Sports

‘I’m tired of being blamed for everything at Barcelona’

20 Nov 2020 08:09 AM IST

A frustrated Lionel Messi said he is tired of being blamed for problems at Barcelona after he was accused by Antoine Griezmann’s former agent of making life difficult for the French striker at the La Liga club. Eric Olhats had accused Messi of having too much control at the club,

Manchester City manager Guardiola extends contract to 2023

20 Nov 2020 08:05 AM IST

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a new two-year contract that will keep him in charge until the end of the 2022-23 season, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The Spaniard has guided City to two Premier League titles, three League Cups and an FA Cup since his

Ind vs Aus: Some memorable batting knocks

20 Nov 2020 08:03 AM IST

Team India will begin their much-anticipated Australia tour with the three-match ODI series beginning November 27. While India’s ODI record is not that great in Australia, things changed for them drastically when they, for the first time, won the CB Series in 2008, with Sri Lanka neing the third team.

Djokovic urges govt to support players for playing Australian Open

20 Nov 2020 08:00 AM IST

World number one Novak Djokovic has called on authorities to allow players to compete before the Australian Open while undertaking their mandatory quarantine period. The start of the 2021 season remains in limbo, with officials declining to endorse Tennis Australia’s plans to have players arrive mid-December and be free to

Langer insists on playing Burns despite calls to play Pucovski

20 Nov 2020 07:59 AM IST

Despite there being calls to let 22-year-old Will Pucovski debut in the first Test against India in the upcoming four-match series, Australian head coach Justin Langer has reiterated that he would want continue opening the batting with senior batsman Joe Burns. Former Australia captain Mark Taylor had said that Australia

Pujara hits the nets but Kohli’s absence may hit India’s chances

20 Nov 2020 07:58 AM IST

‘I don’t think they’ll be clear in their own mind, even now, what their batting order will look like for the first Test. Who’s going to open, who’ll bat at four when Kohli goes,’ asks Ricky Ponting.

Athletes must be safest in Tokyo, says IOC official

19 Nov 2020 12:06 PM IST

The purpose-built Athletes’ Village must be the safest place in Tokyo during next year’s Olympics, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Wednesday after meetings with the Tokyo 2020 organisers. IOC President Thomas Bach and other officials have been in the Japanese capital this week as a show

ATP Finals: Stefanos eliminates Rublev, puts Dominic Thiem into semis

19 Nov 2020 12:04 PM IST

World No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece defeated tournament debutant Andrey Rublev 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6) at London’s O2 Arena to set up a virtual quarter-final clash with Rafael Nadal for a place in the semi-finals. Tsitsipas’s win over Rublev guaranteed Austria’s world No. 3 Dominic Thiem a place in the

Xavi can be Barca’s Alex Ferguson: Victor Font

19 Nov 2020 12:01 PM IST

With Barcelona’s glory days rapidly becoming a fading memory, presidential hopeful Victor Font believes luring former midfield great Xavi Hernandez back to the club would spark another golden age for the Catalans. Xavi, one of the architects of Barca’s decade-long rule of world football, is the coach of Qatari side

When Bradman’s Aussies thrashed India in 1947-48 Test series

19 Nov 2020 11:59 AM IST

Over the years, whenever India and Australia cricket teams have competed against each other in Test cricket, there have been some exceptional batting performances that have become part of the cricketing folklore. As Virat Kohli’s men prepare to defend the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in a four-Test series next month, IANS takes

‘Gabba an option if Aussies can’t host India in Adelaide’

19 Nov 2020 11:55 AM IST

Josh Hazlewood says that if they were to play at the Gabba, the fast bowlers would rather get the game out of the way before it became hotter and favoured the batsmen.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP TO BE HELD IN QATAR IN FEBRUARY

18 Nov 2020 08:30 AM IST

The FIFA Club World Cup, originally planned for December, will now be held from Feb. 1 to Feb. 11 in Doha, Qatar, organisers FIFA said on Tuesday. The tournament brings together the six continental champions from across the world, with European Champions League winners Bayern Munich the first to have