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No home-grown talent: Is there an identity crisis at FC Barcelona?

FC Barcelona may have moved a step closer to the title with a 2-2 draw away to Celta Vigo on Tuesday night, but the starting XI fielded by coach Ernesto Valverde raised more than a few eyebrows and perhaps highlights a problem at the club.

Djokovic struggles to beat Coric in 2nd round of Monte Carlo Masters

Two-time Monte Carlo Masters champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia struggled to beat Borna Coric of Croatia, but ultimately triumphed 7-6 (2), 7-5 in the tennis tournament's second round on Wednesday.

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 unveils official mascot

Son of Dreams was unveiled as official Mascot of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 here on Wednesday.

Roma fans line up to buy tickets for CL semi-final vs Liverpool

Long lines of AS Roma football fans were queued up in wet weather outside an official club store on Wednesday to buy tickets for the UEFA Champions League semi-final home leg against Liverpool.

Nasser Hussain tips Jemimah to be a future cricket star

Former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain has tipped talented Jemimah Rodrigues to be a star for the Indian women's cricket team.

Army felicitates CWG medallists

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday felicitated army athletes who were a part of the Indian contingent for the recently concluded Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in Gold Coast, Australia.

Merkel wants European Monetary Fund with national oversight -sources

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs the idea of a European Monetary Fund, provided national governments have sufficient oversight, sources close to her said before a visit by the French president.

Play your natural game: Tom Moody tells Sunrisers' top order

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has told his top order batsmen to play their natural game ahead of the match against Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League here tomorrow. "The message I have given to our top order is just to go out and play your natural game," Moody told reporters here this evening. With Chris Gayle Gayle and K L Rahul in terrific form, Moody was asked if his side had any specific plans to contain the KXIP batsmen, replied: "we had a healthy discussion around not only those two players, but every player that we feel has a chance of playing for the Kings. Every team has players of threat." Further elaborating on the message he has given to his top order batsmen, Moody said, "I have said this at the beginning of the tournament when it was clear David Warner was not going to be part of our campaign this year, there is no point anyone trying to go out there and play like Warner. "Everyone has got their own unique style and strength and to me, it's important how .

IPL: Kolkata to bowl against Rajasthan Royals

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Tuesday.

Hero Team's Mena 19th, Santosh 21st after Stage 2 at Merzouga Rally

Hero MotoSports Team Rally bikers Oriol Mena and C S Santosh were overall 19th and 21st after the second stage of the Afriquia Merzouga Rally here.

Bombay HC bars MCA from using water from Pavana dam

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday barred Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) from using water from Pavana dam for maintaining Pune ground for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 matches till further orders.On April 13, Bombay High Court issued a notice to MCA and sought reply on how they will arrange water for maintaining the ground for the IPL matches to be held in Pune.The development comes a day after the remaining IPL matches of Chennai Super Kings were shifted from the state to the MCA's International Stadium in Pune in the wake of the ongoing protest against the Centre's negligence for the formation of Cauvery Management Board (CMB).Issuing the notice, the Bombay High Court asked the MCA to explain how they would arrange water for preparing and maintaining ground in Pune to conduct matches of IPL shifted from Chennai to Pune.The notice was issued in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the NGO Loksatta Movement in 2016. In the same petition, Bombay HC had earlier ordered .

Guadalajara beat Toronto in first leg of Concacaf Champions League final

Guadalajara Chivas got off to a solid start in the Concacaf Champions League final, defeating Toronto FC, the defending Major League Soccer (MLS) champion, 2-1 in the first leg of the series at BMO Field here.

Barca draw with Vigo to edge closer to La Liga title

FC Barcelona edged a little closer to the Spanish La Liga title and maintained their unbeaten record, despite dropping two points with a 2-2 draw away to Celta Vigo.

Cricket Australia refutes reports of new coach appointment

Cricket Australia (CA) has denied claims that former Test opener Justin Langer will be appointed as Australia's head coach.

IPL: It was the perfect game for us, says MI skipper Rohit

Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma termed their last game which the hosts won by 46 runs as the perfect one.

Dakshina Bharat Area overall Southern Command Cross country

Headquarters Dakshin Bharat Area (DBA) bagged the overall Southern Command Cross Country Championship, with Havildar B Srinu winning the 10 KM championship held at the Madras Regiment Centre at Wellington in Nilgiris District today. Srinu of DBA clocked the best timing of 32.10 minutes. Sepoy H Lingaraj, also of DBA, and Naib subedar Karan Singh of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa (MGG) area followed with timings of 32.28 m and 32.41 m to claim individual medals. DBA emerged the overall champions. MGG Area and 11 Infantry Division were second and third respectively in the championship in which 10 teams, each comprising six members, participated, an official release said here.

A battle between KXIP batting and SRH bowling (IPL Preview)

Kings XI Punjab's batting will be up against the effective bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game between two in-form teams here on Thursday.

Tottenham held 1-1 by Brighton in EPL

Brighton & Hove Albion FC earned a precious point after holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-1 draw in the 34th round of the English Premier League (EPL) football championship.

Mo Farah eyes British record at London Marathon

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah aims to break the British record at the 38th London Marathon to be held on April 22. The 35-year-old will target Steve Jones's record of 2:07:13, set in 1985, when he takes on the 42.195-kilometre challenge for the second time.

Sunrisers Hyd have strongest bowling attack in IPL: Faulkner

Australian all-rounder James Faulkner feels Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have the strongest bowling attack in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the likes of in-form pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar and leg spinner Rashid Khan in their rank. "I think the strongest one (in term of bowling attack) has to be Sunrisers (Hyderabad). Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has been in great form for a couple of IPLs, (so) that will be my number one," the 27-year-old Faulkner said. "And the wrist spinner, who is the best in the World in T20s?" he said, referring to Khan, the Afghanistan leg spinner who has grabbed two wickets from three games for Sunrisers Hyderabad in this edition of the cash-rich event. Sunrisers also have bowlers like Siddarth Kaul, while Deepak Hooda and Mohammad Nabi act as part-time bowlers for the IPL franchise. Faulkner rated Mumbai Indian's (MI) bowling attack as the "second best" in the tournament, saying they have two good death bowlers. "Mumbai have got ...