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Zurich, Jun 3: Sepp Blatter on Tuesday resigned as president of Fifa in a stunning capitulation to critics as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football’s governing body. The 79-year-old Swiss official, Fifa president for 17 years and re-elected on Friday for a fifth term, calmly told a hastily arranged press conference that a special congress would be called as soon as possible to

New Delhi, Jun 2: Former India captain Ravi Shastri was on Tuesday retained as the Director of the Indian team for the upcoming series against Bangladesh. Shastri, who served as Team Director during the tour of Australia and the subsequent World Cup earlier this year, is a stop-gap arrangement for the short tour as the BCCI is yet to decide on a full-time coach to replace Duncan Fletcher, whose

New Delhi, Jun 2: Ex-India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin wants Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to promote Indian players who can be coaches. “Indian coaches are good. We have won matches with Indian coaches. We must promote our Indian players who can be coaches. The Board of Control for Cricket in India should look into it,” stated Azar, in a interview published in DNA on Monday. “There

New Delhi, Jun 1: In what has been described as the start of a new innings, former greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman on Monday joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game. BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur took to micro-blogging site twitter to announce the the induction of the three greats of Indian cricket, a move

Bengaluru, Jun 1: Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan clinched their maiden I-League title and their first domestic championship in 13 years after managing a 1-1 draw against defending champions Bengaluru FC at Kanteerva Stadium here today. Bello Rasaq scored the equaliser to give Bagan the much-needed point and pocket their fourth national title. The title also ended their five-year trophy drought

Johannesburg, Jun 1: The former president of the local organising committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Danny Jordaan, admitted that the organisation he headed paid $10 million in 2008 to FIFA, although he denied that it was a bribe. Jordaan's remarks, published on Sunday in the Sunday Independent, comes days after an FBI investigation accused top FIFA officials of receiving $10

London, May 31: Holders Arsenal won the FA Cup for a record 12th time on Saturday, outclassing Aston Villa 4-0 at Wembley with stunning goals from Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez setting up victory. Per Mertesacker and Olivier Giroud were also on target as the Londoners sealed their biggest winning margin in a final of the world`s oldest knockout competition. Arsene Wenger also became the most

New Delhi, May 30: The Sport Ministry today made it clear that it never ignored ace doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa for the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme, saying the Identification Committee had considered their names during the meeting held last month. Jwala, a bronze medallist along with Ashwini in the 2011 World Championships, had slammed the ministry for ignoring her

New Delhi, May 29: Abhinav Bindra walked away with India’s fourth Olympic quota place in his first final of the year. After failing to make the cut in the previous two World Cups at Fort Benning and Changwon, luck smiled on the country’s only Olympic gold medallist. Bindra totalled 627.5 points to qualify sixth for the final on Thursday, and once he shot 122.4 in the final to finish sixth at the

Johannesberg, May 28: AB de Villiers has been granted paternity leave and will miss the two-test series in Bangladesh, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday. This means that De Villiers' incredible 98-test match streak will come to and end. The Proteas named four uncapped players in their test squad for the matches in July and August. Opener Reeza Hendricks, wicketkeeper Dane Vilas, spinner