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Manchester, Oct 1: Manager Louis van Gaal has said Manchester United have a "realistic" chance of winning the Champions League and the Premier League by the time his contract expires in 2017. Van Gaal has won league titles with every club he has managed and also lifted the Champions League with Dutch club Ajax in 1995 and finished runner-up with Bayern Munich in 2010. "It is realistic to expect us

New Delhi, Sep 30: Ace Indian boxer Mary Kom has finally decided to hang up her boots post the Rio Olympics 2016. According to a media report, the 32-year-old boxer said it was the right time to quit boxing although winning a gold medal at Olympics remains her dream. "I have achieved so much (in boxing) with God's grace. But my hunger for an Olympic gold medal remains. However, I have made up my

Paris, Sep 30: Arsenal and Chelsea had a Champion League night to forget on Tuesday as a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick helped Bayern Munich crush Dinamo Zagreb. Champions Barcelona, missing injured icon Lionel Messi, followed up their opening Group E draw at Roma with a stirring come-from-behind 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen. The Germans appeared to have the three points in the bag after Kyriakos

Mumbai, Sep 29: Ishfaq Ahmed's role at Kerala Blasters will not be limited only to the playing but it is going to double up this season of the Indian Super League (ISL) as he is the assistant coach to Peter Taylor. Kerala Blasters finished runners-up last time around and Ishfaq believes they have every chance of lifting the trophy this time around after being unlucky in the finals against Atletico

New Delhi, Sep 28: Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra clinched the gold, while London Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang failed to finish on the podium, in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships here today. The 32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle event, shot 208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan’s world number eight Yurkov

Adelaide, Sep 27: India’s most successful cueist Pankaj Advani added another feather to his cap by winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship, by outplaying his opponent in the final to take his world title count to 14. Advani, 30, left the spectators spellbound with his prolific play and indisputable mastery over the 3-ball game, demolishing Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist by 1168 points. On

Zurich, Sep 26: The FIFA scandal on Friday engulfed Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the two most powerful figures in world football, with Swiss prosecutors investigating whether a two million dollar payment from Blatter to the French legend was illegal. Swiss investigators opened criminal proceedings against FIFA president Blatter and searched his office as they also quizzed UEFA counterpart

Mumbai, Sep 25: Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom on Friday broke down and accused the Indian selectors of regional bias during boxing selection and trails. “Sometimes I feel very upset. Some of the referees and judges do not favour me but I don’t mind. Okay I am from north-east, no problem, but I am still an Indian,” Mary Kom told reporters in Mumbai. The 32-year-old boxer alleged that Haryana

Lausanne, Sep 24: Hosts India will play Argentina in the opening match of the Hockey World League Final (HWL)to be held in Raipur from November 27 to December 6 this year. According to the schedule of the tournament, which was confirmed by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday, besides the Pool B match between India and Argentina, the opening day will also witness the high-profile

Bengaluru, Sep 23: Zayn Khan was today unanimously elected as the new president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India at the council meeting here. Khan was elected to replace R Bharath Raj, who passed away while serving as president on August 15. The meeting was chaired by FMSCI Chairman Vijay Mallya and was attended by all councillors. Khan is a resident of Hyderabad and represents the