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  FIFA World Cup: Angel Di Maria ruled out of World Cup semifinals

  Football | July 07, 2014 11:51 IST

  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil :  Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria has been ruled out of the World Cup semifinal against the Netherlands with a thigh injury while striker Sergio Aguero has been declared fit to play

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  FIFA World Cup: Brazil asks FIFA to overturn Thiago Silva ban

  Football | July 07, 2014 10:06 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO :  FIFA says the Brazilian football confederation is trying to overturn captain Thiago Silva's ban for the World Cup semifinal against Germany.FIFA spokesman Delia Fischer says its disciplinary committee is "analyzing materials"

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  Shoaib's Career Comes To An Anti-Climactic End

  Cricket | March 31, 2011 16:18 IST

  Mohali, Mar 31: A career that began so promisingly 14 years ago with Shoaib Akhtar refusing to take off his first Pakistan kit for three days, ended with a dressing down on Wednesday when the

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  We Misread The Pitch, Admits Dhoni

  Cricket | March 31, 2011 7:57 IST

  Mohali, Mar 30 : A jubilant Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tonight hailed the role of his spinners in the 29-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the World Cup semi-clash and admitted that he had

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  Don't Get Distracted By Media Hype, Dhoni Tells Team India

  Cricket | March 29, 2011 13:37 IST

  Mohali, Mar 29 : All the members of the Indian team are fit for tomorrow's World Cup semi-final clash against Pakistan, according to captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who today strongly urged his teammates not to

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  Gilani Coming With Senior Ministers To Mohali

  World | March 29, 2011 13:41 IST

  Islamabad, Mar 29 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be accompanied by ex-premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and several of his Cabinet colleagues, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, for his visit to Mohali tomorrow

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  Plenty At Stake As Arch-Rivals India And Pakistan Clash

  Cricket | March 29, 2011 12:30 IST

  Mohali, Mar 29 : Billed as the 'mother of all clashes', bitter rivals India and Pakistan go into the high-voltage World Cup semi-final battle here tomorrow in what promises to be an epic tussle of

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  Bopanna, Qureshi Divided Over Mohali Match

  Cricket | March 29, 2011 10:36 IST

  New Delhi, March 29: India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani tennis doubles partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi insisted on Monday that the World Cup semi-final between their two nations will not shatter their friendship.Bopanna and Qureshi, who

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  Dominant Lankans Vs Spirited Kiwis

  Cricket | March 28, 2011 14:04 IST

  Colombo, Mar 28 :  Sri Lanka's brute batting force and shrewd bowling would be up against a sprightly New Zealand,aiming for a maiden summit clash berth in the World Cup, when the two sides clash