National Junior Badminton: Top seeded players enter quarterfinals

On the third day of 39th National Junior Badminton championships in Patna today, top seeded players cruised into the quater-finals. While top seeds Kaushal, Rahul Yadav, Siril Varmasmoothly sailed into the Under-19 boys' and girls' quarter-finals, Chirag Sen, Kanishq, Vrushali move...

India clinch gold in Under-16 Chess Olympiad

Top seeds India have bagged the gold medal in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad. In a tight contest at Gyor in Hungary today, India beat Turkey by Three points to One in the 10th and final round to clinch the title. India finished ahead of Russia and Iran at the FIDE tournament held at the Uni...

Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan fit to play Melbourne Test

India's opener Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli have recovered from their injuries sustained during the second Test against Australia. The two are now fit to play the third test match beginning in Melbourne on Friday. This has been reported in the 'Sydney Morning Herald&...

National Junior Badminton Championships begin in Patna

The 39th National Junior Badminton Championships began in Patna today. Reigning junior national champion Rituparna Das of Telengana and Roshni Rani of Bihar won their opening matches. Das defeated Anshunita Srivastava of Bihar by 21-8, 21-3. Roshni Rani of Bihar beat N Mansotra of Jammu and Kashmir ...

Young Axar Patel to replace Jadeja in Test squad against Australia

Young left-arm spinner Axar Patel will replace an injured Ravindra Jadeja, who was today ruled out due to a shoulder injury from India's remaining two cricket Tests against Australia. According to a media release issued by the BCCI, Axar Patel will join the Indian team in Australia for the ...

Brisbane Test: Australia beat India, take 2-0 lead

At Brisbane on Saturday, India lost the second Cricket Test against Australia by four wickets. Resuming the fourth day at their overnight second innings score of 71 for one, India were bowled out for 224 runs. Chasing a paltry victory target of 128, Australian knocked off the required runs losing si...

Atletico de Kolkata win inaugural ISL title

Atletico de Kolkata have won the inaugural Indian Super League or ISL football tournament beating Kerala Blasters 1-0. Mohammad Rafique scored the most-important goal in the dying minutes to help Atletico de Kolkata emerge triumphant at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai yesterday. It was an exciting fi...

PM Modi congratulates men's, women's Kabaddi teams for World Cups wins

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian men's and women's Kabaddi teams for winning World Cups. In his message, Mr Modi said, they have made the country proud. While Indian men's team clinched the fifth Kabaddi World Cup title, the women's side bagge...

Sachin Tendulkar named brand ambassador for ICC World Cup 2015

Arjun Atwal wins inaugural Dubai Open Golf title