indians are open to allowing women to play. The recent performance of the Indian women's cricket team at the World Cup attracted a lot of attention and, according to reports, girls registering for cricket coaching has gone up since then. We need more films like "Dangal" and "Chak De India" to bring women's...
Spanish tennis star Garbiñe Muguruza, the fourth seed, blasted past Romania's Simona Halep in the final at the Premier 5 tennis tourney in Cincinnati, wiping her rival from the court with back-to-back 6-1, 6-0 set wins....
