New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Reliance Foundation Youth Sports – the campus sports initiative recently launched by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Delhi - has witnessed a rush of school and college institutes enrolling for the inaugural year of school & college football competitions starting on Aug 28.
FC Goa confirms signing of Mandar Rao Dessai, Fernandez, Kattimani
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IBNS): Soccer club FC GOA on Wednesday confirmed a trio of signings with the club tying up deals for Romeo Fernandes, Mandar Rao Dessai and Laxmikanth Kattimani.
Australia hands over number-one ranking to India
Dubai, Aug 17 (IBNS): Australia has conceded its number-one ranking to India after Sri Lanka made a clean sweep of the three-Test series in Colombo on Wednesday.
Pakistan eye Ireland and England series for automatic World Cup qualification
Dubai, Aug 17 (IBNS): After featuring in one of the most thrilling and competitive Test series in recent times, Pakistan shifts its focus to white ball cricket when it plays Ireland in Dublin on Aug 18 and 20, and then England in a five-ODI series from Aug 24 to Sept 4.
Rio: Fiery Sindhu storms past Chinese opponent to enter semis
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IBNS): Keeping alive India's hope for a medal in Rio, Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu inched closer to a podium finish after she stunned Wang Yihan of China in straight sets.
Rio: Bolt qualifies for 200m semi-finals
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Jamaican athlete Usain Bolton Tuesday qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals of the ongoing Rio Olympics.
Clean chit given to wrestler Narsingh Yadav appealed
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IBNS): The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed against the clean chit given to Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav.
Online ticket sales begin for India vs West Indies T20Is in the U.S.A.
Florida, Aug 16 (IBNS): The tickets of the two T20 International matches between India and the West Indies in the US have gone on sale.
PM Narendra Modi greets political bugbear Kejriwal on his birthday
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Keeping aside the regular conflicts and exchange of barbs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his birthday.
Dipa Karmakar India's pride, says Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Heaping praise on Indian Olympian Dipa Karmakar, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj referred to her as India's pride.
Rio: PV Sindhu, K Srikanth reach quater-finals
Rio, Aug 16 (IBNS): Keeping alive hopes for India to clinch medals, Indian shuttlers PV Sindu and K Srikanth reached the quater-finals of the Rio Olympics.
Virat Kohli praises Olympics gold medal winner Usain Bolt
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IBNS): Indian Test captain Virat Kohli appreciated and congratulated Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt after he clinched another gold medal in the Rio Olympics.
Rio: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth reaches quater-finals
Rio, Aug 15 (IBNS): Rising a new hope for a medal, Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Monday moved to the quarter-finals of the men's singles event of the Rio Olympics here.
German striker Lukas Podolski retires from international football
Berlin,Aug 15 (IBNS): German footballer Lukas Podolski has retired from international football.
Younus returns to the top five
Dubai, Aug 15 (IBNS): Pakistan’s Younus Khan has returned to the top five of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen after belting his sixth career double-century which helped his side to record an impressive 10-wicket victory over England in the fourth and final Test of the series at The Oval.