Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Werder Bremen has signed defender Alejandro Galvez from Spanish side Rayo Vallecano until June 2017, both sides announced via their official homepages. The 24-year-old defender has joined the “Green-Whites” in a deal that keeps him at the club until 2017, reported Xinhua. “He is a young and well trained central defender, […]
Rome, May 14 (IANS) Top seed Li Na beat Casey Dellacqua in straight sets in the second round of Internazionali BNL d’Italia tournament Tuesday to record the 500th professional match win of her career. The Chinese player compiled an 84 percent first serve percentage and converted five of seven break points to brush aside the […]
Berlin, May 14 (IANS) Germany’s second-string side with many youngsters were unable to break the deadlock against passive visitors from Poland at an international friendly Tuesday. Germany’s national soccer team dominated the one sided affair but lacked in penetration against the visitors, Xinhua reported. Germany coach Joachim Loew presented an experimental squad as the majority […]
Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore earned themselves a reprieve with a 16- run win over Delhi Daredevils for only their fourth success in 10 matches of the IPL, here Tuesday after rain delayed the start by an hour. Courtesy a fiery 29-ball 68 not out (1×4, 9×6) by born-again Yuvraj Singh, RCB piled […]
Bangalore, May 13 (IANS) Delhi Daredevils captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to field against Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here Tuesday. Rain had delayed the toss by 50 minutes. Squads: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Yuvraj Singh, Mitchell […]
Kingston (Jamaica), May 13 (IANS/CMC) The Jamaican football team will clash against Egypt a friendly in London early next month. The match is scheduled for June 4 at the Matchroom Stadium and is the latest international friendly to be announced by the Jamaica Football Federation, as it continues its build up to the Caribbean Cup […]
London, May 13 (IANS) England manager Roy Hodgson has announced a youthful squad, including the likes of Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling and Luke Shaw, for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The 23-member squad announced Monday also includes veterans such as Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney. England are in Group D along with […]
Vienna, May 13 (IANS) Iran’s national football team arrived in Austria for a three-week-long camp ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. During the camp, Iran will play three friendlies with Belarus, Montenegro and Angola, reports Xinhua. Carlos Queiroz’s men will play Belarus May 18 in Kapfenberg. Then they will face Montenegro May 26 […]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s top singles tennis player Somdev Devvarman gained two positions to occupy 95th place while compatriot Yuki Bhambri dropped a place to 156 in the latest ATP rankings released Monday. In the doubles ATP rankings, Leander Paes dropped two places to 11th with Rohan Bopanna the next best placed Indian in […]
Accra, May 12 (IANS) The Ghana senior women’s national team will play South Africa in an international friendly May 18 in Johannesburg. Ghana will use the friendly as part of their preparations for their two-leg 2014 African Women’s Championship qualifier against Ethiopia later this month and in June, reports Xinhua. After the game with South Africa, […]