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Eden Hazard Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has won the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year award. The 24-year-old has scored 13 goals and made eight assists in 33 Premier League games

  Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (C) vies for a ball with Paris Saint-Germain’s David Luiz (R) during their UEFA Champions League quarter-finals second leg match in Barcelona, Spain, April 21, 2015. Barcelona won

Sourav Ganguly By Veturi Srivatsa  India’s first cricket captain to win back-to-back series in the West Indies and England, Ajit Wadekar was called lucky. Sourav Ganguly, the other captain who gave the

Star sprinter Usain bolt says the prospect of a landmark “triple-triple” is a motivating force as he prepares for his final Olympic Games in Rio next year. The Jaimaican sprint legend will

India’s Saina Nehwal has regained the women’s singles World No.1 spot in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday. The Hyderabadi became No.1 for the first time exactly two

  Martina Hingis (left) and Sania Mirza with the BNP Paribas Cup trophy at the awards ceremony. Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza won a 2-0 victory over Russia’s Elena Vesnina and Ekaternia

 Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis survived a tough test to reach the final of the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament here . The No.1 seeded Sania and Martina beat 6-4, 1-6, 10-7

Richie Benaud, legendary Australian cricket captain who mesmerised generations of fans with his commentary on the game, died in Sydney on Thursday night, Cricket Australia said. Benaud, 84, was an outstanding leg-spinner

 After reaching a career-high of World No.1 in women’s singles, Saina Nehwal dropped to No.2 in the revised Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Thursday as reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui re-took