Dunga hired as Brazil football coach
Brazil has hired Dunga as the coach of the national football team, returning to a job he held four years ago. The 50-year—-ld Dunga replaces Luiz Felipe Scolari, who resigned last week after Brazil failed to win the World Cup. Brazil was eliminated in the semifinals in a humiliating 7—1 loss to... read more »
As Tour de France enters Pyrenees, Rogers wins 16th stage
Michael Rogers of Australia led a breakaway to a downhill finish in winning the longest stage as the Tour de France entered the Pyrenees on Tuesday. Vincenzo Nibali, about 8 1/2 minutes back, reined in his top challengers and retained the yellow jersey after Stage 16. But the contest for the podium... read more »
Victories at Lord’s: Then and Now
India’s twin peaks at Lord’s, those dual tales of humbling the host, are split by 28 years. The squads are different, one was Kapil’s Devils, and the other is M.S. Dhoni’s merry bunch. The lone continuity between 1986 and 2014 is restricted to the gene-pool. Roger Binny played then. His son... read more »
Top Naxal commander killed in Jharkhand
In a pre-dawn operation, security forces on Wednesday killed a prominent Naxal commander operating in Jharkhand in the forests of Khunti district of the state. According to preliminary information reaching the headquarters in Ranchi, the Naxal commander Vishal alias Tulsi alias Tadit, also the... read more »
