TT umpire Sridhar to officiate at Rio Olympics
Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Table tennis umpire S. Sridhar was on Wednesday selected to represent India at the 2016 Rio Olympics in August.
He had...
Bellucci loses in Rio Open first round
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 17 (IANS) Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci squandered a lead to lose to Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in the first round of the...
Corinthians, Atletico Mineiro register Copa Libertadores squads
Rio De Janeiro, Feb 17 (IANS) Atletico Mineiro and Corinthians have registered their 30-man squads ahead of their 2016 Copa Libertadores campaigns, the South...
Petrobras brings Brazil’s largest undersea gas pipeline online
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) State-controlled oil giant Petrobras said on Tuesday it brought a new offshore platform with the capacity to produce...
Kick-off time of Spanish football matches to be changed next season
Madrid, Feb 16 (IANS) Domestic matches of Spanish football could see some big changes in the 2016-17 season, Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) president...
India to play warm-up matches against Windies, Proteas ahead of World T20
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) India are scheduled to play two warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa in Kolkata and Mumbai respectively as...
Blame Man United players, not coach van Gaal for poor form: Rooney
Manchester, Feb 16 (IANS) English football giants Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney insists that it is the players who should be blamed for the...
India-Pakistan World T20 game at HPCA will be high-scoring: Curator
Dharamsala, Feb 16 (IANS) The much-awaited World Twenty20 match between arch rivals India and Pakistan at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium...
Infantino not to meet FIFA presidential candidates before election
Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS) FIFA presidential candidate Gianni Infantino has no plans to hold a meeting with his opponents in the prestigious contest before...
Kenya to vote for CAF choice Salman in FIFA polls
Nairobi, Feb 16 (IANS) Kenya will vote for Bahraini Sheikh Salman during next week's elections to the world football governing body FIFA.
Kenyan football president...
