Santiago, March 5 (IANS) The Chilean football team’s coach has expressed concern over the poor performance of some of his players ahead of their friendly against Germany. On the eve of the team’s match in Stuttgart, Xinhua quoted coach Jorge Sampaoli telling the Chilean media that “surprisingly we find ourselves with five or six players who […]
Rio de Janeiro, March 5 (IANS) Football great Ronaldo has tried to allay fears about the ongoing construction delays to Brazil’s World Cup stadiums. Four of the country’s 12 World Cup venues are yet to be ready despite a December 2013 deadline imposed by football’s governing body FIFA, reported Xinhua. Ronaldo, an official World Cup ambassador, […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Women’s doubles specialists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to make the main draw of the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. It turned out to be a bad day for Indian shuttlers at the 104th edition of the championships as all others also lost […]
St. John’s (Antigua), March 5 (IANS/CMC) Former West Indies captain, Sir Richie Richardson, is encouraging the youth in Antigua & Barbuda to emulate the achievements of cricket legends who were knighted here Friday. Richardson and two other former international Antiguan cricketers, former fast bowlers Sir Andy Roberts and Sir Curtly Ambrose, received knighthoods during the first […]
Birmingham, March 5 (IANS) Indian shuttlers failed to make an impact in the $400,000 All England Open Badminton Championships qualifiers at the National Indoor Arena here Tuesday. Mumbai’s Anand Pawar was upset by Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 18-21, 21-13, 21-19 in the first round of the men’s singles qualifiers while Thane girl Saili Rane lost to […]
Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 4 (IANS) Pakistan clinched a cliff-hanger by chasing down Bangladesh’s total of 326/3 in their highest successful One-Day International (ODI) run-chase to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup at the Shere Bangla National Stadium here Tuesday. After his match-winning knock of an unbeaten 34 against India Sunday, Shahid Afridi (59) once […]
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 […]
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) A series of losses overseas for Team India saw skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s popularity taking a hit on internet and Virat Kohli’s fan following rising. A study by search engine Google showed that Dhoni’s last minute withdrawal from the Asia Cup and Kohli’s century as a captain has impacted the ranking […]
Madrid, March 4 (IANS) All eyes will be on Brazil-born forward Diego Costa when Spain entertain Italy in the Vicente Calderon Stadium on Wednesday night. Despite never having played for Spain, the Atletico Madrid player is in pole position to lead the Spanish attack in the 2014 World Cup finals, something that was made clear by […]