Sydney : Trevor Hohns was appointed the interin chairman of selectors, Cricket Australia announced on Thursday. The decision followed after Rod Marsh opted to stand down as full-time chairman after Australia’s series loss against South Africa. Greg Chappell also joined the panel on interim basis, relinquishing his role as National Talent Manager. Hohns, who was […]
Havana : Former Real Madrid Football Club star Emilio Butragueno joined dozens of Cuban boys and girls on the training ground here to talk about leadership, respect, discipline and team work. Butragueno, now an executive with the club, travelled to Cuba on Wednesday for Campus Experience, a five-day course for around 100 budding footballers sponsored […]
Barcelona : FC Barcelona on Wednesday named Japanese electronics, commerce and internet company Rakuten as the Spanish football club’s main sponsor for the four-year period from July 2017 to June 2021. The sponsorship deal is reported in the Spanish press to be worth slightly under 60 million euros ($66 million) a year, although that could […]
BADAL : Displaying better stamina and skills, hosts India took their appointed place in the men’s final for the sixth time after beating United States of America by 57-40 in the semi-final of the Dr BR Ambedkar 6th World Cup Kabaddi 2016 at the Sports Stadium here. USA, however, have the consolation of making it […]
London : England top order batsman Joe Root notched up his first hundred in Asia and third against India at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot on day one of first Test. His hundred helped the visitors to recover from early setback. England captain Alastair Cook winning the toss elected to bat first. In the first […]