All India Football Federation president Praful Patel on Friday conceded there were "certain issues" between AIFF and Bob Houghton but asserted that the Englishman remains the national coach and will guide the team in next year's Asian Cup in Doha.
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Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been appointed Ivory Coast coach for this year's World Cup finals, the Ivory Coast Federation (FIF) said in a statement on its website (www.fif-ci.com) on Sunday.
Suspended FIFA President Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini were both banned for eight years on Monday by FIFA's Ethics Committee.
Ireland have appealed to world governing body FIFA to be allowed to compete as a 33rd team in next year's World Cup finals, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday.
The national executive committee meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Patna over the weekend, climaxing with a large public rally, was supposed to be a kind of coming out party for the junior partner in the Bihar government. In the event, it turned out to be a setback resulting from a self-goal.
In its bid to promote the traditional version of the game in the age of slam bang Twenty20 cricket, the ICC is contemplating of introducing a Test league from where top four teams would qualify for a quadrennial play-off event to begin in 2013.
The executive committee of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ruled that Nicolas Chartier violated campaign rules by sending e-mails to voters favouring his movie while disparaging a rival film.
Suspecting his role in the recent leak of the probe committee's video recordings, PCB chairman Ejaz Butt has started sidelining chief operating officer Wasim Bari and has nominated Zakir Khan to attend ICC Chief Executive Committee meeting.
On Tuesday, this was confirmed by a vote in parliament. Kyaw received 360 votes of the 652 cast, the parliamentary official counting the votes said on Tuesday.
Speaking to Reuters during a WADA meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tygart said as long as sports bodies were represented on WADA, the anti-doping organisation could not deliver on its promise to crack down on cheats.
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) head Mohamed Bin Hammam will propose that the president of soccer's world governing body FIFA should have a maximum reign of eight years.
Premji said that the country was very innovative with fundamental R&D in the solar energy space, and not just a copycat.
Described as a "nonsensical" tournament by national coach Bob Houghton, Santosh Trophy will not feature any member of the Indian senior football team this year.
There were a few fissures but no major cracks apparent in FIFA president Sepp Blatter's bedrock of Asia-Pacific support as officials began returning to the region from the annual congress of soccer's world governing body over the weekend.
India said said that rolling back of fiscal and monetary stimulus packages, injected by the government to counter the effects of economic downturn, at this stage would be "counter-productive and disastrous to the industry."
Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola will pay back more than R1 million believed to have been paid to him as a bonus from funds provided by then IPL supremo Lalit Modi for agreeing to host the second edition of the event in South Africa last year.
Arun Jaitley, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, has decided to quit his post as general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), under fire for the Kotla pitch fiasco, is willing to consider a long standing demand to form a Cricket Improvement Committee for efficient and transparent functioning of the body.
The Iranian girls' soccer team have been kicked out of this year's first Youth Olympics because of a FIFA ban on playing in Islamic head scarves.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has fined cricketer Ramith Rambukwella 50 per cent of his tour fee for causing a mid-air panic while on a British flight recently.
Senior advocate and former additional solicitor general of India Amarendra Sharan was on Thursday appointed as the arbitrator to decide on the suspension dispute between Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia and Mohun Bagan.
Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has hit back over legendary batsman Javed Miandad's recent comments that the former T20 skipper "wanted the farewell game only for money". Speaking during the book launch ceremony of sports journalist Saleem Khaliq, the 36-year-old all-rounder said that money has always been an issue for Miandad rather than him. Afridi further went on to say that it doesn't suit the legendary cricketer like Miandad to pass such kind of "irresponsible" comments.
The winners of next year's World Cup final in South Africa will collect $30 million (18 million pounds) in prize money, FIFA said on Thursday after their Executive Committee meeting in the historic setting of Robben Island.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) did not sell out to India, England and Australia over the decision to allow the 'Big Three' to effectively take control of the sport, president Chris Nenzani said on Tuesday.
Several defendants charged in a wide-ranging corruption case involving soccer's global governing body FIFA are in talks with US officials about possibly pleading guilty, a US prosecutor said on Monday.
Citing the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, the Indian Olympic Association on Friday postponed the 34th National Games for the fifth time in two years.
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Even as the executive committee of Telangana Rashtra Samiti is scheduled to meet on Saturday afternoon to discuss the resignation of K Chandrasekhara Rao as party president, the TRS suffered another blow deepening the crisis. as actress-turned-politician and member of Parliament Vijayshanti has also resigned as the secretary general of TRS in an expression of solidarity with the TRS chief.
All India Football Federation will discuss in its executive committee meeting on May 7 the impact on the next I-League of Mahindra United's decision to disband itself from competitive football.
One of the key issues will be tax exemption sought by the ICC for the future global events in India like the 2021 Champions Trophy and the 2023 World Cup.
Mohun Bagan suspended its captain Baichung Bhutia for six months from playing for the club, citing "violation of rules and regulations". The move virtually prevents the Indian football ace from joining any other club. Bhutia had sought a release from Mohun Bagan after his commitment was questioned by the club in a show cause notice, served on him on May 15.
Two days after the pitch fiasco that led to the abandonment of the fifth India-Sri Lanka one-dayer, the DDCA on Tuesday brought back old hand Radhey Shyam as the chief curator of Ferozeshah Kotla.
Williams and Force India have rejoined the Formula One Teams' Association as full members after being suspended earlier in the season, FOTA said on Wednesday. The association, which represents the teams as a united body in talks with the governing FIA and commercial rights holder, said in a statement after an executive committee meeting it had welcomed them back while also remaining open to new entrants.
Sepp Blatter sat through the day-long proceedings as a guest and had to endure some stinging criticism from his challengers for the FIFA presidency who were invited to make presentations to delegates.
The three-nation United States-led bid to host the 2026 World Cup outscored its rival Morocco as both passed an inspection of their facilities and infrastructure, global soccer body FIFA said on Friday.
The host countries of the 2011 cricket World Cup may get to play the quarter-final and semi-finals matches in their home country if their teams reach those stages.
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The newly elected Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has set up a three member committee, headed by a retired IAS Mahendra Surana, to probe the alleged "financial irregularities" during the tenure of former president Lalit Modi.
South Africa will stage this year's Champions Trophy one-day tournament in September and October, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
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