Fifa President Sepp Blatter facing 90-day suspension

Final T-20 between India, South Africa today

The third and final Twenty-20 of the India-South Africa series will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today. The match will begin at 7 pm. With victories in the opening two encounters at Dharamsala and Cuttack, the visitors have already clinched the T-20 series. Team India will look to restor...

Ajay, Gurusaidutt reach 2nd round in Dutch Open<br/>

Defending champion Ajay Jayaram prevailed over Netherlands&apos; Mark Caljouw in the opening round of the Dutch Open Grand Prix today. At Almere in The Netherlands, the third seeded Indian recovered after losing the opening game to eke out a 19-21, 21-17, 21-18 win over Mark in a hard fought men...

Cabinet approves MoU on sports with Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its ex-post facto approval for circulation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Agreement on cooperation in the field of sports signed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. This MoU between India and Kazakhstan and India Turkmen...

ISL Football: Atletico de Kolkata hold FC Goa to a 1-1 draw

In the Indian Super League Football tournament, the match between Atletico de Kolkata and FC Goa ended in a One-One draw at Margao today. At half-time, defending champions Atletico de Kolkata were leading One-Nil. In tomorrow&apos;s fixture, Delhi Dynamos will take on Chennaiyin FC at the Jawaha...

BCCI asks Odisha Cricket Association to submit report on unruliness during India Vs SA T20 match

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday asked the Odisha Cricket Association to submit a report on the incident of the unruliness of the spectators throwing plastic water bottles at the playground and disrupting the T20 match between India and South Africa at Barabati Stadium in Cutta...

India Vs SA 3rd T20 to be played in Kolkata tomorrow

The third and final Twenty20 International between India and South Africa will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Thursday. The match will begin at 7 p.m.The visitors have already clinched the series by Two-Nil, by winning the encounters played at Dharamsala and Cuttack. India need to set the tea...

Hockey: India beat New Zealand 3-1 in 2nd match to level series

The Indian Men&apos;s Hockey team today won the second match of its Test tour to New Zealand, 3-1 to level the 4-match series, 1-1. The match was played at Nelson. India had lost the tour opener, 0-2 yesterday. The third game will be played in Christchurch on Friday, with the last game slated fo...

Athletics to be one of focus area of India

Government is focusing on athletics as one of the key sports to be developed by bringing in international expertise in the field. The decision was taken in view of popularity of traditional athletics in rural areas of the country and the recent excellent performance of athletes in various internatio...

Russia's Sergey Karjakin wins World Cup Chess Championship

Youngest ever Grand Master, Sergey Karjakin of Russia, annexed the World Cup Chess Championship, defeating compatriot Peter Svidler 6-4, in a thrilling finale that concluded in Baku, Azerbaijan. Karjakin and Svidler thus joined five-time World Champions, among others, Viswanathan Anand of India, in ...