Spanish football side Sevilla clobbered third-division Formentera 9-1 to claim a berth in the Copa del Rey last 16, while FC Barcelona infilcted a 7-0 rout on Hercules....
Kenya is set to select two teams of young athletes to compete at the World Youth and Africa U-20 Championships next year. ...
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday was named the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Cricketer of the Year, while Test skipper Virat Kohli was chosen to lead the ODI Team of the Year....
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja's career best 10-wicket haul against England in the Chennai Test has helped him vault to the second spot, just behind his top-ranked teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test bowlers, released here on Wednesday. ...
Julian Weigl has extended his contract with Borussia Dortmund for another two years, the German top division football club announced. Dortmund employ Weigl, a much-courted German youngster, as an offensive midfielder. He penned the two-year contract extension ahead of schedule, which will keep him in Dortmund until June 2021, reports Xinhua n...
Borussia Dortmund shared the spoils with Augsburg following a 1-1 draw while Eintracht Frankfurt went third after a 3-0 victory over 10-man Mainz in their respective Bundesliga matches. Dortmund are waiting for their first win after three games as Ousmane Dembele had to cancel out Augsburg's surprising first-half opener through Dong Won Ji on Tues...
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has undergone a surgery on her left hand after being injured by a knife-wielding attacker in her home, and her spokesman said she would not be able to train for at least three months. The operation, which took 3 hours and 45 minutes on Tuesday, revealed that Kvitova's left-hand was seriously injured....
At 18, Aditi Ashok has taken Indian golf by storm. So it came as little surprise when India's veteran golfer Arjun Atwal put her in the front row for inspiring the next generation of female golfers. From finishing as high as 41st -- India's best finish -- at the Rio Olympics where golf was re-instated after a 112-year hiatus, to winning two titles ...
Bolivian-owned airline LaMia and its pilot bear "direct responsibility" for the November 28 plane crash that left 71 persons dead and decimated a Brazilian football team, investigators said. "This incident is the direct responsibility of the LaMia company and the pilot Miguel Quiroga," Xinhua news agency quoted Public Works and Services Minister ...
Czech tennis star Petra Kvitová has pulled out of next month's Hopman Cup after being injured by a knife-wielding attacker in her home here on Tuesday....