Five years since Neymar put a tumultuous end to his career at Barcelona, Brazil forward will be tried in Spain to determine whether he and others committed fraud when he joined the Catalan club from Santos back in 2013. In a trial starting Monday in Barcelona, Neymar, his father, and the former leaderships of both … Read more
Here are all the major developments in Indian sports on Sunday, October 16. GOLF Bhullar grabs one-shot lead in Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational Gaganjeet Bhullar shot a solid four-under 68 to lead by one shot after the penultimate round of the Rs 1.5 crore Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational in Chandigarh on Sunday. Bhullar has a … Read more
After being denied the opportunity to be the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) president for a second term, former India captain Sourav Ganguly has thrown his hat in the ring for the Cricket Association of Bengal polls. In a text message to The Indian Express, Ganguly confirmed that he would be contesting … Read more
Leicester City’s poor start to the Premier League season dragged on with a dour goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, although the point they earned moves them off the foot of the table for now. James Maddison had the best two chances at the King Power Stadium but failed to hit the … Read more
Tamil Nadu’s Rosy Meena Paulraj shattered the national record for women’s pole vault for the second time in 15 days when she cleared 4.21m to win the gold medal at the National Open athletics championships here on Saturday. Rosy, who turns 25 in a fortnight, lit up the opening day with another sensational performance, exactly … Read more
Here are all the major developments in Indian sports on Saturday, October 15. GOLF Aditi, Tvesa make cut in New York Indian golfers Aditi Ashok (T-37) and Tvesa Malik (T-44) made the cut comfortably at the Aramco Team Series – New York as the conditions improved on the second day of the tournament. Aditi carded … Read more
Spain will not send riot police to Qatar to help safeguard the upcoming soccer World Cup as had been requested by the Middle Eastern country, the Spanish interior ministry said on Friday. The ministry would not provide any further comment on the decision, and only confirmed an earlier report on Cadena Ser radio, which said … Read more
In a World Championship field that had seven of the eight shooters who were a part of the Tokyo Olympic Games final, India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil topped qualification and dropped a score of 633.9-57x. This is his first ever World Championship appearance. Joining Patil in the eight-man final will be India’s Kiran Ankush Jadhav who … Read more
Here are all the major developments in Indian sports on Thursday, October 13. SHOOTING Naamya, Vibhuti and Esha win World Championship team bronze in junior sports pistol The trio of Naamya Kapoor, Vibhuti Bhatia and Esha Singh won the Junior women sports pistol team bronze by outplaying Germany 17-1 in the World Championship in rifle … Read more
Amid the chatter around his imminent departure from the BCCI, board president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he “can’t be an administrator forever”. The former India captain is set to be replaced as board president by 1983 World Cup winning-team member Roger Binny in the apex body’s upcoming AGM (Annual general Meeting). “You can’t play … Read more
