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Berlin: Striker Mario Gomez is retiring from international football after Germany’s first-round exit from the World Cup. Gomez, who scored 31 goals in 78 appearances for Germany, said on Facebook Sunday that

New Delhi: As part of BJP’s ‘Contact for Support’ campaign, party chief Amit Shah met cricketer M.S Dhoni in New Delhi and shared with him the work done by the central government

BIRMINGHAM: England pacer James Anderson says Virat Kohli is not “invincible” and poor slip fielding from his teammates has allowed the Indian skipper to get off the hook in the first innings

Mumbai :Talismanic Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri was named an ‘Asian Icon’ by the game’s continental governing body on his 34th birthday and received effusive praise for rivalling the world’s greatest players

London :Barcelona has announced that they had reached an agreement with Bayern Munich to sign Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal in a deal reportedly worth 30 million euros. “FC Barcelona and FC Bayern

London :Glenn Jacobs, who is best known to fans around the world as WWE superstar Kane, has been elected as the mayor of the Knox County, Tennessee. Kane, who is the storyline

NEW DELHI: Veteran West Indies batsman Chris Gayle is confident he will still be hitting sixes at the World Cup next year and insists his explosive style has changed the ODI game.

Birmingham:Virat Kohli single-handedly kept India in the first Test with his maiden hundred in England but the captain would still rate the memorable knock second to his 141 in a lost run-chase

NANJING, CHINA: Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-game loss to Spain’s Carolina Marin in the quarter-final match of Badminton World Championships . The Spaniard dominated the game from the start and crushed Nehwal

Pune:Indian Super League franchise FC Pune City signed Iain Hume for the 2018-19 season. Hume, who is the highest goal scorer in the history of Indian Super League, has plied his trade