Football icon Pele to be discharged from hospital today

Sao Paulo, May 9: Brazilian football legend Pele will leave hospital today after recovering well from prostate surgery, doctors said, following his latest health scare. The 74-year-old underwent surgery Tuesday at Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, the same facility that treated him last year for a severe urinary tract infection. “His release is scheduled […]

chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming miffed by missed chances

Chennai, May 9: Disappointed with the six-wicket loss to Mumbai Indian here, Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said his team paid the price for not grabbing its chances. ”Catches going down put us off the phase. We were hanging in and creating chances but in the end lost our way,” Fleming said in the […]

Two killed, 27 kidnapped from cricket match in Afghanistan

Kabu l: At least two people were killed and six others injured when armed assailants attacked a cricket match venue in south-eastern Afghanistan, an official told Efe news agency on Friday. Twenty-seven spectators, mostly minors, were kidnapped by the assailants, the official said.The assailants, believed to be insurgents, opened fire at a sports ground in […]

Four SAI athletes attempt suicide, one dies following alleged harassment

Alapuzha (Ker), May 7 A 15-year-old sportsperson died and three others, all undergoing training at Water Sports Centre of Sports Authority of India here have been hospitalised, after they ate a poisonous fruit in an apparent suicide pact following alleged harassment by seniors. The girls are suspected to have consumed the fruit, locally called ‘Othalanga’, […]