Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Mumbai FC took the lead and then came from a goal down to hold East Bengal to a 2-2 draw in an I-League Round-16 encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium here Wednesday. After a goalless first half, veteran striker Yusif Yakubu (61st minute) gave Mumbai FC the lead before a quick brace […]
Paris, March 25 (IANS) Lyon’s Portuguese right-back Miguel Lopes will undergo a surgery Tuesday, the French Ligue 1 club announced. The 27-year-old defender, who was on a one-year loan to Lyon from Portugal’s Sporting Lisbon, sustained the injury during Lyon’s 1-0 victory at Guingamp Sunday, reported Xinhua. According to the club, Lopes will rest for up […]
Sylhet (Bangladesh), March 24 (IANS/CMC) The West Indies women’s team made a winning start to their World Twenty20 campaign when they beat England by nine runs in their Group B encounter here Monday. Defending 133 for seven at the Sylhet Stadium, the West Indies restricted England to 124 for nine, with medium pacer Deandra Dottin snatching […]
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The duo of Richard White and Simran Sachdeva won the Delhi South Leg, the penultimate round of the Audi quattro Cup, at the Delhi Golf Course here Monday. Richard and Simran combined to score 49 stableford points and pipped Pranav Verma and Bubbles Suneja on a countback after both the teams […]
Chittagong (Bangladesh), March 24 (IANS) JP Duminy’s unbeaten 86 off 43 balls powered South Africa to 170 for six in 20 overs against New Zealand in an ICC World Twenty20 Group 1 match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here Monday. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the South Africans, though, with the score at one […]
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) “Club 60”, late Farooque Sheikh’s last movie, has completed a run of over 100 days in theatres. Its team got together for a celebration party, says director Sanjay Tripathy. The party was held here Sunday evening. “The film is still running in PVR Cinemas and Cinemax. We had a small celebration last […]
Manama, March 24 (IANS) Indian cricket legend and motorsports enthusiast Sachin Tendulkar will be in Bahrain for the April 6 Formula 1 race at the Sakhir Circuit near here. Tendulkar will visit the Gulf nation on the invitation of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy […]
Miami, March 23 (IANS) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his South African partner Kevin Anderson suffered a first-round exit from the men’s doubles event of Sony Open Tennis here. Bhupathi and Anderson went down 4-6, 6-4, 6-10 to the second-seeded pair of Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the first round here Saturday. […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 23 (IANS) Brazil assistant coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said Ronaldinho lacked the “dedication” needed for an international recall ahead of this year’s World Cup. Ronaldinho, 34, has not played for the Selecao since April 2013 and is struggling to recapture his best form for Atletico Mineiro this year, Xinhua reported citing a […]
London, March 23 (IANS/EFE) Chelsea humiliated crosstown rival Arsenal 6-0 here Saturday at Stamford Bridge stadium, turning manager Arsene Wenger’s 1,000th game into a nightmare. Arsenal played much of the contest with 10 men after Kieran Gibbs was sent off a quarter of an hour into the match due to an error by the referee, who […]