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19 Mar 2017

India

U-17 FIFA WC will change Indian football: Kushal Das

General secretary of All India Football Federation (AIFF) Kushal Das said that the face of Indian football will change after the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in October this year.

18 Mar 2017

Arjuna Award

Abhinav Bindra opens up about his neurological medical condition

Olympic shooter Abhinav Bindra opened up about a serious neurological-medical condition he suffered from in 2014.

18 Mar 2017

Maria Sharapova

Sharapova's participation at Grand Slams doubtful after a comeback?

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, who will be making a comeback to tennis after a 15-months ban for drug usage, is doubtful of playing the year's Grand Slams.

17 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

UEFA Champions League: Quarter final draw is out

Three-time Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid will face the English team Leicester City which reached the quarter-finals for the first time this season.

17 Mar 2017

South Africa

2022 Commonwealth Games: UK cities join together as hosts?

After Durban pulled out of hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Commonwealth Games Federation is considering a bid from various cities of the United Kingdom to host the games jointly.

16 Mar 2017

Philippe Coutinho

Barcelona eyeing Marco Verratti as their new mid-fielder

Spanish giant FC Barcelona are reportedly eyeing Paris Saint-Germain star Marco Verratti as their new mid-fielder ahead of the summer transfer window.

Test cricket turns 140, Google Doodle marks the anniversary

Test cricket, the longest format of the sport, turned 140 today and Google marked the occasion with a Google Doodle.

14 Mar 2017

Mohammad Amir

Tainted Salman Butt to return to international cricket?

After serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, tainted Pakistan batsman Salman Butt is being considered for Pakistan's test series against West Indies this April.

14 Mar 2017

Manchester United

Chelsea defeats ManU to reach FA Cup semis

N'Golo Kante scored a goal in the second half as Chelsea defeated Manchester United to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Ashish Nehra eyeing to play in Champions Trophy

Veteran bowler Ashish Nehra has expressed his desire to play in the upcoming Champions Trophy in June this year.

13 Mar 2017

Cristiano Ronaldo

La Liga: Real Madrid on top after defeating Real Betis

Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos scored a goal each against Real Betis to help Real Madrid get back on the top in La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

12 Mar 2017

Kolkata

Golf: SSP Chawrasia wins Indian Open for the second time

Indian golfer Shiv Chawrasia successfully defended his Indian Open title to win the tournament for the second consecutive time.

12 Mar 2017

Donald Trump

FIFA President concerned over Trump's ban

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has raised his concerns over travel ban on the Muslim-majority countries by the President of United States saying that it would hurt the nation's bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

09 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

UCL: Barcelona's miraculous comeback at Camp Nou

Barcelona scripted history in the second leg of their Champions League Round of 16.

Football style red card rule for misbehaving cricketers

According to the new rules as confirmed by the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), "umpires will have the authority to send off cricket players for serious breaches of behaviour."

03 Mar 2017

Sania Mirza

Bopanna-Matkowski duo reach Dubai Open final

India's Rohan Bopanna and his Polish partner Marcin Matkowski marched into the final of Dubai Open, knocking out the Indian-Spanish duo of Leander Paes and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

03 Mar 2017

India

No funds to organize IPL matches?

The upcoming edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) could be in trouble going by the recent meeting of IPL committee and the staging associations.

Pakistan invites Bangladesh for a cricket series

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is trying to pursue Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to send their national cricket-team to Pakistan for a bi-lateral cricket series in December this year.

02 Mar 2017

Real Madrid

La Liga: Ronaldo saves Real Madrid against Las Palmas

Cristiano Ronaldo's 86th and 89th minute goals rescued 10-men Real Madrid against Las Palmas to end the match in a 3-3 draw in La Liga at Santiago Bernabeu.

Indian Boxing League to come up soon

India will soon have its first ever boxing league.

02 Mar 2017

India

BAI president comes under CBI scanner

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigated Badminton Association of India's president Akhilesh Das Gupta and other BAI officials on charges of fraud and nepotism in selection of the team for Youth Sports Exchange Program in 2014.

