London: Fashion designer Stella McCartney designed players' kit for British participants at the London Olympics which is inspired by nation's Union Jack Flag.

Stella said, "Actually, the colours of the Union Jack are similar to a lot of other flags and the athletes really wanted to feel identifiable as Team GB (Great Britain), so I just used different colours to say the same thing."

"I was also aware of the fact that it's something that might be overused in the build-up to the Olympics, in taxis, on cushions and mugs, so I wanted to do something different with it - but that was still...

Mumbai: A tight bowling from Kolkata Knight Riders took the Gautam Gambhir-led side comfortably close to the IPL playoffs as they thrashed Mumbai Indians by 32-runs at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.

Put in, Knight Riders recovered from a poor start, and crucial innings from Manoj Tiwari (41), Gautam Gambhir (27) and Yusuf Pathan (21 not out) helped them achieve a modest total of 140...

New Delhi: Shalabh Shrivastava, one of the five suspended cricketers have been quizzed by Ravi Sawani who is heading the inquiry committee set up by the Indian cricket board to probe the latest spot-fixing allegations in the sport.

Sawani, who heads the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) anti-corruption unit, met Shrivastava at a five-star hotel here. The probe panel, which is...

New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday said that only suspension of players alleged of spot-fixing is not enough and the Indian cricket board needed to do more to get to the root of the cause. He also said the board should keep off the Indian Premier League (IPL).

"Suspending five players is not going to the root of the problem. It (the Board of Control for Cricket in India - BCCI)...

New Delhi: If all goes well then by the end of this year India will be home to Barcelona's first football school in the country.

The Spanish giants announced here on Wednesday its intention of opening the school in New Delhi.

The school named FCBEscola will be operational within this year and will have a capacity for around 300 players between 6-14 years.

"This is one of the most...

Madrid: Spain may field a few uncapped players in the upcoming Euro 2012 Football Championships. The world cup winning country's football coach Vicente del Bosque has indicated that some fresh faces may be included to the side in the championship to be held in Poland and Ukraine.

Bosque did not confirm his final 23-man squad for the Championships until the final of the Copa del Rey between...

New Delhi: Table toppers Delhi Daredevils became the first team to qualify for the play-off stages of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as they beat Kings XI Punjab by five wickets at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday.

It was comprehensive performance by the Daredevils and with the win they almost dented Kings XI hopes of making it to the play-off stages.

Kings XI are still lying at the...

New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla said on Tuesday that the BCCI has decided to immediately suspend five cricketers who have been linked to spot-fixing in a sting operation done by a TV channel.

"The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) has decided to suspend the five players pending inquiry. We have set up a committee to provide a preliminary report and it...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Gautam Gambhir on Monday dismissed suggestions that back to back defeats might affect team morale and said that he was hopeful of a tournament as the team has got two more games in the league stage of the tournament.

"No question of (the twin defeats) affecting the team morale. We have played very good cricket throughout the tournament. We played...

Kolkata: Dwayne Bravo struck a last ball six as titleholders Chennai Super Kings scraped past the Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in a nail-biting Indian Premier League contest at the Eden Gardens here on Monday to brighten their chances of a play-off place.

Replying to the Knight Riders' 158/6, the Super Kings needed five off the last ball. But West Indies all-rounder Dwyane Bravo (11...