Madrid, March 1 Real Madrid star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has extended his apology to teammates for his controversial remark that the club would be at the top of La Liga if every player was on his level. Ronaldo’s comments came after Madrid suffered a 0-1 defeat to local rivals AtleticoRead More

Manila, March 1 The Philippines’ election commission on Tuesday said it may bar local broadcasts of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao’s bid to win back the world welterweight title next month because it could give him an unfair advantage over rival candidates in an election a month later. The 37-year-old formerRead More

Mulheim an der Ruhr, With Saina Nehwal missing another event due to fitness issues, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will spearhead the Indian challenge at the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold starting with the qualifiers tomorrow. World No. 2 Saina, who had injured her ankle last year, is yet to playRead More

MIRPUR, India recovered from three early jolts, inflicted by a devastating spell from Mohammad Amir, before notching up a five-wicket victory against archrivals Pakistan in the Asia Cup T20I tournament. Amir (3/18) rocked the Indian top-order with a fast and furious four-over spell but a paltry target of 84 runs wasRead More

Mirpur, February 28 From Eden Gardens to Centurion, Shoaib Akhtar has had many memorable on-field battles with Sachin Tendulkar and he feels that Mohammed Amir and Virat Kohli’s face-offs will also go down in cricket history as some of the epic duels. “It used to be a challenge bowling toRead More

Mirpur (Bangladesh) : Explosive Indian batsman Virat Kohli was on Sunday fined 30 percent of his match fees for a Level 1 breach of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during his side’s Asia Cup Twenty20 match against Pakistan here, last evening. The India Test skipper was found toRead More

Manchester, February 28 Teenager Marcus Rashford followed up two goals on his Manchester United debut in midweek with another double plus an assist as Louis van Gaal’s team beat Arsenal 3-2 in the Premier League at Old Trafford on Sunday. The 18-year-old local lad struck twice in three minutes inRead More

Zurich, February 28 Newly-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino paid tribute to his disgraced predecessor, Sepp Blatter, for the role he played in establishing a new $140million football museum which opened on Sunday in Zurich. “It’s a really fine museum which reflects the universality of football. It’s a very good ideaRead More

Fatullah, February 26 Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and veteran pacer Ashish Nehra did not come for Indian team’s pre-match day training on Friday after being advised rest ahead of the crucial Asia Cup T20 game against Pakistan, here tomorrow. While Dhoni is suffering from back spasms, the injury-prone Nehra hasRead More

Pune, Shreyas Iyer struck a strokeful century to help Mumbai take the first-innings lead against Saurashtra on the second day of the Ranji Trophy final here today. Iyer made 117 off 142 balls with the help of 15 boundaries and two sixes to single-handedly take Mumbai to 262/8 in reply toRead More