London, July 7 : Turkey captain Arda Turan has been signed by Barcelona from Atletico Madrid for an initial fee of 24 million pounds.The La Liga champions, however, have insisted that the deal for the midfielder could reach 29 million pounds with potential add-ons, the BBC reports.However, with Barcelona facing ban in which they are […]
London, July 7 : Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the Chilean who led the inspection teams for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, has been banned for seven years by FIFA’s ethics committee.In a statement issued on Monday, FIFA said Mayne-Nicholls, formerly head of the Chilean Football Federation, would not be able to take part in ‘any kind […]
Johannesburg, July 7: The uncapped duo of Milinda Siriwardene and Sachithra Pathirana has been included in Sri Lanka’s squad for the upcoming five-match one-day international series against Pakistan beginning in Dambulla on July 11.Veteran spinner Rangana Herath has not been given a place in the squad to be led by Angelo Mathews, Sport24 reported.Both Siriwardana […]
London, 7 July : Sakari Momoi, who held the title for world’s oldest man, has died in Tokyo, Japan. He was 112. The Japanese supercentenarian, who received recognition by Guinness World Records in last August, was a former high school principal, passed away due to kidney failure in a care facility on Sunday, the BBC […]
Washington, Jul 7: Thrashing the foreign policy of the Obama Administration, Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has sought steps by the US to take the mantel of global leadership, saying even non-aligned nations like India and Vietnam are desperate and hungry for American leadership. ”We would work not only with our allies, like Japan and […]