Former Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Ze Roberto is being pursued by Brazilian top-flight club Santos, according to local media reports. The 39-year-old former Brazil international would be the latest in a series of high profile signings for Santos ahead of the 2014 season, Xinhua reported. Selecao striker Leandro Damiao joined the club from […]
World No.8 Stanislas Wawrinka and Eduard Roger-Vasselin survived close semi-final matches here Saturday to make it to the title round of the Aircel Chennai Open. The 28-year-old Swiss Wawrinka, winner here in 2011, looked relieved when Canadian World No.32 Vasek Pospisil conceded the match due to a sore lower back at 5-5 in the second […]
Iranian football club Esteghlal’s defender Pejman Montazeri Saturday joined Qatar’s Umm Salal. Montazeri will replace Australian defender Sasa Ognenovski in Umm Salal, reports Xinhua. The Iranian 31-year-old signed an 18-month deal with Umm Salal for an undisclosed fee. The Iranian international defender joined Esteghlal in 2007 and has won two Iran league and two Iran […]
Identical centuries from skipper Vijay Zol and Sanju Samson helped India lift the U-19 Asia Cup cricket title with a 40-run win over arch-rivals Pakistan in the final at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Saturday. Put in, Samson and Zol struck 100s as India posted a competitive 314 for eight in 50 overs. Pakistan finished […]
India’s star tennis player Leander Paes in his bid to stay fit for his seventh Games at the 2016 Rio Olympics has asked the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to excuse himself from the forthcoming Davis Cup tie against Taipei and for other events in 2014. In a letter written to AITA president Anil Khanna, […]
Pele says Lionel Messi is the player that most reminds him of himself among football’s current generation. In an interview with the FIFA Weekly magazine published Friday, the Brazilian legend suggested the 26-year-old Argentinian deserved to win the Ballon D’Or for a fifth time despite an injury-wracked 2013, Xinhua reported. “[Franck] Ribery, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and […]
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open continued to be hit by a spate of retirements with two more players – third seed Fabio Fognini and Yen-Hsun Lu – conceding their respective singles matches and India’s Yuki Bhambri was the biggest beneficiary as he made it to the quarter-finals here Thursday. Bhambri, a Wild Card entry, was […]
At least 83 athletes will represent the Czech Republic competing at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which is to start Feb 7, said spokesman for the Czech Olympic Committee (COV) Alexander Kliment. “This is slightly fewer than we expected. But the curling team did not unfortunately succeed in qualification,” Kliment said. The list of athletes […]
Ghana will host the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay this week, minister of youth and sports Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah said here Monday. The Queen’s Baton Relay is the traditional curtain raiser to the Commonwealth Games and has been an inclusion in the Games program since the Cardiff 1958 Commonwealth Games in Wales. Briefing the media on […]
Jacques Kallis Monday paid handsome tributes to his late parents for all the support they gave to make him a cricketer and hoped he did them proud. Kallis, who retired from Test cricket as South Africa wrapped up the two-match series 1-0 against India, also said he was fortunate to have some great coaches. “I’ve […]