Zurich, Aug 7: Argentina maintained its No.1 position in the FIFA world rankings published on Thursday at Zurich. The rankings (July position in parentheses): 1. Argentina (1) 2. Belgium (3) 3. Germany (2) 4. Colombia (4) 5. Brazil (6) 6. Portugal (7) 7. Romania (8) 8. England (9) 9. Wales (10) 10. Chile (11) 11. Spain (12) 12. Netherlands (5) 13. Croatia (14) 14. Slovakia (15) (tie). Austria (15)
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New Delhi, Aug 6: The 275-member strong Indian contingent made the country proud by pocketing 173 medals at the Special Olympic World Summer Games 2015 in Los Angeles. The athletes, who competed under the banner of Special Olympics Bharat, bagged 47 gold medals, 54 silver and 72 bronze pieces 14 disciplines during the nine-day event that ended August 2. The country was most successful in athletics
Kazan, Aug 6: Katie Ledecky claimed her third world championships gold on Wednesday to leave her poised to make history while Adam Peaty`s breaststroke double capped an outstanding night for Britain in Kazan. Ledecky underlined her status as the stand-out performer in the Kazan pool by claiming victory in the 200m freestyle final just 24 hours after breaking the world record for the second time in
Haryana, Aug 5: Asian Games and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Bajrang Kumar on Tuesday qualified for the 2015 World Wrestling Championship to be held in Las Vegas in the United States from September 7-12 in the 61 kilogram free style category, while 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Babita Kumari also booked her berth for the championships. The final trial for the category was conducted
Madrid, Aug 5: Spanish football club Real Madrid's star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has managed to trick local people here in the town centre by disguising himself as a tramp. In a Youtube video released on Tuesday Ronaldo can be seen in fake beard, hair and fat suit as he took to the streets with a football and a dog, reports the telegraph.co.uk. In the busy Plaza de Callao in downtown Madrid, the
Le Touquet (France), Aug 4: Playing an aggressive game, the Indian hockey team defeated France 2-0 in the first of two matches here. Chinglensana Singh and S.V. Sunil helped India dominate and kept the European team under pressure. France came back strongly after the third quarter but failed to breach the Indian defence line on Monday. At the start, both teams attacked aggressively on each other's
Kazan, Aug 4: Hungary's Katinka Hosszu underlined her status as the leading all-round swimmer with a world record in the women's 200 metres individual medley at the World Championships on Monday. On a day when two other world records fell -- to Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom in the 100 metres butterfly final and American Katie Ledecky in the 1,500m freestyle heats -- 2014 Swimmer of the Year Hosszu
Bengaluru, Aug 3: Saina Nehwal might be still recovering from a shoulder pain but coach Vimal Kumar is confident of her performance at the World Championships as he feels the Indian ace is "mentally tougher" than other girls who are "unpredictable". "Her (Saina) rivals are good players and very unpredictable, but Saina is mentally tougher than them. She also doing physically well. These factors
Paris/France, Aug 2: Athletics faced a fresh doping scandal Saturday when leaked results from 12,000 blood tests taken from 5,000 competitors allegedly demonstrated instances of cheating and "a shameful betrayal" of clean athletes. German broadcaster ARD as well as Britain's Sunday Times say they passed on their information to leading blood doping experts who concluded that track and field is in
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2: Athletes, coaches and organisers at a major test event for next year's Olympic Games shrugged off a simmering dispute over safety at watersports venues by diving into the controversial waters off Copacabana Beach on Saturday. The first day of the triathlon world championship event saw para-athletes swim in the Atlantic waters and bike and run in the streets nearby. "I'm not