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Manchester, Oct 10: Indian boxer Vijender Singh is all set to face Sonny Whiting in his professional debut at Manchester Arena, UK on Saturday. Vijender, who has been training hard under Lee Beard from more than last one month, is confident of a winning start in the four round bout. Reflecting his views on his upcoming bout, Vijender said, "I am totally focused and waiting for the moment to enter

Santiago, Oct 10: Argentina and Brazil both lost their opening World Cup qualifiers on Thursday. Argentina, who were missing injured Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, were surprisingly beaten 2-0 at home by Ecuador, a side 30 places behind them in the FIFA rankings. “It’s no use just looking at the score,” Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano said after the match. “We were never superior to them.”

Mexico City, Oct 9: Jamaican Usain Bolt, the fastest man on Earth, seeks to win once again at Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games and become "a legend", he said. Bolt, the world and Olympic multi-champion, said this at a press conference on Wednesday night during his visit to Mexico City for a commercial campaign, Xinhua news agency reported. "Defending my Olympic title motivates me. I do not know

New Delhi, Oct 9: Delhi Dynamos shrugged off the disappointment of their opening round defeat as they beat Chennaiyin FC by a solitary goal to record their first win in a closely contested match of the second season of Indian Super League football tournament. Brazilian Anderson Sebastio Cardoso's goal from the spot in the 8th minute turned out to be the matchwinner as Delhi took full three points

Zurich, Oct 8: FIFA president Sepp Blatter faces an imminent 90 day suspension from football if the governing body's ethics judge backs a prosecutor's recommendation, a close friend and former advisor to Blatter told Reuters on Wednesday. Blatter's long-term confidant Klaus Stoehlker said the decision by judge Hans-Joachim Eckert on the provisional suspension was expected by Friday. "There is no

Beijing, Oct 8: The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis earned a hard-fought victory to move into the women's doubles quarterfinals of the China Open, being played on the hard courts of the Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center here on Wednesday. The top seeds took an hour and 17 minutes to edge past experienced Italian pair of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 6-4, 10-6

Kochi, Oct 7: Kerala Blasters FC got their campaign off to a rollicking start, recording a convincing 3-1 win over NorthEast United FC in their Indian Super League (ISL) match in Kochi on Tuesday. After a goal-less first half, Kerala Blasters, with their superstar co-owner Sachin Tendulkar cheering them from the stands, opened the scoring in the 49th minute through Josu at the Jawaharlal Nehru

Nelson, Oct 7: The experience gained by winning two practice matches against New Zealand A did not help the Indian hockey team as the visitors lost the opener of the four-match bilateral Test series 0-2 to the Black Sticks here on Tuesday. India had beaten New Zealand A 3-1 and 2-1 in the two practice games in Auckland on October 2 and 3 but that did not help the Asian team as the Sardar Singh-led

Margao, Oct 6: Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos, now managing Delhi Dynamos, has expressed his displeasure over the behaviour of Stephen Constantine, saying he 'didn't like the way' the Indian national football team coach spoke to him. The World Cup and Champions League winning coach was not happy with the fact that Constantine did not pay heed to the franchise' request of playing the likes of

London, Oct 5: Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has questioned his team’s will to win after their shock 0-3 thrashing in an English Premier league (EPL) clash at the hands of Arsenal. Arsenal left United shell shocked by scoring thrice in a 19-minute blitzkrieg in the early stages of the game at the Emirates Stadium here on Sunday which left van Gaal disgusted by the lack of aggression