FIFA's director of communications Walter de Gregorio is to resign after making a joke on television.
'We used to say two things are found everywhere: A potato and a Sikh. I think you can substitute Gujarati for the Sikh because Gujaratis are everywhere.'
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
Spain strolled to a 4-1 win at home to Israel, while Italy survived some first-half scares on the way to a 2-0 win and Ukraine registered a 1-0 home win over Ukraine in an action-packed game.
The race to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of Fifa is picking up steam and there is a scramble for nominations.
A summary of Tuesday's qualification matches next year's FIFA World Cup.
A round-up of results from the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday
Churchill Brothers paid dearly for a missed penalty in the first half as Mumbai FC struck twice in the second half to score their first win in the third round of the Airtel I-League in Mapusa on Saturday.
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Actress Saiyami Kher gets ready to make her Telugu debut in this week's release, Rey.
A round-up of all the results from the 16th World Athletic Championships in London
Unless the world of soccer shifts on its axis at the end of this month, Sepp Blatter will be re-elected as FIFA president.
Photos from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday
Here are the world's most courteous, friendly, helpful and efficient airline crews from each continent.
An overview of India's underwhelming performance in athletics
India dominated the range and the ring as Shreyasi Singh's double trap gold shored up the medal tally while the entire men's Indian boxing contingent made the semi-finals to be assured of podium finishes in an unprecedented performance on Day 7 of the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast on Wednesday.
A round-up of the World Cup qualifying matches played on Friday.
Images from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played in Europe on Monday
Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench and scored an opportunist goal which set Portugal on the way to a 2-0 win in Andorra on Saturday that maintained their chances of qualifying directly for the World Cup.
Tiny Cape Verde Islands catapulted themselves into surprise World Cup contention with a 2-1 victory away to South Africa.
How many of the 354 films Aseem Chhabra watched in 2017 have you seen?
Check out the gold medallists on Day 15 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday:
An inspired performance from Douglas Costa helped Brazil to a 3-0 win over Peru on Tuesday and lifted them into third place in the South American qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Princess Shivranjani of Jodhpur is breathing new life into dead forts and quietly changing the house of Marwar.
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