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Zurich, Sep 26: The FIFA scandal on Friday engulfed Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, the two most powerful figures in world football, with Swiss prosecutors investigating whether a two million dollar payment from Blatter to the French legend was illegal. Swiss investigators opened criminal proceedings against FIFA president Blatter and searched his office as they also quizzed UEFA counterpart

Mumbai, Sep 25: Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom on Friday broke down and accused the Indian selectors of regional bias during boxing selection and trails. “Sometimes I feel very upset. Some of the referees and judges do not favour me but I don’t mind. Okay I am from north-east, no problem, but I am still an Indian,” Mary Kom told reporters in Mumbai. The 32-year-old boxer alleged that Haryana

Lausanne, Sep 24: Hosts India will play Argentina in the opening match of the Hockey World League Final (HWL)to be held in Raipur from November 27 to December 6 this year. According to the schedule of the tournament, which was confirmed by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday, besides the Pool B match between India and Argentina, the opening day will also witness the high-profile

Bengaluru, Sep 23: Zayn Khan was today unanimously elected as the new president of the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India at the council meeting here. Khan was elected to replace R Bharath Raj, who passed away while serving as president on August 15. The meeting was chaired by FMSCI Chairman Vijay Mallya and was attended by all councillors. Khan is a resident of Hyderabad and represents the

New Delhi, Sep 22: More than a year after recovering from a shoulder injury, Ajay Jayaram earned a final appearance at the Korea Open last week and the Indian shuttler said it was a big moment for him after enduring a challenging seven-month layoff. Coming into the tournament as an underdog, Jayaram went on to reach the finals and even though he eventually lost to World No.1 Chen Long, the

Mumbai, Sep 21: Indian top women's tennis star Sania Mirza on Sunday said that while confining herself to playing in doubles was good for her body physically it was, at the same time, a mentally draining affair. "I am playing in one format which is a lot easy on my body, but mentally it's tough. Peaking for 25 weeks a year is not easy," world No 1 in doubles, she was conferred with the honorary

New Delhi, Sep 20: Ace German striker Moritz Fuerste had never expected to become the costliest player of Hockey India League (HIL) and the star playmaker, who was sold for $105000, is more than excited to be a part of the Kalinga Lancers squad. The midfielder had a base price of $30,000 and at one point Delhi Waveriders and Uttar Pradesh Wizards were leading the race in securing the two-time

New Delhi, Sep 19: Leander Paes, partnering Rohan Bopanna, suffered a rare doubles defeat in the Davis Cup as Radek Stepanek and Adam Pavlasek gave Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over India in the World Group play-off tie, here today. It was one rubber in which India entered as favourites but the fancied team were tamed by the Czechs 5-7 2-6 2–6 in two hours and 10 minutes. It was Paes' only second

New Delhi, Sep 19: Somdev Devvarman said it was one of the best serving days of his career as he fired 20 aces in his winning effort against Czech number one Jiri Vesley to help India draw level 1-1 against top seeds Czech Republic in a Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie here today. He won 79 per cent of his first serve points, which was one of the key factors in today's successful effort by

New Delhi, Sep 18: Lukas Rosol blunted Yuki Bhambri's challenge in straight sets as Czech Republic took a 1-0 lead in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie here today. World number 85 Rosol stamped his class as he thrashed 125th ranked Yuki 6-2 6-1 7-5 in one hour and 55 minutes at R K Khanna Tennis stadium here. The temperature was 31 degree Celsius at the start of the match but neither the