Johannesburg : IAAF chief Sebastian Coe has hit back at Nestle’s move to terminate its sponsorship with the scandal-hit world athletics body, saying that he is not ready to accept the decision.Nestle spokeswoman Lydia Meziani confirmed the news, saying they had decided to terminate its sponsorship with the IAAF Kids Athletics programme a year early […]
New Delhi : Indian tennis ace Somdev Devvarman has been granted a financial assistance of Rs 35 lakh by the Sports ministry to meet the expenses on training, travel, accommodation during this season.”The ‘in-principle’ approval of the Competent Authority for financial assistance of Rs. 35 lakh from National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) has been granted […]
Madrid : Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind an underperforming Cristiano Ronaldo, labelling the star striker as the best player in the world. The French manager dismissed suggestions that Ronaldo has now past his best and couldn’t compete with Lionel Messi, insisting that the rivalry between the duo was good for […]
Johannesburg : South African skipper AB de Villiers has praised his side’s attitude and hunger that led to their seven-wicket victory in the third ODI of the five-match series against England at SuperSport Park in Centurion, Pretoria. Jubilant with the result, the 31-year-old insisted that it was a good solid performance by the team as […]
Melbourne : Australian pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood believes that his side will try to expose star batsman Martin Guptill’s vulnerabilities in the two-match Test series against New Zealand, which starts on Friday at Wellington.Hazlewood, who dismissed Guptill three times during the home series in November, said that Australia got the better of the big-hitting opener […]