Asuncion Soccer body CONMEBOL suspended Lionel Messi from international matches for three months because of accusations of corruption he made at the latest Copa América. The South American body also said on Friday that it fined the superstar in USD 50,000 for his comments after Argentina’s 2-1 win against ChileRead More

Toronto India’s 2011 World Cup hero Yuvraj Singh, who recently called it a day from international cricket, showed he still has fire in his belly with a belligerent 21-ball 35 as his team Toronto Nationals registered a thrilling win against Edmonton Royals in their second match of Global T20 CanadaRead More

GWANGJU (S Korea) Australia set a world record of 7 minutes, 41.50 seconds en route to winning the gold medal in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay at the World Championships today. The quartet of Ariarne Titmus, Madison Wilson, Brianna Throssell and Emma McKeon knocked 0.58 seconds off the previous markRead More

New Delhi The upcoming World Test Championship will feature jersey numbers behind the white shirts for the first time but there are two numbers that the Indian team is unlikely to use during the Test series against the West Indies in Antigua starting August 22. Sachin Tendulkar’s famous jersey No.Read More

Cuttack Hosts India made a bright start to their campaign at the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, topping their groups to qualify for the Super Eight stage in both the men’s and women’s team events here today. The domination of Indian paddlers was such that they lost just two gamesRead More

London John Courtneidge, 68, a PhD in chemistry, a Quaker and a pacifist and a thinker, has never seen Roger Federer in action, even on television — he doesn’t own one, in fact. From the perspective of tennis-crazies, that’s a wasted life, then. But then, there’s more to life thanRead More

Kuala Lumpur The Indian football team was on Wednesday handed a comparatively easy draw for the 2022 World Cup second round Asian qualifiers, being clubbed with Qatar, Oman, Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Group E. The 40 Asian countries were divided into eight groups of five teams each in the drawRead More

New Delhi Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has named his favourite XI of cricketers who played in the just concluded edition of the World Cup. Tendulkar’s XI, led by Kane Williamson, includes five Indians—Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah. However, he did not include wicketkeeper-batsmanRead More

London Popular Czech Barbora Strycova gained rich consolation for her loss in the women’s singles semi-finals, partnering Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei to land the women’s doubles title at Wimbledon. The 33-year-old Strycova, who lost to Serena Williams in the singles, secured her first Grand Slam title in her long career asRead More

AT THE WORLD CUP London England beat New Zealand in a thriller here today to win the World Cup for the first time, taking the trophy after the two teams were tied after 50 overs and the Super Over. England and New Zealand scored 241 runs each in the regulationRead More