England and Australia head into third Ashes test with series tied at 1-1

England and Australia head into the third Ashes test at Edgbaston in Birmingham with the series tied at 1-1. The match is slated at 3:30 PM Indian time. In the first test, England went from the heroics of Cardiff to humiliation at Lord's as they lost the second test to visitors by a whoopin...

Former South Africa skipper Clive Rice passes away

Former all-rounder Clive Rice, the first post-apartheid captain of South Africa, died in Johannerburg today. He was 66. An official from national cricket association of South Africa said that Rice, who had been suffering from a brain tumour, played most of his cricket during South Africa's ...

Working Group Constituted for Re-drafting of the Sports Code

The Sports Ministry today constituted a nine-member Working Group which will prepare a revised draft of the National Sports Development Code, NSDC and submit its recommendations within three months. The Working Group will be headed by Retd Delhi High Court Judge CK Mahajan and has former hockey skip...

India to field biggest ever team at World Badminton C'ship

India will be fielding its biggest and strongest team at the World Badminton Championships to be held at Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 10. It is for the first time that India will have two players within the top 5 -- Saina Nehwal, World no 2 and Kidambi Srikanth, World No 3. Ol...

Indian women archery team earns Olympic berths

Indian women's recurve team earned Olympic quota for 2016 Rio Games while the men's trio failed to advance after squandering a handsome lead at the archery World Championships, in Copenhagen, Denmark today. Pitted against seventh seed Germany, Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, Laxmi R...

BCCI rules out immediate resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India, BCCI has ruled out an immediate resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties in the wake of Gurdaspur terror attack, in which militants from across the border are believed to be involved. PTI quotes BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur as saying that the resumption of crick...

BCCI rules out immediate resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties

The Board Of Control For Cricket In India, BCCI has ruled out an immediate resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties in the wake of Gurdaspur terror attack, in which militants from across the border are believed to be involved. PTI quotes BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur as saying that the resumption of crick...

India open medal tally at Special Olympics World Games

Delhi's Yash Singh has won the first medal for India in the special olympic World Games at Los Angeles, United States. The 13 year old Yash won a bronze clocking 19. 23 second in the 25 meter backstroke. The gold medalist produced a timing of 16. 8.5 second Autism.

No cricket ties with Pakistan as of now: BCCI

The BCCI today ruled out an immediate resumption of Indo-Pak cricket ties in the wake of Gurdaspur terror attack, in which militants from across the border are believed to be involved. PTI quotes BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur as saying that the resumption of cricket ties may not be possible under suc...

Indian Hockey team sweats it out in Shimla ahead of France tour in August