The Yashin Trophy will be named after the Soviet international, Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to have won the Ballon d'Or itself

After he was knighted by former British Prime Minister Theresa May, Geoffrey Boycott was severely criticised by UK's senior female MP Harriet Harman, who asked for a review of the "baffling decision to honour a man who was convicted in a French court in 1998 for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Margaret Moore"

Barcelona have more players in the running for a place in the FIFA FIFPro World 11 than any other club but the English Premier League trumps La Liga

FIFA announced the shortlist for its Puskas Award has been cut from 10 to three, with Lionel Messi still in the running for the best goal of the season

FIFA announced Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk are the finalists for The Best Men's Player award this year

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were both on the shortlist for UEFA's Player of the Year award, but Liverpool 's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk won the prize

The National Sports Awards are given on August 29 every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

Earlier this week in Washington, Trump said that he would discuss with Prime Minister Modi the situation in Kashmir and help ease the Indo-Pak tensions when they meet at the G7 Summit in France this weekend.

Selection Committee for Sports Awards 2019 nominated names of Bajrang Punia (wrestling) and Deepa Malik (para-athletics) for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and 19 payers including cricketer Ravindra Jadeja and athlete Mohammed Anas Yahiya for the Arjuna Award

Interestingly, a BAI source said HS Prannoy's recommendation for the Arjuna Award had gone late to the Sports Ministry. The 27-year-old had won a gold in the mixed team event in the 2018 Commonwealth Games