Paris, October 1 : Russia and China were banned from international weightlifting, ruling them out of the world championships, after reanalysed drugs tests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics returned at least three positive results each. In all, nine nations were suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for a year with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, […]
Gurugram : India’s FIFA U-17 World Cup team coach Luis Norton de Matos today refused to predict his side’s chances in the upcoming tournament, saying that instead of thinking about the results the country should take it as “a first step for the future”. India are drawn in a tough Group A along with former […]
Amiens (France), October 1 : Twenty-nine fans were hurt, five of them seriously, when a barrier collapsed at a stadium in the northern French city of Amiens as away supporters celebrated their opening goal. A fence separating Lille fans from the pitch gave way as they surged forward to celebrate the goal against Amiens, a […]
New Delhi : Anwar Ali and Prabsukhan Singh Gill have many things in common. Both hail from Punjab and are part of India’s Under-17 football World Cup squad. The two honed their skills at the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) regional academy in Goa during their days as U-14 footballers. Both belong to families with […]