SANTISGO DEL ESTERO (Argentina) : Lionel Messi scored his 100th international goal as Argentina cruised to a 7-0 home win over Curacao in their lop-sided friendly, here.

QUITO (Ecuador) : Veteran Bolivian striker Marcelo Moreno has agreed to join Ecuadorian side Independiente del Valle on a free transfer, his agent said.

MADRID (Spain) : Peru goalkeeper Pedro Gallese has been released from a Madrid police station after giving evidence in the wake of incidents which took place at the team hotel on Monday evening.

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has congratulated Punjab's Kho Kho player Gurvir Kaur for becoming the Asian champion.

NEW DELHI : There may not have been any LaLiga Santander action this past week, since it was the March international break, but there were still several interesting developments at Spain's clubs and the most interesting are discussed below.

NEW DELHI : After the successful launch of the Spanish-Bengali football dictionary last month, La Liga alongside Instituto Cervantes has launched the Spanish-Hindi football dictionary at the Residence of the Embassy of Spain here.

BERLIN : Bayern Munich remains in a state of unrest after the dismissal of coach Julian Nagelsmann.Despite having quickly found a suitable replacement, former Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel, the mood in the Bavarian club remains at an alarmingly low level, reports Xinhua.

HYDERABAD : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday congratulated boxer Nikhat Zareen on winning the gold medal in the 50 kg category finals of the Women's World Boxing Championship in New Delhi.

NEW DELHI : Scripting history, exuberant Indian pugilists Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora were crowned as World Champions for the first time after registering contrasting victories in the finals of the IBA Women's World Boxing Championship at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, here on Saturday.

NEW DELHI : Saweety Boora was a state level kabaddi player before she switched her loyalties to boxing on the advice of her father who preferred that she excelled in an individual sport, rather than a team sport.