Rome, March 4 (IANS) Daniele De Rossi has been banned for three Serie A games after being found punching Mauro Icardi in the face during Saturday’s Roma home 0-0 draw with Inter Milan. The Serie A’s disciplinary committee in a statement said Monday that the Roma player’s misconduct was detected by television instead of the referees, […]
Sydney, March 4 (IANS) As Australia pummels its team to an inexorable defeat, South Africa’s highly-regarded captain Graeme Smith will call it quits from international cricket, at the end of a series that exposed his position as South African cricket’s go-to leader. Cricket-mad Sydney has been brewing coffee to stay up late and watch a third […]
Berlin, March 4 (IANS) German first division side Frankfurt has announced that Armin Veh will leave the Eagles at the end of the season. Armin Veh took the helm at Frankfurt in July 2011 to lead the club from second division into the Bundesliga. With Veh in charge, the club secured an outstanding sixth place in […]
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 […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Virender Sehwag remains “unwell” and will miss Delhi’s crucial game against Haryana in the Vijay Hazare Trophy (North Zone) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday. Sehwag pulled out of his team’s last match against Himachal Pradesh at the 11th hour Monday, amid growing concerns over his poor form. “Sehwag will not […]
Warsaw, March 4 (IANS) Robert Lewandowski, who played for the Polish national team and for Borussia Dortmund, Monday joined the elite group of Unicef Goodwill Ambassadors. Lewandowski will support Unicef in its fight for good health and a safe future for children all over the world. “Being appointed as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador is a huge […]
Warsaw, March 4 (IANS) Robert Lewandowski, who played for the Polish national team and for Borussia Dortmund, Monday joined the elite group of Unicef Goodwill Ambassadors. Lewandowski will support Unicef in its fight for good health and a safe future for children all over the world. “Being appointed as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador is a huge […]
Kevin Pietersen blasted his ex-team mate Matt Prior for saying that the England dressing room was a better place without the former England captain. Pietersen took to Twitter to say that Test vice-captain Prior should focus on his own form since he was under pressure to retain his place in the Test side from ODI […]
Defender Felipe Santana will be out of action several weeks owing to a torn muscle fibre, the club has said. After Schalke’s humiliating 6-1 loss to Real Madrid, the Royal Blues received another bad news after it was revealed that defender Felipe Santana suffered a torn muscle fibre in his right thigh, reported Xinhua. “Felipe […]
Results of the Europa League matches played Thursday: Napoli 3-1 Swansea (agg 3-1) Tottenham 3-1 FC Dnipro (agg 3-2) Rubin Kazan 0-2 Real Betis (agg 1-3) Basel 3-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv (agg 3-0) Eintracht Frankfurt 3-3 FC Porto (Porto win on away goals, agg 5-5) FC Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Ajax (agg 6-1) Ludogorets Razgrad […]