Kuala Lumpur: India’s top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting in their respective women’s and men’s singles semifinals to draw the curtains on the team’s campaign at the USD 700,000 Malaysia Open Super World Tour 750 tournament. First, Srikanth failed to match the overall superior game of former world no 2 Japanese […]
Continue ReadingShared News | Vyasa Shastry Jun 29, 2018 12:16:58 IST In a game that had the look and feel of a friendly match, Belgium edged out England courtesy an Adnan Januzaj goal in what was effectively a Belgium ‘B’ versus England ‘B’ fixture in Kaliningrad. Both teams rang in changes in a low-stakes match given […]
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Roberto Martinez says Belgium fully focused on Monday’s meeting with Japan in Rostov-on-Don (AP Photo) Belgium coach Roberto Martinez believes his side is well equipped to face any team as they eye their maiden World Cup glory. Belgium registered a narrow 1-0 win over England to top Group G and set up a last-16 meeting […]
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Japan finished second in Group H behind Colombia (Reuters Photo) Japan became the first team to qualify for the round of 16 of the World Cup with the help of ‘Fair Play’ regulations on Thursday. The Asian side trumped Senegal, who also had four points from three games in Group H, because of one yellow […]
Continue ReadingShared News | Jun 26, 2018, 08:16 IST SARANSK (Russia): Iran coach Carlos Queiroz said Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was fortunate to escape a red card despite a VAR review following an elbow in Monday’s 1-1 draw at the World Cup. Portugal will face Uruguay in the last 16 after advancing as runners-up of Group […]
Continue ReadingEngland 6-1 Panama >> Living up to the standard set by Saturday’s seven-goal Belgium-Tunisia game, England on Sunday scored six goals against Panama’s one. Southgate’s men are now through to the knockout stage while Panama is out for good. >> Harry Kane scored a hat-trick, putting him on the top of the list of the […]
Continue ReadingShared News For Tite and Brazil, this match was the biggest indicator of their progress through the next stage of the tournament. If Brazil had lost the match, their chances of qualifying would go down the same road as their South American counter-parts Argentina. Luckily that was not the case for the Thiago Silva led […]
Continue ReadingShared News | June 23, 2018, 8:01 AM IST A battered and bruised Neymar will aim to get Brazil’s World Cup campaign back on track here on Friday as the pre-tournament favourites seek to re-assert their title credentials with victory over Costa Rica. Neymar was given a rough ride in Brazil’s disappointing 1-1 draw with […]
Continue ReadingShared News Updated Date: Jun 20, 2018 14:28 PM Monaco: Monaco have payed Lyon a sensational 20 million euros (£17.5mln, $23.6mln) for 16-year-old striker Willem Geubbels, the latest starlet to be described as the future of French football. Geubbels made two appearances in the French top flight last season and was the first player […]
Continue ReadingShared News Updated Date: Jun 20, 2018 15:31 PM Kabaddi in India has not been the same since the advent of the franchise-based Pro Kabaddi League in 2014. The league took the sport to hitherto unexplored territories and there is now an unprecedented buzz to every international kabaddi tournament. It will be no different when […]
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