Alves added to Brazil Copa America squad
Rio de Janeiro, June 11 (IANS) Barcelona's Dani Alves has replaced injured Real Madrid full-back Danilo in Brazil's Copa America squad, the country's football...
Firmino earns Brazil 1-0 victory over Honduras
Porto Alegre, June 11 (IANS) A first-half strike from Roberto Firmino earned Brazil a 1-0 victory over Honduras in an international football friendly here.
Firmino...
IOC head visits Beijing’s Olympic bidding exhibition
Laussane, June 11 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has visited Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics bidding exhibition here.
Beijing's presentation room at Lausanne's...
US upset Germany 2-1 in friendly
Cologne, June 11 (IANS) Juergen Klinsmann-coached US upset reigning world champions Germany with a 2-1 comeback win, thanks to a late decider by Bobby...
Paes-Nestor knocked out of Topshelf Open
Den Bosch (Netherlands), June 11 (IANS) Indo-Canadian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor were knocked out of the Topshelf Open as they...
Rain delays start of second day’s play
Fatullah (Bangladesh), June 11 (IANS) Rain delayed the start of the second day's play of the lone Test between India and Bangladesh at the...
Hannover sign Freiburg’ s defender Oliver Sorg
Berlin, June 11 (IANS) Defender Oliver Sorg has moved from Freiburg to Hannover, the Bundesliga club said.
After six years with Freiburg, Oliver Sorg joined...
Rio Olympics will be better than London 2012: Rousseff
Brussels, June 11 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has told British Prime Minister David Cameron that the Rio 2016 Olympics will be better than...
World Cup 2026 bidding process delayed by FIFA
Zurich, June 10 (IANS) Crisis-hit FIFA has postponed the bidding process to host the 2026 World Cup football tournament.
Embroiled in a corruption scandal that...
India vs Bangladesh Test: Day 1 scoreboard
Fatullah (Bangladesh), June 10 (IANS) The following is the scoreboard at the end of Day 1 of the Test between India and Bangladesh being...