Cricket emerges as highest participation sport in Australia
Sydney, Aug 4 (IANS) A record 1.2 million Australians participated in cricket in the 2014-15 season making it the country's highest participation sport, according...
‘Caribbean football can rebound despite FIFA scandal’
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Aug 4 (IANS) Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick believes the region can rebound from the latest scandal that...
Three world records smashed at World aquatics
Kazan (Russia), Aug 4 (IANS) China pocketed a bronze at the World Aquatics Championships as three world records were smashed here.
Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom defended...
Lyon sign Rafael from Man-U
Lyon, Aug 4 (IANS) Seven-time Ligue 1 champions Lyon has announced that the French football club has signed Brazilian right back Rafael from Manchester...
Brazil expects Olympics to stimulate sports population
Brasilia, Aug 4 (IANS) Brazil Sports Minister George Hilton hopes the 2016 Rio Olympics could encourage more Brazilians to participate in sports as a...
Barcelona, Roma chase Brazil’s Gerson
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 4 (IANS) Top European football clubs Barcelona and AC Milan are locked in a battle to sign Fluminense star Gerson,...
Two Special Olympics athletes found after disappearing
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (IANS) Two missing Special Olympics athletes, Sihon Ange Ismael Kone, 15, and Andi Gusmari, 44, were found miles away from...
Indian hockey team beats France 2-0
Le Touquet (France), Aug 4 (IANS) Playing an aggressive game, the Indian hockey team defeated France 2-0 in the first of two matches here.
Chinglensana...
Messi to play in friendly match against Mexico
Mexico City, Aug 4 (IANS) Argentine star Lionel Messi will play the friendly match against Mexico, media reported.
Messi, the forward in Spain's Barcelona, has...
Am a girl first, then a sportswoman: Sania
Mumbai, (IANS) Few sportspersons are associated with glamour and fashion but tennis star Sania Mirza, who walked the ramp at the India International Jewellery...
