Brasilia/Sao Paulo: More than half a million tickets have been sold for the Confederations Cup in June, but host nation Brazil has yet to finish the main stadiums to be used in the dress rehearsal for the 2014 soccer World Cup. On the eve of yet another FIFA deadline, Brazil has delivered only three of the six venues for the eight-nation warm-up starting in two months. World soccer's governing body...
09:58 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Shooter Sanjeev Rajput narrowly missed out on qualification for the finals of the men's 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event after finishing 10th at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea today. Rajput finished 10th after scoring a total of 1144 in the three sections - kneeling, prone and standing. Only the top-8 are entitled to compete in the medal round. Surendra Singh Rathod was placed 17th after he...
02:37 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: London Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar could not live up to the billing as he failed to qualify for the finals of the 25-metre rapid fire pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea today. The other two Indians participating in the event, Pemba Tamang and Harpreet Singh, too failed to qualify for the medal round. While Vijay was placed a disappointing 18th in the qualification...
03:54 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Zurich: FIFA security director Ralf Mutschke believes the 500 plus qualifying matches so far for the 2014 World Cup have been clean of match-fixing. Mutschke tells the Associated Press " we don't have any leads that any match has been thrown." The full program of about 820 preliminary matches ends in November. Speaking on the sidelines of a FIFA-sponsored conference on match-fixing and betting, Mutschke says "we are also confident...
11:47 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian shooting team's campaign in the ISSF Changwon World Cup started on a sour note with all the shooters, including Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, failing to make a mark on the first day of the event in Changwon, Korea on Thursday. Competing in the men's 10-metre air rifle event, Beijing Games gold medal winner Bindra, London Olympian Sanjeep Rajput and Chain Singh -- all failed to...
05:49 PM, Apr 04, 2013
FIFA surprisingly opted for GoalControl as their goal-line technology system to be used at next year's World Cup in Brazil. ...
09:06 AM, Apr 03, 2013
England have been reported to world governing body FIFA after racist abuse was heard from visiting fans at last week's World Cup qualifier in San Marino. ...
09:27 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Suarez, who has scored eight goals in the qualifying campaign, picked up a second booking during the 2-0 loss to Chile. ...
09:09 AM, Mar 28, 2013
With Germany eager to challenge for the World Cup next year and in control of the group featuring Austria, Sweden and Ireland, the players saw no reason for alarm. ...
10:24 PM, Mar 27, 2013
France's narrow defeat by Spain exposed Les Bleus's desperate need for a striker with a killer instinct. ...
09:12 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni was left to rue a profligate forward line as the Blue Samurai blew a chance to become the first team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. ...
04:16 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Jordan stunned Japan 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier, denying the Asian power the chance to become the first team secure a berth in Brazil. ...
11:29 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Portugal failed to shine but claimed their first win in six games by beating 10-man Azerbaijan. ...
08:57 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Mario Balotelli scored twice as Italy overcame a shaky start to beat Malta 2-0. ...
08:45 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Marco Reus scored two goals to help Germany overcome Kazakhstan 4-1 in a World Cup qualifying match. ...
08:45 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Lionel Messi didn't score but he still helped Argentina earn a valuable point to stay on top in the World Cup qualifying group. ...
08:31 AM, Mar 27, 2013
The result left Montenegro on 14 points and England on 12 in Group H, with four qualifying rounds remaining. ...
08:19 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Spain bounced back from their mini-slump by beating France 1-0 to return to the top of their World Cup qualifying group. ...
08:04 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Robin van Persie scored twice and set up a third goal to lead the Netherlands to an easy 4-0 win over Romania in a World Cup qualifier. ...
07:54 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Hernandez's two goals against Honduras, in Friday's 2-2 draw, took his national team tally to an impressive 30 in 45 outings. ...
02:04 PM, Mar 26, 2013
