Dubai, March 6 (IANS) South African captain Graeme Smith signed off on his impressive cricket Test career in 16th place in the ICC Rankings for batsmen announced Thursday. Smith reached a career high of second position after his match-winning century against England in Johannesburg in January 2010. That was also when he achieved a best-ever 843 […]
Chonburi (Thailand), March 6 (IANS) Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata edged closer to making his return to the world’s oldest Major after a first round four-under-par 68 saw him take his place atop the leaderboard at the Open Qualifying Series – Thailand Thursday. Thailand’s Prom Meesawat and Singapore’s Koh Dengshan also remained in the hunt for a place […]
Siliguri, March 6 (IANS) Mizoram will look to extend their seven-match winning streak when they take on Tamil Nadu while a buoyant Railways face Maharashtra in the semi-finals of the 68th National Championships for Santosh Trophy here at the Kanchenjunga Stadium Friday. Mizoram have not only won all four of their final round matches from Group […]
Basseterre (St. Kitts), March 6 (IANS/CMC) Veteran sprinter Kim Collins has been left out of the St. Kitts and Nevis team for the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Poland, track and field officials in the said. The 28-year-old sprinter, the world’s fourth fastest man over 60m for 2014, has not been included in a small team […]
Rome, March 6 (IANS) Italian football club Inter Milan announced it has signed Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic for next season. The club Wednesday posted a picture of Vidic on Inter’s official Twitter feed along with a welcome message for the Serbian international: “Here’s Vidic signing his contract. See you in June, Nemanja!” Inter president Erick […]
London, March 6 (IANS) The following are the international football friendly results from around the world: At Madrid: Spain 1 (Pedro, 63 min) Italy 0 At Leiria, Portugal: Portugal 5 (Ronaldo 21, 83, Meireles 66, Coentrao 68, Edinho 77) Cameroon 1 (Aboubakar 43) At Paris: France 2 (Benzema 32, Matuidi 41) Netherlands 0 At London: Australia […]
London, March 6 (IANS) Despite leading 3-0 at half-time, Australia lost 3-4 to Ecuador in a international football at The Den here. Australia held a comfortable advantage at the end of first half Wednesday night thanks to Mile Jedinak’s penalty and Tim Cahill’s brace, reports Xinhua. But Ecuador came out after the break and scored immediately […]
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 […]