Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) A humdinger will be on the cards when traditional football heavyweights Brazil and Germany face off in a marquee quarter-final clash of the FIFA U-17 World Cup here at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan on Sunday. In front of an expected crowd of over 60,000 at the venue which has been revamped […]
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Here’s The Daily Sports Round Up From Around The Globe On 19th October, 2017
Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 19th October 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football, hockey and badminton which took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts. AB de Villiers’ career-best propels Proteas to series win: Riding on AB de Villiers’ […]
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Saina, Srikanth, Prannoy Advance At Denmark Open
Odense (Denmark), Oct 18 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy entered the second round, while B. Sai Praneeth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were eliminated in the opening round of the Denmark Open World Superseries Premier here on Wednesday. Hyderabadi Saina, 27, ousted Olympic 2016 champion and two-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain […]
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Nadal Pulls Out Of Swiss Indoors Basel Tournament
Madrid, Oct 18 (IANS) Spanish World No.1 Rafael Nadal said he was pulling out of the Swiss Indoors Basel, an ATP 500 event that starts next week. “I sadly announce that I have to pull out of the Swiss Indoors Basel, after seeing my doctor in Spain just after landing from Shanghai,” Nadal said on his […]
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Here’s The Daily Sports Round Up From Around The Globe On 18th October, 2017
Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 18th October 2017. Here’s all the news from sporting events as cricket, football and WWE which took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts. Kerala High Court upholds BCCI appeal, reimposes life ban of tainted fast-bowler S Sreesanth: A division […]
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Iran Enter FIFA U-17 World Cup Quarters
Fatorda (Goa), Oct 17 (IANS) Two early goals helped Iran beat Mexico 2-1 in a Round-of-16 match of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday. Mohammad Sharifi (seventh minute) and Allahyar Sayyad (11th minute) goals put Iran in command. For Mexico, the lone goal went to R. De La […]
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FC Goa Lose To Real Murcia In Pre-Season Friendly
La Manga (Spain), Oct 17 (IANS) Indian Super League (ISL) franchise FC Goa suffered a 1-2 defeat against Spanish football club Real Murcia’s first team in the second pre-season match here. FC Goa took the lead through a super free kick from Manuel Lanzarote on Monday. Later, two goals either side of half-time were enough for […]
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Aspas Leads Celta To Victory Over Las Palmas
Las Palmas (Spain), Oct 17 (IANS) Iago Aspas posted a hat-trick here as Celta pounded UD Las Palmas 5-2 in a football match that saw the visitors climb to 10th place in La Liga. The hosts looked the better of the two sides in the opening minutes, getting aerial balls into the box only to lose […]
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U-17 World Cup: Ghana Favourites Against Newbies Niger (Preview)
Navi Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Two-time champions Ghana will be overwhelming favourites when they take on continental neighbours Niger in a pre-quarterfinal clash of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup here on Wednesday. Ghana are strong forces in the age-group competition having won it in 1991 and 1995 and having reached four out of five finals in […]
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England Have Stars, But We Are Confident: Japan U-17 Coach
Kolkata, Oct 16 (IANS) Japan coach Yoshiro Moriyama on Monday said that despite the English players being on a higher pedestal in terms of playing in top European clubs, the Asian powerhouse will put up a spirited show in Tuesday’s pre-quarterfinal of the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be played at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan […]