Madrid, March 6 (IANS/EFE) Pedro Rodriguez’s goal in the 63rd minute gave Spain a 1-0 victory over Italy here in an international friendly. The start of play was preceded by a tribute to the coach credited with turning La Roja into an international powerhouse, Luis Aragones, who died Feb 1. The match was played at Vicente […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 6 (IANS) Brazil’s Arena da Amazonia World Cup stadium is set to host its first match March 9. The fixture will feature local outfit Nacional against Remo in the quarterfinal of regional tournament the Copa Verde, Xinhua cited from Brazil football news web site Sambafoot. About 20,000 tickets will be made available […]
Berlin, March 6 (IANS) The German team overcame a resilient Chile 1-0 in an international friendly in Stuttgart. Bayern Munich’s Mario Goetze helped the Germans to snatch a neat victory over Chile Wednesday in front of 54,449 spectators on home soil, reported Xinhua. From the kick off, Chile tried to take the reins and to control […]
Buenos Aires, March 6 (IANS) The world soccer body Wednesday slapped fines on four Argentinean clubs and one Uruguayan team for illegally transferring players, Xinhua reported. FIFA said on its website that its disciplinary committee fined Argentina’s Racing, Independiente, Rosario Central and Instituto de Cordoba clubs, as well as Uruguay’s Institucion Atletica Sud America. FIFA accused […]
North Stand (Antigua), March 6 (IANS/CMC) England have survived a threatening century from Denish Ramdin to beat West Indies by 25 runs and clinch the three-match One-Day series two-one at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here. Ramdin inspired a fantastic lower order fightback after a typical top-order batting collapse with a career-best 128 that almost denied […]
Dubai, March 6 (IANS) Iraq beat China 3-1 in a dynamic and fair encounter of a group C game of the Asian Cup group stage, but both teams advance to the next round the Asian Cup 2015 in Australia, Xinhua reported. Iraq took a 2-0 lead before the break and continued the tread on the Chinese […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Former Los Angeles Lakers coach Del Harris feels a well-defined, proficient youth programme can see India potentially catching up with China as a truly professional basketball nation. India’s men’s team is ranked 58th and China’s 12th in the FIBA world rankings. Among women India are 39th and China 8th. The yawning […]
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila, who is out on bail, Wednesday sought more time from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee to reply to charges of spot-fixing levelled against him. Chandila along with Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were the three Rajasthan Royals cricketers who were arrested […]
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) India cricketer Rohit Sharma has featured in a new advertisement for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) with his face appearing scarred by an ‘ankus’ – the prod – to raise awareness about the treatment towards elephants in circuses. Sharma, who is with the Indian team in Bangladesh for the […]
Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 5 (IANS) India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Afghanistan in an ODI in the Asia Cup cricket tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Wednesday. India are fielding an unchanged XI in the dead rubber while Afghanistan made one change to their side, bringing in legspinner Rahmat […]