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Kolkata, Oct 21: Mohammedan Sporting have opted against playing in the second division I-League and the club has also pulled out of Durand Cup football tournament, beginning October 28, apparently due to financial crisis. Dismissing reports that the club was being disbanded, president and MP Sultan Ahmed said: "We will not play in the I-League and Durand Cup in the upcoming season as the club is

Dubai, Oct 20: Benefitting from his return to form in the abruptly-ended West Indies series, Indian batsman Virat Kohli claimed number two slot in the ICC rankings while swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar broke into top-10 for the first time in his career. Kohli scored 191 runs, including 127 in the final match, in India’s 2-1 series win as he pushed South Africa’s Hashim Amla to number three in the

Oct 20: The sudden cancellation of the ongoing India tour by the West Indian players has triggered a lot of controversies. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is thinking about withdrawing all relations with The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). Some reports even suggested that Indian board might ban the Caribbean cricketers in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). Sandipan

Oct 19: Former captain Sourav Ganguly on Saturday ruled out Virender Sehwag and Yuvraj Singh‘s chances of staging a comeback to the Indian team for next year’s One-Day International (ODI) ICC World Cup 2015. "It will be difficult for Sehwag and Yuvraj to play in this World Cup. Because World Cup is so near and Dhoni won’t make many changes in the side," a candid Ganguly said at the Salaam Cricket

Oct 18: The West Indies Cricket Board have confirmed that the team's tour of India has been cancelled due to a pay dispute with their own players. The WICB held a meeting on Friday when they were informed that the players had 'taken a decision to withdraw their services for the remainder of the tour of India'. The West Indies board initially denied a decision had been made to end the tour but have

Mumbai, Oct 18: A disinterested West Indies team went down to India by 59 runs in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) at Dharamsala. The match lacked the desired intensity from the visitors amidst concerns that the tour has been called off. The Indians though put up a solid performance led by Virat Kohli’s 127 scoring 330. West Indies hardly showed any intention of chasing the challenging total

Oct 17: Ten-man Atletico de Kolkata continued their impressive performance at the Indian Super League (ISL), winning their second consecutive match, beating hosts NorthEast United FC 2-0 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium on Thursday. Ethiopian striker Fikru Teferra Lemessa and Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Podany scored for the visiting team who consolidated their position at the top of the standings

Belgrade, Oct 16: The politically-sensitive Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned on Tuesday following a brawl between players from both sides after a flag stunt. The Group I game, with no away fans permitted, was interrupted when a flag depicting so-called Greater Albania, an area covering all parts of the Balkans where ethnic Albanians live, was flown over the terraces and

New Delhi, Oct 15: Delhi Dynamos were better but wasteful as they paid the price for their profligacy even as Alessandro del Piero’s presence failed to break the deadlock in their barren draw against FC Pune City in the Hero Indian Super League here today. ‘King Alex’ did not start, much to the disappointment of the 30000-odd turnout at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, but the Italian and Juventus

Guwahati, Oct 14: Spanish striker Koke's opportunistic first-half strike ensured a 1-0 win for the NorthEast FC against Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Kerala Blasters FC in the second match of the Hero Indian Super League, here today. The former Marseille frontman struck at the stroke of the break in the 45th minute with a snap angular right-footer that beat former England custodian David James