Tag: TB
Six Clubs Fined By UEFA For Fans' Misconduct
La Liga giants Barcelona and five other football clubs were fined by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for their respective fans misconduct.....
Spain, Italy, Croatia Win World Cup Qualifiers
Spain and Italy eased past their opponents to stay unbeaten in Group G of the 2018 football World Cup European qualifiers, with Italian veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon playing the 1,000th game of his professional career. ....
New Blood Test Identifies TB Infections Within Hours
US researchers said they have successfully developed a blood test that can rapidly diagnose and quantitate the severity of active tuberculosis (TB) cases, an important advance against the major global health threat, a media report said. ....
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports distributed footballs among Members of Parliament to promote the Mission XI Million Programme for taking the game across India in the run up to the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in October.....
FIFA Completes Internal Investigation Into Alleged Corruption
World football governing body FIFA announced on Friday that it has completed the investigation it opened in June 2015, after the office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced investigations into allegations of criminal misconduct, bribery and corruption in world football. ....
Bhutia Reinstated As AIFF Advisor
Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been reinstated as advisor to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for a one year term.....
Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies In Its War On TB
India has over 850,000 private pharmacies or chemists nationwide; yet, only nine per cent of them have been engaged in efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), according to a January 2017 paper published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy.....
Amazon Replaces Twitter To Live Stream NFL
Twitter will not stream the NFL's Thursday Night Football games this year, instead Amazon will. The Jeff Bezos company won the rights paying $50 million for the deal, a media report said on Wednesday.....
Coach, Investor Of Spanish Soccer Club Arrested Over Match-fixing
The Spanish police on Tuesday arrested two persons on suspicion of being involved in match-fixing after a third-tier football club in Spain suffered a hardly credible 0-12 thrashing, according to police sources.....
Indian Football Team Rises To 101 In FIFA Rankings
The Indian football team jumped 31 places to be at the 101 spot in the recently released FIFA rankings, their best in a couple of decades. ....
