On Wednesday Wayne Rooney will line up alongside Owen as World Cup qualifying Group Six leaders England tackle Azerbaijan in Newcastle.
His fifth goal of the tournament gave the Aussies a 2-2 draw with Argentina in the men's hockey tournament.
A schoolboy, who was abducted 10 days ago in Amritsar in Punjab, has been released in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur town, a Punjab Police release said on Friday.
The Delhi police opposed the bail plea saying there is every possibility of him tampering with the evidence and blackmailing the girl.
Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull has said that all-rounder Corey Anderson could very easily become the highest paid cricketer in the country when the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction begins.
Hardwick captained England 13 times before a knee injury cut short his international career in the late 1940s.
Former Pakistan pace ace Wasim Akram says to become a cricketer in Pakistan you have to be a politician first.
Some of soccer's biggest names are cheering the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their coach from a flooded cave
"You behaved like a pack of wolves, seeking, stalking and chasing your prey. You showed no mercy. Indeed, you have showed little or no contrition or remorse," the judge said
After years of worshiping at the altar of experience, international cricket is awash with young talent at the moment.
The Bayern Munich goalkeeper allowed a long-range free-kick by Real's Roberto Carlos to slip under his body in the Champions League first knockout phase match.
The Mumbai Cricket Association headed by Sharad Pawar, is set to oppose most of the recommendations of the Justice Lodha committee submitted in its report to the Supreme Court last week. "We are opposed to most of the recommendations and are one hundred per cent behind Mr Pawar," said MCA's joint secretary P V Shetty, when asked about the managing committee meeting convened on January 13 to discuss the implications of the Lodha panel recommendations. "We will discuss everything and then put forth our views to the BCCI," said Shetty.
Young off-spinner Arjun Nair, the Canberra-born son of Indian immigrants, has been included in the New South Wales (NSW) squad for their upcoming Sheffield Shield match against South Australia.
'Sunny Gavaskar is very mischievous, Harsha Bhogle is like a schoolboy," sports broadcaster Alan Wilkins tells Rediff.com/Norma Godinho in an exclusive interview.
Brazil coach Dunga blamed a virus that hit several players for his team's early elimination from the Copa America at the hands of Paraguay on Saturday.
'It was really good fun out there, I absolutely loved every single minute of it.'
Naramalli Sivaprasad's over-the-top style of protest has become a unique tool to generate attention at the national level.
Dubs Modi government a "one trick horse" which will make the Hindu-Muslim issue the dominant one in political discourse; asks Opposition to field one candidate in every seat against BJP nominee in 2019 polls.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave the club he has played for throughout his career and move to a foreign team at the end of the season, the English Premier League club said on Friday.
Eighteen-year-old Surrey batsman Dominic Sibley was bowled out for 242 against Yorkshire on Friday after entering the record books as the youngest double centurion in English county cricket.
Pep Guardiola claimed his maiden English silverware as his side thrashed Arsenal 3-0 in the League Cup final with Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and David Silva all on target in a disappointingly one-sided showpiece on Sunday.
Mumbai schoolboy Pranav Dhanawade was awarded a monthly scholarship for five years from the Mumbai Cricket Association, a day after becoming the first batsman in the world to notch a four-figure innings.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Tanishq Abraham graduated from American River College in Sacramento, California.
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Born in Rangoon (now Yangon, Myanmar) Rupani, 61, joined an RSS shakha as a schoolboy, before graduating to the BJP via the Sangh's students wing -- the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
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Harjeet was also allegedly threatened with being stabbed and had his turban pulled in the attack aboard a suburban bus.
'Somewhere in the midst of the three milestones of 1881, 1984 and 1999 are the clues that provide the answer to the troubling corrosion of Karnataka politics: The disappearance of values, the criminalisation of politics, and the complete collapse of ideology,' says Krishna Prasad, former editor-in-chief, Outlook.
Bala creates a world so mad yet meticulous and unlike no other in Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota, raves Sukanya Verma.
Pay a little more attention and there's a lot she can teach you about romantic relationships.
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