News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Thirty-five police officers were hurt and 41 fans arrested in a violent Belgrade derby.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
India's national football coach Stephen Constantine on Friday anointed towering goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu as captain for Saturday's international friendly against higher-ranked Puerto Rico at the suburban Andheri Sports Complex ground in Mumbai. "Gurpreet Singh Sandhu will captain the team on Saturday against Puerto Rico," Constantine announced at the fag end of the pre-match media conference to give a huge boost to the 24-year-old, one of the youngest players to lead the national football team.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
The first week of Wimbledon is over and the tournament has been full of surprises. The grudge match between Nick Kyrgios and Rafael Nadal and the rise of the phenom that is Cori 'Coco' Gauff have been the shining moments at this year's tournament.
How Satyendra Sahay lost 24 kilos in 6 months will inspire you too.
Pokkiri Raja is a silly meaningless action comedy, says S Saraswathi.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com examines how Salman Khan went from a reviled, spoilt Bollywood brat to being a well-loved superstar.
'The Marvel Cinematic Universe is 9 franchises that have been combined together.' 'It's like running a relay race, only we are handing over characters instead of batons to each other.'
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'I hate people who do such things.' 'The person who bullied me should be ashamed because he tortured other people too.'
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'This army has lost Pakistan's territory, ideology, financial and intellectual capital, ruined its institutions, democracy, the respect for its passport and, like it or not, reduced its status to a globally acknowledged university of jihad,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The new Audi R8 V10 is a super-fast car that is also intelligent
Bangalore Days director Anjali Menon discusses her films and more.
Superstar Rajinikanth needs a box-office hit after two successive flops in Kochchadaiyaan and Lingaa, both 2014. Yet, Kabali is being projected as if the fans need the film, and the Tamil film industry needs it even more, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Indian boxing star Vijender Singh's power-packed punches went unchallenged yet again as he notched up his fifth successive knockout win.
'This little incident might seem trivial to most people. But when such things happen in the BCCI's own backyard...'
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
Uruguay crushed Ecuador 4-0 in their Copa America opener on Sunday with help from an early sending off that deflated their opponents and assured the 15-times champions the simplest of starts to their campaign.
'Mary just stopped talking to me. Maybe she did not like the fact that she was the gold medallist, but it was me (Sarita), not her, who was getting all the attention.'
'If it got to a last-minute situation, I suspect that we would offer to provide good officers brokering between the parties, but there's six months between now and the Ashes'
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
'It is time India thought big not only about its global clout politically and diplomatically, but also act its size against pin-pricking by anti national elements,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
You'll be hard-pressed to find a fighter more dominant in ONE Championship today than Singapore's Angela Lee.
Initially we sit tight in our seats expecting something very gripping to happen but, nothing of that sort happens.
'I love commentating for a reason that not many will admit.' 'Yes, it gives me financial security; yes, it lets me stay in touch with the game; but importantly, it gives me visibility.' 'In a way, commentary ensures that people don't forget you.'
Apoorva Giri tells us how she's making a difference through her workshops.
Vijender Singh would be eyeing a third successive knockout victory but the task seems easier said than done against an experienced and aggressive Samet Hyuseinov when the two square off in the star Indian boxer's maiden six-round professional contest in Manchester on Saturday.
With real estate -- NRIs's favourite investment vehicle in the past -- unlikely to do well in the near future, there is a strong case for NRIs to shift to equity and debt mutual funds, says Prateek Mehta.
Jose Mourinho was purring like a cat that had devoured the leftovers from Christmas dinner but it did not stop him showing his professional claws after his Chelsea side eased past West Ham United 2-0 on Friday.
Value investor Parag Parikh's sudden death has come asa big jolt to the fraternity.
The gold medallists on Day 16 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday.
Guha's resignation letter makes it clear that Kumble-Kohli rift is a reality.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The tweet validated the insanity, that she could believe I would bribe someone.' 'I felt that's it. It's over. And she can never come back to my life.'
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