Madrid: Fernando Hierro, who stood in as Spain coach when Julen Lopetegui was sacked on the eve of the World Cup, will not continue in the role, the Spanish football federation said Sunday. Under the former Real Madrid and Spain defender, who had little previous coaching experience, 2010 winners SpainRead More

Samara: England reached the semifinals of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 28 years thanks to goals from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli. The Three Lions beat Sweden 2-0 in the quarterfinal. At exactly the half-hour mark, it was a header by Harry Maguire off Ashley Young’sRead More

London: Serena Williams boosted her chances of winning an eighth Wimbledon and 24th Grand Slam by making the fourth round at the All England Club on Friday as big sister Venus fell victim to the curse of the seeds. Serena, seeded a modest 25 this year, enjoyed a 7-5, 7-6Read More

Kazan: Ahead of a decisive quarter-final clash against Belgium, Brazil coach Tite termed “mental fortitude” as the biggest challenge to win the World Cup. The pressure was immense for the Selecao, facing a golden generation that had nothing to lose. Half an hour inside the contest, they found themselves inRead More

Sochi: Croatia are targeting the World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1998 — when they made their debut as an independent nation on football’s biggest stage. It is unwise to look too far ahead at an event so full of surprises, but will a Croatian team facing hostRead More

New Delhi: Mumbai fast bowler Shardul Thakur will replace injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah in India’s ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series starting July 12. Bumrah had suffered an injury to his left thumb during India’s first T20I against Ireland in Dublin and was ruled out of the ongoing T20IRead More

Cardiff: Alex Hales kept his nerve with 58 not out to see England home and square the international T20 series against India 1-1 with one to play in Cardiff on Friday. Set 149 to win off their 20 overs England needed 12 off the final over and Hales put BhuvneshwarRead More

Nizhny Novgorod: Goals from Raphael Varane and Antoine Griezmann took France to the World Cup semifinals after their 2-0 win over Uruguay on Friday. Earlier, the first half looked set for a goalless draw, but Varane produced a spectacular header to put Les Blues in front. In the 61st minute,Read More

Nottingham: England paceman Stuart Broad is aiming to recover from an ankle injury in time to play domestic first-class cricket for his county Nottinghamshire later this month, days before the first test against India. The 32-year-old, who last played for England in the second test against Pakistan in June, sustainedRead More

akarta: Indian challenge ended at the USD 1,250,000 Indonesian Open after PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy suffered straight-game quarterfinal defeats to crash out of the BWF World Super 1000 tournament here on Friday. World no 3 Sindhu, a silver medallist at Olympics and world championship, lost 14-21 15-21 to ChineseRead More