Chotiaan (Sangrur) : An old gout-ridden woman limps towards a wooden cot; a stone-faced septuagenarian gazes at the ground; there’s an untended chullah; three dark, empty rooms; there are “bhog pictures”, and there is a deafening silence. No one cries in this house, but no one really speaks too. Gurjeet Singh’s family is not given […]
Johannesburg : The FIFA Emergency Committee has sacked Jerome Valcke from the post of Secretary General of the world’s football governing body. Confirming the news, FIFA said that their Emergency Committee had decided to dismiss Valcke with immediate effect, terminating his employment relation, Sport24 reported. The 55-year-old was earlier handed a provisional suspension from football-related […]
Johannesburg : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lifted its one-match ban on Umar Akmal, thereby, making him eligible to play in the T20 series against New Zealand, starting from Friday.The middle order batsman had earlier appealed to the cricket board against the suspension.The 25-year-old was slapped with a one-match suspension for violating the dress […]
Dubai : Ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016 in Bangladesh, Indian all-rounder Virat Kohli has recalled how his participation in the tournament has helped him grow as cricketer.Kohli, who led India to victory in the 2008 edition in Malaysia, was also a member of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s teams that won the ICC […]
London : Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes believes that Louis Van Gaal-led side can make it to the top four in the Premier League, but ruled out their possibility to claim this season’s title.”Is it a team that can go on to win the league? I don’t think so. Top four? That’s a definite […]