The Indian men’s recurve team, consisting of Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai and Rahul Banerjee, was beaten by Great Britain in the final of the World Cup archery Stage 2 meet at Antalya on Sunday. The Great Britain team won 222-211.

India's Deepika Kumari, won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal at Antalya, Turkey on Saturday. She beat Korea's Lee Sung Jin by six set points to four in the final.

The global sale of tickets for this year's World Twenty20, to be held in Sri Lanka, started on Friday and would be available for as cheap as USD 0.25 for group games and between USD 2.50 and USD 45 for the final.

England caretaker manager Stuart Pearce believes the European Championships will be harder to win than the World Cup and says the Three Lions cannot afford to make a slow start to the tournament.

Field hockey's world body FIH is planning a new world league that will replace the present qualifying tournaments for the Olympics and the World Cup.

Former Brazil star Romario has again criticised his country's preparations for the 2014 World Cup, saying he fears it faces embarrassment if work on its outdated airports is not speeded up.

A year after Qatar became the first Arab country to win the right to host the World Cup, the tiny but wealthy Persian Gulf nation is immersed in efforts to make more history by bringing the Olympics to the Middle East in 2020.

Japan's 1-0 World Cup qualifying away defeat by North Korea has stirred a debate in parliament with one lawmaker claiming the Blue Samurai could have been kidnapped if they had won in Pyongyang.

About 100 contracted Sri Lankan cricketers have not been paid since the island nation co-hosted the World Cup with India and Bangladesh in April earlier this year due to the debt that the country's Board is facing.

FIFA will make half-price tickets available for Brazilians aged 65 and over at the 2014 World Cup finals, amid plans to make all tickets cheaper for fans from the host nation.