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London [England], Aug 26 : Former France international Thierry Henry has been appointed as assistant coach of the Belgium national football team.39-year-old Henry, who has previously played with Arsenal and Barcelona, will team up with new Belgium mana…

Johannesburg [South Africa], Aug 26 : Nico Rosberg emerged as the fastest driver in the first practice session of the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.The German racer was 0.730 seconds quicker than second-place Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in unusuall…

Melbourne [Australia], Aug.26 : Offering his support to the Australian cricket team, former opener Matthew Hayden has blamed the packed international schedule for country’s recent sub-continental woes.Hayden comments comes in the wake of Australia’s sh…

Madrid [Spain], Aug.26 : Star striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who was named UEFA’s Best Player in Europe, has reiterated his desire to call curtains on his illustrious career at Real Madrid.Describing Real Madrid as `the best club in the world`, the Portuga…

Karachi, Aug.26 : After going down one-nil in the five-match ODI series against England, Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali has called on his players to stop playing too many dot balls, as they did in their opening match, in order to avoid further defeats in t…

New Delhi [India], Aug.26 : As a part of FC Goa’s pre-season training and conditioning, the team will assemble at head coach Zico’s football academy, Zico 10 in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, to prepare for the upcoming third season of the India…

Thoubal (Manipur) [India], Aug.26 : Boxing legend Sarita Laishram Devi has come up with an endeavour to train young talents from her state of Manipur.Today, many budding boxers are undergoing training at Sarita’s boxing academy. Sarita, a former world …

Karachi [Pakistan], Aug.26 :Describing swashbuckling batsman Virat Kohli as `consistent`, Pakistan’s Sami Aslam has revealed that he looks to the Indian Test skipper for inspiration to perform at the highest level.The 20-year-old pointed out that the I…

Agartala (Tripura) [India], Aug.26 : Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar has said that she is sad at not being able to snare a medal at the recently concluded summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The 23-year-old won hearts in India and at the games wit…

London, Aug.26 : England will travel to Bangladesh for their month-long Test and ODI series despite security and safety concerns in the country.The development came after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and its longstanding security expert, R…