Evacuated over 100 football family members from Afghanistan after complex negotiations: FIFA

Lausanne, Oct 15 (PTI) Football's world governing body FIFA on Friday said it has evacuated almost 100 members of the "football family", including women...

France wins Nations League with late goal from Mbappé

MILAN, 11 Oct: Kylian Mbappé scored late as world champion France came from behind to win the Nations League with a 2-1 victory over...

Dhoni is one of the great finishers of the game, says DC coach Ponting

Dubai, 11 Oct: Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting was awestruck by Mahendra Singh Dhoni's cool demeanour under pressure, describing the legendary Chennai Super...

Winners would have remained same without fans’ participation: FIH CEO on Indians sweeping hockey...

Lausanne, 11 Oct: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) will create a task force to work on its global awards selection process that caused "anger"...

IPL: Narine’s all-round brilliance helps KKR set-up Qualifier 2 date with Delhi Capitals

Sharjah, 11 Oct: Sunil Narine gave glimpses of his 'old mystery' with the ball and then topped it up with three monster sixes as...

Kenyans Kipruto, Kipyogei sweep in Boston Marathon return

BOSTON, 11 Oct: Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller,...

I hope to keep playing and scoring in foreseeable future: Chhetri after equalling Pele

New Delhi, 11 Oct: Indian talisman Sunil Chhetri says he hopes to continue playing and scoring goals for the country in the "foreseeable future",...

Return of the legends: Devendro, Suranjoy back in Indian boxing team, as coaches

New Delhi, 11 Oct: Commonwealth Games medal-winners M Suranjoy Singh and L Devendro Singh, whose stellar boxing careers were cut short by injuries, have...

India blank Netherlands 5-0 in Thomas Cup

Aarhus, 11 Oct: The Indian men's badminton team blanked lower-ranked Netherlands 5-0 in its opening Group C tie to make a winning start at...

F1: Bottas wins Turkish GP, Verstappen reclaims title lead

ISTANBUL , Oct 10 (AP) — Valtteri Bottas scored his first win of the season Sunday at the Turkish Grand Prix, a mixed day...

Sports minister Anurag Thakur says Hockey India can’t unilaterally pull out of Commonwealth Games

New Delhi, Oct 10 (PTI): Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday came hard on Hockey India for unilaterally deciding to pull out of next...

Brazil superstar Neymar says next year’s FIFA World Cup could be last of his...

Sao Paulo, Oct 10 (AFP): Brazil star Neymar says next year's World Cup in Qatar could be the last of his career. The comments by...

Italy beats Belgium 2-1 to finish 3rd in Nations League

TURIN, Italy , Oct 10 (AP) — European champion Italy bounced back from its first loss in more than three years to beat Belgium...

Top-seeds Medvedev, Pliskova roll to wins at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. , Oct 10 (AP) — Top seeds Daniil Medvedev and Karolina Pliskova rolled to straight-set victories at the BNP Paribas Open...

Gonzaga coach Mark Few to miss 3 games following DUI arrest

SPOKANE, Wash. , 9 Oct (AP) — Gonzaga coach Mark Few will miss two exhibition games and the first game of the regular season...

Turkish Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton fastest in qualifying but Valtteri Bottas takes pole

Istanbul, 9 Oct (AFP): Lewis Hamilton found a silver lining on Saturday, dominating qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix to minimise the damage from...

Indian women face Bahrain in international friendly on exposure tour

Manama, 9 Oct (PTI): The Indian women's team will take on Bahrain in the first of the two international friendly matches against the west...

World C’ship: Sarita stuns world champ before making semifinals along with Anshu

Oslo, 6 Oct: Seasoned Indian wrestler Sarita Mor shocked defending champion Linda Morais en route to the semifinals while Anshu Malik too advanced to...

India sweeps FIH annual awards; men’s Olympic champion Belgium says this is not normal

Lausanne, 6 Oct: India swept the International Hockey Federation's annual awards on Wednesday, claiming all the top honours based on a voting system which...

We will go all out in T20 series, need to win it at any...

Gold Coast, 6 Oct: Back into the side after missing the ODIs and one-off Test match Down Under, India's T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur on...