Sao Paulo, May 19 (IANS) Organizers have hailed as a success the first official test event at the Itaquerao stadium, which will stage the FIFA World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia next month. The venue in Sao Paulo and Arena Pantanal in Brazil’s western city of Cuiaba opened Sunday by hosting Brazilian Serie A matches, […]
Rio de Janeiro, May 19 (IANS) Paulo Henrique Ganso expressed his disappointment at missing Brazil’s World Cup squad after scoring both goals in Sao Paulo’s 2-0 victory over Flamengo. “We have been playing well for a while but people only see that against opponents like Corinthians and Flamengo,” Xinhua quoted Ganso as saying after the match […]
Buenos Aires, May 19 (IANS) Former Argentine soccer players who played in several World Cups believed that Argentina’s national team will reach the final in Brazil seeking its third title. These former players during an interivew to Xinhua, agreed that Barcelona star Lionel Messi “will be in wonderful shape” for Argentina when the World Cup begins. […]
Rome, May 19 (IANS) Parma grabbed the last UEFA Europa League spot in Serie A after they beat Livorno on a dramatic final day of the campaign, Xinhua reported. Parma headed into the game needing to move a spot up from their seventh position at the table in order to secure the qualification for next season’s […]
Paris, May 19 (IANS) Following is the revised France World Cup squad after Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda withdrew due to a neck injury Sunday and was replaced by Saint-Etienne’s Stephane Ruffier, Xinhua reported. Goalkeepers: Mickael Landreau (SC Bastia), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur/England), Stephane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne) Defenders: Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United/England), Lucas Digne (Paris Saint-Germain), Patrice Evra […]
Ranchi, May 18 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings were restricted to 138 for four in 20 overs by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Sunday. Suresh Raina was the top scorer with 62 while David Hussey made 25. For Royal Challengers, Abu Nechim Ahmed was the miser of the lot giving away just […]
Kathmandu, May 17 (IANS) The senior Indian men’s team routed Maldives 108-32 to be crowned champions at the third South Asian Basketball Association Championship 2014. India’s greater international experience, height, speed, skill, endurance and strength were too much to handle for the Maldivians. India’s suffocating half court defence meant that Maldives were rarely able to get […]
Al Fujairah (UAE), May 17 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the IBSF World Under-21 snooker championship ended here Saturday when Keerath Bhandal lost 1-3 to Amornrat Uamduang of Thailand in the women’s quarter-final. The 17-year-old Bhandal began well when she took the first frame 65-31, but the Thai player hit back to take the second 83-6 […]
Minister for Sport and Recreation Stuart Ayres has congratulated all volunteers on their contributions to a huge range of community sport at the 2014 Community Sports Volunteer Awards during National Volunteer Week. Mr Ayres presented four awards at an event which recognises the contributions of the hundreds of thousands of volunteers in local sporting clubs […]
Kiev, May 16 (IANS) Dynamo Kiev beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 to win the Ukrainian Cup for the first time in seven years. Dynamo took control of the match Thursday night from the very beginning and scored the first goal in the 40th minute after an own goal from Shakhtar defender, Alexandr Kucher, reports Xinhua. Only three […]