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Guwahati [India], Oct.04 : Emiliano Alfaro struck a brace to down FC Goa 2-0 as NorthEast United grabbed their second successive victory in the Indian Super League clash at Indira Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday.The Uruguayan striker scored once in each…

Karachi [Pakistan], Oct.04 : Pakistan Cricket Board executive committee’s chairman Najam Sethi on Tuesday insisted that they will “give befitting response to Anurag Thakur” in the upcoming ICC board meeting, after the BCCI chief urged the cricket’s gov…

London [England], Oct.04 : Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova can return to the sport in time for next year’s French Open after the Court of Arbitration reduced her two-year doping ban to 15 months on appeal.Earlier in June, the 29-year-old was handed…

New Delhi [India], Oct.4 : Five nations will take place in the first ever BRICS U-17 football tournament is being held in Goa this month.The tournament which kickstarts in Goa on October 5, will see Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa challen…

Kolkata [India], Oct.04 : Underlining the importance of extending confidence to tail-enders, wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha has stated that he never felt the need to keep the lower-order batsmen away from strike and insisted that it will in turn …

Beijing [China], Oct.4 :World number two Andy Murray began his quest for a maiden China Open title with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Andreas Seppi of Italy here on Tuesday.The Briton broke Seppi’s serve twice in the opening set before fight…

Dubai [UAE], Oct.04 : Indian batsmen Wriddhiman Saha and Rohit Sharma, and Luke Ronchi of New Zealand have made notable gains in the latest ICC player rankings after the second Test in Kolkata which India won by 178 runs to take a winning 2-0 lead and …

Beijing [China], Oct.4 : Spanish tennis maestro Rafael Nadal kicked off his campaign at the China Open with a dominant straight-sets victory over Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi in the men’s singles event here on Tuesday.Nadal produced a rich vein of form to reg…

New Delhi [India], Oct.4 : Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur on Tuesday reiterated that it would be difficult to continue with the ongoing series against New Zealand since the board is not in a position to do any fina…

Johannesburg [South Africa], Oct.4 : World number three Stan Wawrinka, who captured his maiden US Open title this year, has revealed that he suffered an anxiety attack just minutes before stepping out onto the court to face top-ranked Novak Djokovic in…