Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) India cricketer Rohit Sharma has featured in a new advertisement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with his face appearing scarred by an ‘ankus’ – the prod – to raise awareness about the treatment towards elephants in circuses. Sharma, who is with the Indian team in Bangladesh for the […]
Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 5 (IANS) India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Afghanistan in an ODI in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Wednesday. India are fielding an unchanged XI in the dead rubber while Afghanistan made one change to their side, bringing in legspinner Rahmat […]
Santiago, March 5 (IANS) The Chilean football team’s coach has expressed concern over the poor performance of some of his players ahead of their friendly against Germany. On the eve of the team’s match in Stuttgart, Xinhua quoted coach Jorge Sampaoli telling the Chilean media that “surprisingly we find ourselves with five or six players who […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 5 (IANS) Football great Ronaldo has tried to allay fears about the ongoing construction delays to Brazil’s World Cup stadiums. Four of the country’s 12 World Cup venues are yet to be ready despite a December 2013 deadline imposed by football’s governing body FIFA, reported Xinhua. Ronaldo, an official World Cup ambassador, […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Women’s doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to make the main draw of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. It turned out to be a bad day for Indian shuttlers at the 104th edition of the championships as all others also lost […]
St. John’s (Antigua), March 5 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies captain, Sir Richie Richardson, is encouraging the youth in Antigua & Barbuda to emulate the achievements of cricket legends who were knighted here Friday. Richardson and two other former international Antiguan cricketers, former fast bowlers Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose, received knighthoods during the first […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Indian shuttlers failed to make an impact in the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships qualifiers at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. Mumbai’s Anand Pawar was upset by Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 18-21, 21-13, 21-19 in the first round of the men’s singles qualifiers while Thane girl Saili Rane lost to […]
Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 4 (IANS) Pakistan clinched a cliff-hanger by chasing down Bangladesh’s total of 326/3 in their highest successful One-Day International (ODI) run-chase to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup at the Shere Bangla National Stadium here Tuesday. After his match-winning knock of an unbeaten 34 against India Sunday, Shahid Afridi (59) once […]
Fatorda (Goa), March 4 (IANS) India’s chief football coach Wim Koeveramans Tuesday said his boys won’t take Bangladesh lightly when they face Bangladesh in an international friendly here Wednesday. The last time the two teams met in the 2013 SAFF Championship in Kathmandu, India pulled one back in injury time through a Sunil Chhetri free-kick to […]
Fatorda (Goa), March 4 (IANS) India’s chief football coach Wim Koeveramans Tuesday said his boys won’t take Bangladesh lightly when they face Bangladesh in an international friendly here Wednesday. The last time the two teams met in the 2013 SAFF Championship in Kathmandu, India pulled one back in injury time through a Sunil Chhetri free-kick to […]