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Raheem Sterling's first two goals for Chelsea steered the 10-man Blues to a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Leicester City as Thomas Tuchel's side survived the early dismissal of Conor Gallagher in the Premier League on Saturday.Two yellow…

Liverpool earned their first win of the season in stunning fashion after equalling the record for the biggest ever Premier League victory with a 9-0 thrashing of promoted Bournemouth at Anfield on Saturday.Two goals inside the opening six…

Shanmugham Venkatesh said the India under-20 men's team was confident that FIFA’s suspension would end before the Asian qualifiers in Iraq next month. “Like everyone connected with football, we were a little disturbed but our training was…

With FIFA lifting its ban on AIFF, Indian football legend Bhaichung Bhutia welcomed the decision and called it 'wonderful news'. FIFA had suspended AIFF on August 15 citing 'undue influence from third parties' and also stated that the…

Cristiano Ronaldo has been in the headlines for the wrong reasons lately. The star striker began the ongoing Premier League season with a desire to leave Manchester United and also was dropped from the playing XI against Liverpool after…

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty signed off with a maiden bronze medal in the men's doubles competition of the World Championships after going down narrowly to Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the semifinals on Friday.…

BWF World Championship 2022 Men's Doubles Live: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty scripted history on Friday by becoming the first Indian pair to reach the semi-finals of the men's doubles event at the BWF World Championships. The…

At the post-match interaction with the media, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were asked multiple questions about creating Indian badminton history by reaching the men’s doubles semi-finals of the World Championships. In each…

Ahead of a highly-anticipated All India Football Federation (AIFF) elections, former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who is running for the president’s post, made a strong pitch to state associations to keep football ‘free from politics’…

FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension that it had imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) earlier this month due to undue third-party influence, Football global governing governing body said in a statement on Friday. It also…

Manchester United will start another season in the Europa League in a group with Real Sociedad, Sheriff and Omonoia after the draw was made Friday.Man United, which won the Europa League in 2017 and was the beaten finalist two years ago,…

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Friday scripted history by becoming the first Indian pair to win a medal in men's doubles competition at the World Championships after upsetting world number 2 Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of…

Heavyweights East Bengal were held to a goal-less draw by Rajasthan United in a fast-paced Durand Cup match at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan (KBK) in Kolkata on Thursday. East Bengal had more chances in the Group B game and also more…

The UEFA Champions League (UCL) draws are out and defending champions Real Madrid are placed in Group F. RB Lepzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Celtic are the other three teams pooled in the same group. Meanwhile, Premier League winners…

The moment Lakshya Sen’s shot to the back went long, HS Prannoy dropped his racquet, lifted his hands and screamed in celebration. The 30-year-old had reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships for only the second time in his…

Bhaichung Bhutia is not used to being the underdog in an Indian football setting. But the former India captain and the first with over 100 internationals could be in the battle for the president’s post of the All India Football Federation…

The Champions League draw for the 2022-23 season will take place on Thursday, August 25 in Istanbul. The 32 teams from 15 different countries go into groups of four playing home-and-away round-robin games. Teams from the same country…

Indian football legend Bhaichung Bhutia on Thursday filed a fresh nomination for the post of president ahead of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) elections that are scheduled to be held on September 2. The 45-year-old former India…

The Durand Organising Committee on Thursday said it has taken serious cognisance of the incident related to racism against a Bengaluru FC player during the team's game against Indian Air Force. BFC alleged that one of their players was…

Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal was knocked out of the World Championship after going down to Busanan Ongbamrungphan in a hard-fought women's singles pre-quarterfinals here on Thursday.The 32-year-old went down 17-21 21-16 13-21 to…

On a big night for Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag, his decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo and club captain Harry Maguire paid dividends as their high tempo blitzed Liverpool for the opening 30 minutes. A 2-1 win with composed…

The Indian men's doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun moved to the quarterfinals with a come-from-behind victory over Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean at the World Championships here on Thursday.The unseeded Indian duo had to toil hard…

As the shuttle flew over Kento Momota’s head to land at the back of the court, pin-drop silence enveloped the packed Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Out there to witness the home hero breeze past his opponent and proceed towards a third…

NEROCA FC was held to a goalless draw by the Army Red Football Team (ARFT) in a Group C encounter of the 131st edition of the Durand Cupat the Khuman Lampak Stadium in in Imphal on Wednesday. NEROCA, who had won their first game against…

Three years after deciding to partner each other, the Indian men’s doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun defeated a top-10 combine for the first time—that too at the World Championships—when they ousted world No 8 Kim Astrup and…

Howard Webb is leaving his job as head of refereeing in Major League Soccer to take up a similar role in the English Premier League with the aim of improving the general standard of officiating and providing better insight into the calls…

Over the years, the Indian government and activists who petition courts to “clean up” sports administration have insisted that roping in ‘eminent sportspersons’ into national bodies is a panacea for all ills, an “elixir of life” on every…

Two years ago, Angel Di Maria's wife Jorgelina Cardoso had slammed Manchester while describing her life in England. Jorgelina moved to Manchester when her husband spent a single disastrous season with Manchester United (2014-15). Speaking…

Young Indian badminton ace Lakshya Sen sailed into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals with a straight game win over Spain's Luis Penalver in the BWF World Championships here on Wednesday. However, last edition's silver medallist Kidambi…

The Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Reddy N. Sikki crashed out of the ongoing BWF World Championships 2022 after losing in their second-round match in the women's doubles category against China's Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan on…