East Rutherford (United States): Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football here Sunday after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a penalty shoot-out —Read More

Bridgetown (Barbados): Mitchell Marsh emerged as the unlikely bowling hero for Australia as the World Cup-holders defeated the West Indies by 58 runs in the final of the Tri-Nation One-Day International Series. Set a challenging target of 271 after wicketkeeper Matthew Wade’s unbeaten 57 led an Australian lower-order revival fromRead More

Bengaluru: India’s most decorated woman boxer MC Mary Kom on Saturday rued that the sport is as good as “dead in India” because there has been no competition happening with national association in a limbo. ”Boxing in India is almost dead. There are no major competitions held for the pastRead More

New Delhi: “Jittery” and “excited” are expected responses from someone bracing up for his first Olympics. Ahead of the Rio Games, pistol ace Jitu Rai has the same set of answers. But what he is doing to reduce that anxiety is unusual. “I have been reading Buddha’s teachings to keepRead More

Bengaluru: With their focus firmly on the forthcoming Olympics, India’s Rio-bound archers — Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Laxmirani Majhi — are giving it their all at the SporBengaluruts Authority of India, Southern Centre here. The women’s recurve team who booked their Rio tickets after winning silver at theRead More

London: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are on course for a Wimbledon final showdown after being confirmed as the top two seeds for the grass-court Grand Slam. World number one Djokovic and second ranked Murray will be seeded in those positions, All England Club officials announced on Wednesday, meaning theyRead More

New Delhi: Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom on Thursday said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut forRead More

Houston: Lionel Messi scored his 55th international goal to become his country’s all-time leading scorer as Argentina thrashed hosts the United States 4-0 to ease into the final of the Centenary Copa America on Tuesday. Many of those in the 70,858 crowd in Houston had come to witness the BarcelonaRead More

New Delhi: Former athlete and Olympian Anju Bobby George has stepped down as the Sports Council Chief after reports of her being forced to quit from the position emerged in the national attention. George, who was accused by the current Kerala sports minister of corruption charges during her reign, demandedRead More

New Delhi: An ambitious project to awaken a sleeping giant of Asian soccer looks like confirming Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s famous remark that India pricks up its ears only when comparisons with China are made. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March lamented India’s decline from one of Asia’s top soccerRead More