As the Concacaf (North America, Central America and the Caribbean federations) Gold Cup kicked off on Sunday morning (July 07 ET) at the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena, California, Concacaf president and FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb spoke with Siddhanta Pinto over the telephone from Los Angeles.
The Indian Davis Cup team was staring at defeat at the zonal level for the first time in five years following shock defeats of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal on the opening day of the second round tie against China, in Tianjin, on Friday.
The returning Scot also announced his withdrawal from next week's Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Scotland registered a 47-run victory over Ireland in the final of the ICC Trophy.
Serena Williams backed the searing Perth conditions as perfect preparation for her Australian Open title bid but the weather proved too hot for Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
Pakistan's World Cup aspirations lie firmly on the shoulders of skipper Shahid Afridi and once again he came to the rescue as an unthinkable defeat to Canada on Thursday was averted in an eventual 46-run win.
A Sports Ministry source said that 'the minister (Kiren Rijiju) is set to start an inquiry.'
With new immigrants coming to Canada from India and other South Asian countries, cricket as a sport is fast catching up in this ice hockey-crazy country, says Ajit Jain
For the first time since 1998, the Champions League final will feature two teams who entered the competition as domestic champions, a throwback to the day's of the old European Cup when only a country's title winners were allowed to enter.
Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals in bizarre circumstances on Sunday when Canadian Denis Shapovalov defaulted for inadvertently blasting a ball into the umpire's face.
Hong Kong's Irfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed have been banned from cricket for life for match-fixing and their team mate Haseeb Amjad has been banned for five years.
Novak Djokovic began the fightback and Janko Tipsarevic completed the job as Serbia overturned a 2-1 deficit against Canada in the Davis Cup semi-final on Sunday.
The other teams in India's pool are Spain, New Zealand and hosts Japan. The Pool B is made up of Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Canada and South Africa in the groupings announced by world governing body FIH on Saturday.
Greg Rusedski announced his retirement after helping Britain to establish a 3-0 lead over the Netherlands in Davis Cup.
With this win, Australia have now gained a 12-2 lead in the series. The team had already secured the Ashes in the first T20I.
Bhupathi's captaincy on line in Italy tie
Defending champion Iga Swiatek made it to her third final in four years at Roland Garros.
A round-up of all tennis action on Friday.
India's big hope Yuki Bhambri crashed out of the US Open men's singles qualifiers with a three-set defeat to Japanese Go Soeda while Prajnesh Gunneswaran also suffered a tame defeat in New York.
Photos from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played on Tuesday
The Indian men's team, led by Srikanth, had beaten powerhouse and 14-time champions Indonesia in the final to win the country's maiden Thomas Cup title on Sunday.
World No. 16 Marco Cecchinato will spearhead Italy's challenge, while they also have the experienced world No. 37 Andreas Seppi as they look to continue their good record against India.
Formula One will have a record 24 races next season with Las Vegas making its floodlit debut in November and Monaco signing a new deal to secure its place on the calendar until at least 2025.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The BCCI had invited applications for positions of head coach, batting coach, bowling coach and fielding coach and had set July 30 as the deadline.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Led by reigning World champion M C Marykom, the won five gold, four silver and a bronze medal at the Venus Cup International.
Photos pf tennis action across the USA on Sunday.
There was just gut-wrenching despair as Serbia's hopes slipped away in the cruellest fashion imaginable.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
New Zealand cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over England.
Mithali Raj will come out with her autobiography next year which will provide a candid and revealing look into her personal and sporting life.
England and France qualified in style for the last 16 of the women's World Cup.
Extraordinary award-winning photographs from more than 20,000 images from all over the world.
Referees in unwanted spotlight ahead of FIFA Women's World Cup final.
After a dismal eighth place finish in Rio Games, much is expected from the Manpreet-led side.
Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek put defending champions CzechRepublic into the Davis Cup final by beating Argentina's Carlos Berlocq and Horacio Zeballos in the doubles on Saturday.
Alison Riske-Amritraj will be eager to build on that in the land of her in-laws.
Holger Rune crashed out to Yoshihito Nishioka in the ATP 250 Adelaide International 1 first round.
