New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Former Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia feels that not all foreign coaches are tactically very strong and that even Indians could make for good tacticians provided they have th
Tokyo, July 19 (IANS): Teenage American tennis star Coco Gauff, ranked 25th in the world, has tested positive for Covid-19 and will not be competing at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23.
The 17-year-old,
Silverstone, July 19 (IANS): Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won a pulsating and controversial Formula 1 British Grand Prix, fighting back from a penalty for a first-lap tangle with Max Verstappen to take the le
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): Two South African footballers -- right-back Thabiso Monyane and mid-fielder Kamohelo Mahlatsi -- have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus inside the Olympic Village on Sunday.
Earli
Dubai, July 18 (IANS): Ireland cricketer Josh Little has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee while his team-mates, Mark Adair and Harry Tector, have been reprimanded for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): In a first major controversy to break out before the Tokyo Olympics have begun, a German football team player was allegedly racially abused during a warmup games against Honduras, and the
London, July 18 (IANS): After a spate of high-profile withdrawals, a revised list of tennis players that includes the likes of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvede
Tokyo, July 18 (IANS): The first batch of athletes from India landed in Tokyo on Sunday. The 88-member contingent was given a warm send-off by Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur at the Indira Gandhi Internatio
Gros Islet (St Lucia), July 17 (IANS): West Indies scored a thrilling 16-run victory over Australia in the fifth and final T20I with Evin Lewis smashing a 34-ball 79 and Fabian Allen taking a breath-taking
Hamburg, July 17 (IANS): Serbian Filip Krajinovic, ranked 44th in the world, shocked top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the Hamburg European Open to reach the semifinals and claim a third to
Nyon (Switzerland), July 17 (IANS): Europe's football governing body UEFA has confirmed the list of host cities for the Champions League finals for the next four seasons till 2025.
Due to the shake-up in
Tokyo, July 17 (AP): The first resident of the Olympic Village has tested positive for COVID-19, Tokyo Olympic organizers said on Saturday.
Officials said it was not an athlete with the the Games opening in
Sydney, July 16 (IANS) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Friday that tennis player Alex De Minaur has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19.
As Australia'
London, July 16 (IANS) Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza's video of her donning the new Indian Olympic team kit has become a hit on Instagram, grossing thousands of likes from fans and followers acro
Dubai, July 16 (IANS) India and Pakistan have been drawn together in Super 12, or the second stage, of the men's T20 World Cup as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the groups for t
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) Though the Covid-19 regulations for team sports at the Olympics specify disqualification of a team if three or more players test positive for Covid-19, the international hockey federation
Luz Ardiden (France), July 16 (IANS): Overall leader Tadej Pogacar won Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday to further extend his lead in the prestigious cycling race.
This was Pogacar's third
Tokyo, July 16 (IANS): World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, has ended the uncertainty over his Olympics participation, confirming on Friday that he would be boarding the flight to Tokyo.
In a
London, Jul 15 (PTI): ECB's chief executive Tom Harrison on Thursday said a strict bio-bubble will not imposed for the upcoming India-England Test series despite multiple COVID-19 cases in both teams in the
New Delhi, July 15 (IANS): The Indian cricket board on Thursday confirmed that a player from the Indian Test squad in England has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been kept in isolation. The player -- which