Blatter was fined 50,000 Swiss francs and Platini, who boycotted the ethics committee hearing as unfair, 80,000. The pair had been suspended in October while an investigation was carried out into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.02 million) payment that football’s g ....

Art of marking The Brazilian was with his FC Goa wards, trying to teach them how to mark. One player would charge the ball with the others marking a player each. Once the opponent passes, the player closest to the ball had to charge and the opponent left unmarked by ....

 With top-seeded Singapore out of the way, India put up a confident display to outplay England 3-1 in the men’s final of the Avadh 20th Commonwealth table tennis championships here on Friday. The Indian men’s team last won the title in 2004 in Kuala Lump ....

 Back in form with an impressive performance against South Africa in the recently-concluded Test series, Ravindra Jadeja is likely to make a comeback when the national selectors meet in New Delhi on Saturday to pick the Indian squad for the upcoming limited-overs serie ....

The National selectors will need to experiment with an eye on the future when they meet in Delhi on Saturday to pick the Indian team for the tour to Australia early next year. India is scheduled to play five ODIs and three T20 matches from January 12 to 31. Two separate ....

He often tears into attacks with rapier-like strokes. The speed at which he scores is Brendon McCullum’s strength. His cricket, though, is not about those explosive bursts alone. It’s also about consistency, patience, fitness and durability. New Zealand cr ....

Mourinho’s departure came 2 1/2 years after his return to Stamford Bridge and only four months into a new four-year contract signed after winning his third league title with Chelsea. Despite a succession of humiliating results, the 52—year—old coach ....

 India’s limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni chipped in with a useful 30-ball 37 as Jharkhand thrashed Railways by 115 runs in their Vizay Hazare one-day cricket match in Alur on Thursday. Coming in at 122 for 3 in the 33rd over, Dhoni stitched a 38-run ....

Mumbai wilted under the brilliant onslaught of Rajat Bhatia of Rajasthan, who scored 26 runs off the penultimate over of the innings from Shardul Thakur — the sequence being 6, 6, 6, 4, 4. This, when the team needed 24 runs in the last two overs. But, Bhatia (94 n ....

 Skeet has come of age in Indian shooting. There was no place to stand, let alone finding a seat, when the 17-year-old Anant Jeet Singh Naruka won the men’s skeet gold in the National shotgun championship at the JDA range in Jaipur on Wednesday. There was a ....