News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A key United States Congressional committee has called for a public hearing on the rights and freedoms of religious minorities in India to be held early next month.
AC Milan and Liverpool won their Champions League qualifying rounds.
The European champions are likely to play CSKA Sofia in the Champions League third qualifying round.
'NSCN-IM leader Muivah warns that the NSCN-IM has come very close to an honourable solution to the peace process with the Government of India, but if it does not materialise, then the Nagas will go away so far that it would be difficult to bring them back to the negotiating table easily,' note Sandeep Pandey and Meera Sanghamitra.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
About 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were thrown off a homeward flight on Wednesday after several rowdy fans were involved in a fracas with the cabin crew.
PSV Eindhoven beat Heerenveen 4-1 to win the Dutch championship on Saturday for the first time in seven seasons.
Feroze Khan, who won a gold medal for India in hockey at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, died in Karachi at the age of 100.
Former badminton No 1 Lee Chong Wei returned home to Malaysia and said he faced a three-week wait for the verdict from his doping hearing.
New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said on Wednesday.
Twice in arrears Rangers earned a 2-2 home draw with Villarreal
Barcelona earned a valuable 2-1 away win at Chelsea, with the home side playing most of the match with only 10 men.
Werder Bremen scored two late goals to snatch a 3-2 win at home to Juventus and give themselves a chance of making the Champions League quarter-finals.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is planning a fresh 24-team Club World Cup to start with a 'pilot' edition in 2021.
The UN Security Council joined the call made by UN Chief Ban Ki-moon for a thorough and independent investigation into the apparent downing of a Malaysian passenger plane in Ukraine, stressing that all parties should grant immediate access to the investigators.
A summary of Wednesday's matches in the UEFA Champions League.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wrote to his Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte condoling the death of Dutch nationals in the Malaysian air tragedy.
Steve Bucknor, David Shepherd and Jeremy Lloyds will rotate as umpires for the series in Amsterdam, involving Australia, India and Pakistan.
In the last two years we have been growing faster than the rest of the industry. That's why our appetite for more people to serve our customers is very high now, says Cognizant CEO Lakshmi Narayanan.
The Centre's special representative, K Padmanabhaiah, and IB chief K P Singh will leave on Tuesday for Amsterdam to hold parleys with the outfit's leaders.
Greece striker Angelos Haristeas has joined Ajax Amsterdam from Werder Bremen, the Dutch club said on Friday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
A late Robert Pires penalty gave the English side a 1-0 win over 10-man FC Thun in the Champions League.
Ajax Amsterdam were held to a goalless draw by Heerenveen on Friday and lost contact with the top of the first division.
The German Hockey Association has decided to send their development team for the Champions Trophy
Fredrik Ljungberg and Robert Pires inspired the London side to a 2-1 win in the Champions League.
The Arsenal forward will miss their next Champions League game against Ajax Amsterdam.
The ace full-back was named in the 18-man team for the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit get ready to make Total Dhamaal on the big screen again!
