Sports

Roseau, Jun 5: Adam Voges made the most of a belated Test debut with a polished, unbeaten 114 in lifting Australia to 280 for nine and a first innings lead of 132 runs over the West Indies at tea on the second day of the first Test in Dominica on Thursday. Voges, the oldest player ever to score a hundred in his first Test match, got invaluable support from the lower-order to give the visitors a

Jun 4: He has all eyes on him for his aggressive batting style, his relationship with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma and his mood swings on and off the field. Now, by replacing Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the Test Captain of India, the 26-year-old cricketer, Virat Kohli has added another feather to his cap. However, the new Test Captain has made it very clear that he is quite different from the

New York, Jun 4: Chuck Blazer admitted in court testimony released Wednesday he conspired with fellow FIFA executives to accept bribes during the process to choose hosts for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups. The bearded multimillionaire, the face of North American soccer for two decades, pleaded guilty to racketeering, part of a massive US corruption case targeting world football`s governing body

New Delhi, Jun 3: On Monday Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) welcomed prominent former Indian cricketers – Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman – in their newly-constituted advisory committee. But one former stalwart from the Fab four, which was missing from the list was 'The Wall', Rahul Dravid. It certainly raised few eyebrows as initially after the BCCI's Working Committee

Zurich, Jun 3: Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of Fifa in a stunning capitulation to critics as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football’s governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, Fifa president for 17 years and re-elected on Friday for a fifth term, calmly told a hastily arranged press conference that a special congress would be called as soon as possible to

New Delhi, Jun 2: Former India captain Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday retained as the Director of the Indian team for the upcoming series against Bangladesh. Shastri, who served as Team Director during the tour of Australia and the subsequent World Cup earlier this year, is a stop-gap arrangement for the short tour as the BCCI is yet to decide on a full-time coach to replace Duncan Fletcher, whose

New Delhi, Jun 2: Ex-India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin wants Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to promote Indian players who can be coaches. “Indian coaches are good. We have won matches with Indian coaches. We must promote our Indian players who can be coaches. The Board of Control for Cricket in India should look into it,” stated Azar, in a interview published in DNA on Monday. “There

New Delhi, Jun 1: In what has been described as the start of a new innings, former greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman on Monday joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur took to micro-blogging site twitter to announce the the induction of the three greats of Indian cricket, a move

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan clinched their maiden I-League title and their first domestic championship in 13 years after managing a 1-1 draw against defending champions Bengaluru FC at Kanteerva Stadium here today. Bello Rasaq scored the equaliser to give Bagan the much-needed point and pocket their fourth national title. The title also ended their five-year trophy drought

Johannesburg, Jun 1: The former president of the local organising committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan, admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied that it was a bribe. Jordaan's remarks, published on Sunday in the Sunday Independent, comes days after an FBI investigation accused top FIFA officials of receiving $10