Kiev’s Olympic stadium will host the final of the 2018 Champions League, the first final of Europe’s top club competition to be held in Ukraine, UEFA said on Thursday. The 70,000-capacity stadium, which staged the final of the 2012 European Championship, was chosen at a UEFA executive committee meeting in Athens. “This is an incredible event that will take its Read More

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has had an operation on his left leg after a freak training ground accident, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday. The 26-year-old hit his left shin on a piece of equipment during a training drill in Sydney and required 30 stitches. Starc was rested from Australia’s one-day international tour of South Africa, which begins later this Read More

Legendary cricketer and co-owner of Indian Super League football club Kerala Blasters Sachin Tendulkar wished everyone on the auspicious day of Onam. The legendary batsman greeted his fans via social networking by sharing a photograph of him having delicious cuisine from Kerala on a banana leaf with the caption, “Onam started early with this delicious meal with the Kerala Blasters Read More

Confidential athlete medical data relating to last month’s Rio Olympics has been hacked and published by a Russian cyber espionage group with the threat of more to come, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday. It identified the group as Tsar Team (APT28), also known as Fancy Bear. The www.fancybear.net website said it had information about a number of Read More

South African state prosecutors will approach the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to challenge Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence after failing with a similar bid at a lower court, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Thursday. State prosecutors, led by advocate Gerrie Nel, will file an application to appeal on Friday, NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku told Reuters. Judge Thokozile Read More

The Indian football team jumped four places to be at 148th spot in the latest FIFA rankings released today, on the back of an impressive 4-1 win over higher-ranked Puerto Rico in Mumbai on September 3. India thus returned to top-150 for the first time since April 2015, when they were ranked 147th.  India has witnessed a steady rise in Read More

Following reports of the leaked WADA documents that Rio Olympics silver medallist Venus Williams had allegedly been allowed to use prohibited substances under Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has demanded AITA to take up the matter with the authorities. Williams sisters let off by WADA despite positive dope test? ‘Fancy Bears’, a Russian hackers group, has Read More

India began their campaign AFC U-16 football championships campaign on a disappointing note, losing 2-3 to United Arab Emirates at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Thursday. The loss will put India in a difficult position to qualify from Group A as they face former champions Iran and Saudi Arabia in later fixtures. The top two in each group qualify Read More

Andy Murray is ready for “one more big push” this week as he tries to steer defending champions Britain into the Davis Cup final. Britain take on Argentina indoors in Glasgow and world number two Murray, who spearheaded the team’s charge last year, will again be key to their hopes. An exhausting European summer that began with him reaching the Read More

Senior New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor said his team will have to produce something special in the three-match Test series to beat in India in India for the first time. Asked why winning Test series in India have become tougher for visiting teams in recent times, Taylor said it was difficult to pinpoint a reason for the prevailing trend. “I Read More