Rio de Janeiro, April 30 (IANS) Rio Olympic officials have insisted the city will be ready for the 2016 Games amid growing concerns about project delays and cost overruns. In a statement, the Local Organising Committee rebuked the claims, saying the city’s Olympic projects were so far on schedule, reported Xinhua. “We have a historic […]
Milan, April 30 (IANS) Inter president Erik Thohir said Javier Zanetti will retire at the end of the season to join the club management as a director. He said Inter discussed with Zanetti about his future over the past few months and the Argentine has agreed to stop playing, reported Xinhua. “The meetings with Zanetti have […]
Berlin, April 29 (IANS) Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling will miss the last two games of the season after the Germany international tore his left hamstring. Bayer are holding onto fourth spot in the league, which carries a Champions League play-off berth, by just a point from VfL Wolfsburg, reports Xinhua. Bayer crashed out of […]
Bangalore, April 29 (IANS) Indian swimmer Supriya Mondal qualified for the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics by winning the gold at the first Dubai International Aquatic Championships. The 17-year-old won the top prize in the 200m butterfly clocking 2:03.93 to achieve the A qualification mark. This was one of three medals won by Mondal in Dubai. […]
Sharjah, April 28 (IANS) Riding on a fine show by opening batsmen Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum, Chennai Super Kings registered a comfortable five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Sunday. Smith struck 66 and McCullum 40 as Super Kings romped home safely with three […]
Gimcheon (South Korea), April 26 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu settled for the bronze medal as she lost her women’s singles semi-final to Chinese top seed Shixian Wang at the Badminton Asia Championships here Saturday. After securing the bronze by qualifying for the last four Friday, the 18-year-old Indian went down to her World No.2 arch rival […]
Sao Paulo, April 26 (IANS) Olympic champion Cesar Cielo overcame a slow start to set the world’s fastest 50m butterfly time. Competing in the Maria Lenk trophy Friday, the 27-year-old Brazilian clocked 23.01 seconds in the final to eclipse the previous best 2014 time of 23.07 seconds set by South African Roland Schoeman, reported Xinhua. […]
Gimcheon (South Korea), April 26 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu’s fine run was halted by China’s top seed Shixian Wang as she lost the Badminton Asia Championships women’s singles semi-final at the Gimcheon Indoor Stadium here Saturday. The current World No.2 beat Sindhu 15-21, 22-20, 21-12 in the match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes.
Barcelona, April 26 (IANS) Rafael Nadal Friday lost in the ATP Barcelona Open, the first time since his debut here in 2003. The Spaniard lost in three sets to his compatriot Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals by 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, ending his 41 game winning streak at the tournament, Xinhua reported. He had not […]
Rome, April 26 (IANS) Roma snapped AC Milan’s winning streak with a 2-0 win at home Friday to keep their Serie A title hope alive in UEFA Europa League. The win, while moving Roma within five points of leaders Juventus, dented Milan’s hopes of qualification, Xinhua reported. Milan headed into the game riding on the […]