02 Mar 2017

Atletico Madrid

Alexis Sanchez to part ways with the Gunners?

It is reported that Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez is all set to leave the team this June, a year before his contract with the Gunners expires.

01 Mar 2017

India

Ajay Shirke demands CBI probe into Pune pitch fiasco

Sacked BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has called for a CBI enquiry into the 'controversial' Pune pitch used for the first test between India and Australia.

01 Mar 2017

Lewis Hamilton

Formula One pre-season testing: Lewis Hamilton fastest on day two

Lewis Hamilton remained the fastest driver on the day two of the pre-season testing at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

28 Feb 2017

Munich

Former top gymnast Olga Korbut sells off Olympic medals

Olga Korbut, the gymnastics darling of the 1972 Munich Olympics, sold off her collection of medals and other trophies in a US auction.

27 Feb 2017

Real Madrid

La Liga: Real Madrid bounce back to defeat Villarreal

Real Madrid came back from two goals down to bounce back and register a 3-2 victory over Villarreal in La Liga.

27 Feb 2017

Mo Farah

'I'm a clean athlete' says Olympic champion Mo Farah

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah insisted that he is a 'clean athlete' after a US Anti-Doping Agency report suggested that his coach Alberto Salazar may have broken anti-doping rules.

27 Feb 2017

Liverpool FC

Manchester United defeat Southampton to win the EFL Cup

A late goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped Manchester United defeat Southampton 3-2 to lift the EFL Cup at Wembly Stadium on Sunday.

26 Feb 2017

Sao Paulo

Pele's son surrenders to a 13 year-long jail term

Edson 'Edinho' Cholbi do Nascimento, the son of football legend Pele, turned himself in to Brazilian police after being sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Brazilian court.

26 Feb 2017

Bengaluru FC

I-League: Robin Singh strikes twice; East Bengal defeat Bengaluru

Bengaluru FC was handed a 1-3 defeat by East Bengal at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore as Robin Singh scored two goals for visitors.

25 Feb 2017

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli got paid from Uttarakhand's flood fund?

According to a reply to an RTI filed by BJP leader Ajendra Ajay, the state government paid Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli from the funds reserved for the upliftment of 2013 Kedarnath flood victims.

25 Feb 2017

US Government

Trial against Armstrong in $100m case to start in November

Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong will go to trail on 6 November for a $100 million lawsuit filed by the US federal government.

24 Feb 2017

Manchester United

Europa League : Manchester United stroll into Round of 16

Manchester United cruised into the Europa League Round of 16 by securing a 4-0 aggregate victory over the French side St Etienne.

Indian cricketers to get a salary hike?

The Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) has received a proposal to hike the players' central contract fees by five times.

23 Feb 2017

England

Wayne Shaw resigns as gambling cloud hovers on English football

Sutton United's reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw resigned after an investigation was launched by the The Gambling Commission and Football Association for a potential breach of betting rules.

Wanted a young captain for Pune Supergiants: Sanjiv Goenka

Defending his decision of removing MS Dhoni as captain of Rising Pune Supergiants, team owner Sanjiv Goenka said that they wanted someone young and fit as the leader of the team.

IPL spot-fixing scandal: Two ED officers arrested by CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested four people including 2 Enforcement Directorate officials in connection with the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal.

21 Feb 2017

Milind Soman

Pune man Kaustubh Radkar finishes 34th in Ultraman race

Pune's Kaustubh Radkar was the fastest Indian to finish the 515 kilometres Ultraman World Championship race in Florida as he finished the race at 34th place.

Underdogs make it big at IPL auction

The players' auction of the 2017 Indian Premier League saw the franchisees putting out a surprisingly big amount of money for uncapped Indian players.

21 Feb 2017

Tiger Woods

Dustin Johnson is the golf's new world no.1

After his latest win at the Genesis Open, Dustin Johnson became the world number one for the first time.