AC Milan are reportedly preparing a summer move for highly rated Brazilian pair Doria and Gabriel. Both caught the eye of Milan coach Clarence Seedorf during the former Dutch international’s 18-month spell as a player at Botafogo, which ended last month, reported Xinhua. Central defender Doria is Brazil’s under-20 captain and has also been linked […]
Sri Lanka won the toss and put India in to bat in the fourth match of the Asia Cup at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium here Friday. The squads: India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Karthik, Stuart Binny, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami Sri […]
The Australian women cricket team’s vice captain, Jodie Fields, has been ruled out of the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh and has been replaced by Beth Mooney, Cricket Australia (CA) said Friday. After a season significantly disrupted by illness and injury, including appendicitis and more recently a broken finger, Fields has advised the selection panel that […]
Carl Lewis, nine-time Olympic and eight-time World champion, has called for a universal crisis management and testing system to be implemented to rescue athletics from doping. Speaking Thursday during a one-day tour to Kenya as a keynote speaker of IBM Business Connect 2014 in Nairobi, the retired American athlete accused world body IAAF and member […]
Sunday is derby day again in the Spanish capital as Atletico and Real Madrid go head to head in the Vicente Calderon Stadium in a game which could go a long way towards deciding the final destination of the La Liga title. Recent history between the two has been a seesaw of emotions as Atletico […]
Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke feels that the decider of the three-Test series against South Africa starting Saturday at the Newlands in Cape Town is the biggest Test of his decade-long career. Clarke said it was special to win the Ashes 5-0 at home and a series win in South Africa will make it a […]
Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera tied overnight leader Rashid Khan of India for the lead at the season-opening SAIL-SBI Open golf tournament before a thunderstorm forced the suspension of the third round here Friday. Perera, bidding to become the first Sri Lankan to win on Asian Tour, battled to three under par through eight holes and […]
Rangdajied United FC will have it all to play for when they take on I-League toppers Bengaluru FC at the JN Stadium here Saturday. Rangdajied have made far-reaching changes since their 0-2 loss at Dempo two weeks ago, dispensing the services of coach Santosh Kashyap in favour of Hering Shangpliang and bringing in prolific former […]
As part of its commitment to give financial assistance to needy former players, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has decided to give Rs.2.5 lakh to former national champion Meena Shah. BAI secretary Vijai Sinha said that a cheque would be handed over to the badminton queen of the 1960s at her residence in Qaiserbagh […]
A day after he struck an unbeaten match-winning century against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal Friday received a court summon for March 11 to face charges of jumping a traffic light and fighting with a traffic police personnel. Pakistan daily The News quoting an official said a local sessions […]