New York, April 21 (IANS) To understand why different individuals have different pain tolerance levels, scientists have discovered four genes that play a vital role in deciding this. “The study is quite significant because it provides an objective way to understand pain and why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than others,” said […]
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) Relegation-threatened Stuttgart upset third-placed Schalke 3-1 while Emir Spahic’s brace helped Leverkusen secure fourth place at Nuremberg to close the 31st round of the Bundesliga German football league. Martin Harnik’s brace eased Stuttgart’s relegation worries as the ‘Swabians’ established a four-point gap clear of the relegation zone thanks to a crucial […]
Lisbon, April 21 (IANS) Benfica beat Olhanense 2-0 at the Luz Stadium here with a double from Lima to clinch the Portuguese top flight football league title. Brazilian attacker Lima put Benfica ahead in the 57th minute and then scored again in the 60th when his effort went between goalkeeper Vid Belec’s legs Sunday, reports […]
Rotterdam, April 21 (IANS) A sensational Dutch Cup final ended in a 5-1 win for PEC Zwolle against Ajax. Sunday’s match started with Ajax fans throwing fireworks in the penalty area of their own goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer. After the mess was cleaned up, Ricardo van Rhijn blasted home the opening goal for Ajax with a […]
Chennai, April 19 (IANS) One of India’s top racing drivers Armaan Ebrahim will compete in the Blancpain GT World Series that gets underway at the French track of Nogaro this weekend with six former Formula 1 drivers and several former GT champions also in the fray. The championship comprises seven rounds featuring 14 races with […]
Shanghai, April 19 (IANS) Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton overcame the rain-soaked Shanghai International Circuit to top Saturday’s qualifying session ahead of Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who was followed by teammate and four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel in the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1.53.860 was six-tenths faster than Ricciardo and it was […]
Shanghai, April 19 (IANS) Placed second in the constructors’ standings, the Force India will start eighth and 16th in Sunday’s Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit here. German driver Nico Hülkenberg put his VJM07 in eighth after a wet weather qualifying session Saturday as teammate Sergio Perez, who achieved the team’s […]
Dubai, April 19 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore restricted defending champions Mumbai Indians to 115 for nine in 20 overs in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here Saturday. Ambati Rayudu (35) was the only batsman to make any contribution of note. Such was the dismal performance that only four […]
Warsaw, April 18 (IANS) Krakow’s 2022 Winter Olympics bid committee Thursday appointed Warsaw’s deputy mayor as the new head after Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak resigned amid a scandal last week. Magdalena Sroka’s appointment came during an extraordinary meeting as her predecessor stepped down Saturday after her husband was alleged to have offered money to the media in […]
Kiev, April 18 (IANS) Dynamo Kiev coach Oleg Blokhin has announced his resignation after his team was defeated 0-2 by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Wednesday’s loss put the club seven points behind leaders Dnepropetrovsk in the country’s top flight football league and buried their hopes of winning the trophy this year, reports […]