Barcelona, August 22 Barcelona are suing Neymar for 8.5 million euros for alleged breach of contract and demanding that he return the loyalty bonus paid after he renewed his deal in October, less than a year before he signed for Paris St. Germain, the club said on Tuesday. The CatalansRead More

New Delhi, August 22 Eight years ago, he scripted history by opening the country’s account in amateur boxing’s marquee event and Vijender Singh feels India might just go one better on that during the 19th World Championship, starting August 25 in Hamburg. The 31-year-old had fetched a bronze medal atRead More

London, August 22 Controversial England batting legend Geoff Boycott made a grovelling apology on Tuesday for remarking he needed to “black up his face” to get a knighthood at an event last week. The 76-year-old astonished his audience with his comment during a question and answer session in one ofRead More

New Delhi, August 22 Former recipients of the Arjuna Award on Tuesday lamented that its dignity has been lowered and the government is now “throwing” the honour away. Former India hockey captain Ashok Kumar, who is son of legendary Dhyanchand, legendary middle-distance runner Sriram Singh Shekhawat, who holds national recordRead More

Glasgow, August 22 India made a promising start at the World Badminton Championships with Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round here today. Eighth seed Srikanth, who won the Indonesia Super Series and Australian Super Series this year, defeated Russia’s Sergey Sirant 21-13 21-12 in less thanRead More

Glasgow, August 21 India made a promising start at the World Championship with in-form shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round of the men’s singles competition here today. Srikanth, seeded eighth, who won the Indonesia Super series premier and Australian Super series Open in June, defeatedRead More

DAMBULLA, August 21 India opener Shikhar Dhawan smashed an unbeaten 132 off 90 deliveries to help his side thrash hosts Sri Lanka by nine wickets in the first of five One-day Internationals on Sunday. Sri Lanka were decimated in the recently concluded three-Test series against India, losing the first twoRead More

Dambulla, August 21 Shikhar Dhawan is savouring his purple patch, but the opener has not forgotten the slump which had forced him out of the team, saying failures had taught him important lessons. Dhawan was dropped after the New Zealand series last year due to a slump in form andRead More

Glasgow, August 21 In-form Kidambi Srikanth and two-time bronze medallist PV Sindhu will headline a 21-member Indian contingent as they gun for the elusive gold medal at the World Badminton Championships starting here tomorrow. After grabbing successive titles at Indonesia and Australia, Srikanth will look to continue his rampaging runRead More

Dambulla, August 21 Skipper Virat Kohli said that there will be “a lot of changes” in the coming days as the team starts drawing a roadmap for the 2019 World Cup. “I think we need to start planning for the 2019 World Cup. You have to prepare 24 months inRead More