New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The Indian football team jumped 31 places to be at the 101st spot in the recently released FIFA rankings, their best in a couple of decades. From 132, Stephen Constantine’s boys rode their narrow 1-0 win against Myanmar in their third round opener of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers […]
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Real Madrid Beat Leganes In Spanish League Tie
Leganes (Spain), April 6 (IANS) Alvaro Morata scored two goals and was instrumental in a third as a Real Madrid side packed with substitutes beat Club Deportivo Leganes 4-2 to reclaim the top spot in the Spanish football league. Real Madrid now have 71 points from 30 matches, two points ahead of FC Barcelona. Real […]
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European Football Chief Says No To Super League
Helsinki, April 5 (IANS) Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President Aleksander Ceferin on Wednesday strongly opposed the idea that the best clubs in Europe should be in a Super League, and warned that his organisation will not give in to blackmail of the most powerful and rich clubs in the continent. In a speech […]
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Saina, Sindhu toppled in Malaysia Open 1st Round
Kuching (Malaysia), April 5 (IANS) Indian star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal suffered setbacks in the opening round of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier, while Ajay Jayaram moved into the men’s singles second round here on Wednesday. Also exiting the tournament were men’s singles shuttler B. Sai Praneeth, the men’s doubles pair of Manu […]
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East African Domination Killing World XC C’ships, Fear Experts
Nairobi, April 5 (IANS) Debate on the future of the World Cross Country Championship is still emerging after over 400 athletes from 59 countries and regions converged in Uganda on March 26, for the event. Year after year, East African runners have proven their domination of cross-country that they decide the outcome in all races, […]
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Coach, Investor Of Spanish Soccer Club Arrested Over Match-Fixing
Madrid, April 4 (IANS) The Spanish police on Tuesday arrested two persons on suspicion of being involved in match-fixing after a third-tier football club in Spain suffered a hardly credible 0-12 thrashing, according to police sources. The gambling brigade of the Specialised and Violent Crimes Unit (UDEV) of Spain’s national police arrested the coach of […]
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Rossi Scores Hat-Trick As Celta Thump Las Palmas 3-1
Vigo (Spain), April 4 (IANS) Giuseppe Rossi scored all three goals for Celta in a comfortable 3-1 win over the visiting Las Palmas here. The win on Monday allowed Celta to vault over Alaves into 10th place in La Liga, with 41 points from 28 matches, while Las Palmas, with 35 points in 29 games, […]
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Wahab Riaz Credits Azhar Mahmood For T20 Series Win Over West Indies
After Pakistan clinched the four-match Twenty20 series 3-1 over West Indies by winning the final T20 in Trindad’s, Port of Spain by seven wickets on Sunday, fast bowler Wahab Riaz has effusively praised team’s bowling coach Azhar Mahmood for coming through a great amount of experience to help the national side bowlers in executing their […]
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Federer Wins 3rd Title In Miami, Defeating Nadal
Miami, April 3 (IANS) Roger Federer won his third ATP World Masters 1,000 tourney at the Miami Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, once again defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 34 minutes. The Spaniard this year has lost all three of his confrontations with the Swiss champ, including the Australian Open […]
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Sindhu wins India Open
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) India’s Olympic 2016 silver medallist P.V. Sindhu overcame her Rio Games conqueror Carolina Marin of Spain in straight games to win her maiden India Open Superseries badminton title at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Sunday. Done and dusted! @Pvsindhu1 is the new champion of Yonex Sunrise #IndiaSS […]