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East Rutherford (United States), Jun 27: Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football on Sunday after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a penalty shoot-out -- Messi's fourth straight defeat in a major final

East Rutherford, Jun 27: Lionel Messi still awaits his first title with Argentina's national team. Holders Chile stunned Argentina to win the Copa America Centenario in a penalty shoot-out here Sunday as Lionel Messi's title curse struck again. Messi blazed a penalty over the bar in the shoot-out before Lucas Biglia missed to leave Chile's Francisco Silva with the task of stroking home the winning

New Delhi, Jun 26: Former European champion and an experienced Australian boxer Kerry Hope has dared Indian knockout king Vijender Singh ahead of their WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight championship title to be held at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex here on July 16. WBC Asian Boxing Council champion Kerry Hope, who is currently training hard in Wales, comes into the title fight against Vijender

Paris, Jun 26: Gareth Bale was the creator of the only goal an own-goal to put Wales into the European Championship quarterfinals with a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland on Saturday. Bale’s cross was aimed at teammate Hal Robson-Kanu but it was inadvertently tipped into the net by Northern Ireland defender Gareth McAuley in the 75th minute. It was a quiet first half for Bale, the tournament’s co

New Delhi, Jun 25: Nearly a year after fighting her way back into her international career by winning a landmark 'gender' case, gutsy Indian woman sprinter Dutee Chand today qualified for Rio Olympics 100m dash, shattering her own national record in the process at the 26th G Kosanov Memorial Meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 20-year-old Dutee clocked 11.30 seconds in the women's 100m heats in the

Bengaluru, June 24: Vani Kapoor returned a card of 4 under 67 to further cement her position atop the leader board at the end of the second day in the 9th leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour at the Clover Greens Golf Course here today. In the process, she opened up a huge 9 shot lead over Gauri Monga going into the final round tomorrow. Gauri too climbed up the leader board to second

New Delhi, Jun 23: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has threatened to drop Bollywood actor Salman Khan as goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent for the Rio Olympics if public apology for his irresponsible rape comment doesn’t come soon. Salman was quoted saying that “when I used to walk when I used to walk out of the ring after the shoot, I used to feel like a raped woman. I couldn’t

New Delhi, Jun 23: Her last hope for an Olympic berth might be over after the denial of a wildcard, but star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom today said she would not hang up her gloves just yet. The 33-year-old five-time world champion could not make the cut for Rio via the two qualifiers and last-ditch attempts by the Indian Olympic Association and the ad-hoc committee administering boxing in

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 22: Hurt by allegations of corruption levelled against her by state Sports Minister E P Jayarajan, India's lone athletics World Championship medal winner Anju Bobby George today resigned as President of the Kerala Sports Council. Announcing her decision to quit, the celebrated long-jumper said it was not proper to continue in the post after "allegations" and

Baku (Azerbaijan), Jun 22: Former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) became the third Indian boxer to enter the quarters of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament here and be just one win away from booking a berth in the Rio Games this August. Seeded second in his draw, Vikas out-witted Georgia's Kvachatadze Zaal 3-0 late last night to advance to the last-eight stage where he will