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Buenos Aires: Argentina have sacked Undersecretary for Sports, Julio Garro Thursday after he demanded an apology from national football team captain Lionel Messi for alleged racist chanting during his team's Copa America victory celebrations. After Argentina's Copa America title win, a video of their celebrations...

London: Lionel Messi faced calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina's players after they won the Copa America. An Argentinean government official said Messi, who is the team captain, and the president of the country's soccer federation, Claudio Tapia, should apologize after a...

Mumbai: Actor Sidharth Malhotra shared a throwback picture Thursday featuring his wife Kiara Advani and football legend David Beckham from last year’s ODI Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals. Sidharth took to Instagram and posted the selfie-style image where he, dressed in white, held the camera with...

New Delhi: Former World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev has said veteran duo Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are "irreplaceable" in the Indian team across formats and called them "as same as Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni". Kohli announced retirement from T20Is after delivering a match-winning...

New Delhi: Ten specially-trained Indian CAPF and special commando force dogs are in France to provide a counter-terrorist and anti-sabotage security cover to various venues of the Paris Olympics slated to open next week, official sources said Wednesday. The ten Indian K9 (canine) teams will...

Colombo: In a shocking incident, former Sri Lanka U-19 cricket captain Dhammika Niroshana was shot dead Tuesday night. A fast bowler who led the Sri Lanka U-19 squad in 2002, Niroshana was shot by an unidentified individual near his residence in Ambalangoda where he started...

New Delhi: India will be represented by 117 athletes at this month's Paris Olympics after the sports ministry cleared the final contingent that also features 140 support staff and officials, of which 72 "have been approved at cost to the Government" to meet the "requirements"...

Christchurch: England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan's visit have confirmed as New Zealand announced the 2024-25 home international summer. The summer schedule starts with the previously announced ICC World Test Championship series against England at the end of this year, followed by a white-ball series against...

New Delhi: Lionel Messi left the pitch in tears during Argentina’s Copa America 2024 final against Colombia. Concern around the 37-year-old grew when photos of his right ankle swollen badly started circulating. Now Inter Miami, a Major League Soccer club, confirmed that their captain has...

New Delhi: In a significant leadership change for the Indian men's cricket team, Suryakumar Yadav is poised to lead the T20I side in the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka which commences July 27. IANS understands that the T2OI World Cup vice-captain Hardik Pandya might be...