BCCI recommends R Ashwin for Arjuna Award

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been recommended by the BCCI for the Government's prestigious Arjuna Award this year. The player had won the Cricket Board's Polly Umrigar Trophy best player award in 2012-13 season. Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI General Manager (Game Development) said i...

Marvan Atapattu appointed as Sri Lanka's head coach

Sri Lanka Cricket Board, today appointed former national player and captain Marvan Atapattu as the National Team Head Coach with immediate effect. The appointment follows the sudden resignation of Paul Farbrace, who has joined the English team as Assistant coach. SLC said the appointments will be fo...

Bindra, Vijay through for CWG, Narang out in 10m air rifle

Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has made the cut, but London Games bronze winner Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the 10-metre air rifle event for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Narang missed out on a place since his last six scores were not good enough. The last scores included the ones r...

Sunrisers Hyderabad set victory target of 185 runs for Delhi Daredevils

In the IPL Twenty20 match at Dubai, Sunrisers Hyderabad have set a victory target of 185 runs for Delhi Daredevils. Electing to bat, after winning the toss, Hyderabad made 184 for one.Aaron Finch was the top scorer with an unbeaten 88, while David Warner was not out on 58.Chasing the target, the Del...

Sindhu enters Badminton Asia Championships semis

Teen sensation P V Sindhu has reached the semifinals of the Women's Singles in the prestigious Asian Badminton Championships. At the Gimcheon Indoor Stadium in Korea today, she recorded a thrilling three-game victory Ongbumrungpan Busanan of Thailand to assure herself of a bronze medal. Wit...

AIFF launches certification model for football development

All India Football Federation launched the 'AIFF Academy Certification' on Thursday, which aims to set a standard in the development of youth football in the country through a certification model. AIFF has developed a set of criteria on which the academies will be assessed and cert...

Delhi play H'bad, CSK clash with Mumbai in IPL matches today

In IPL Cricket, Delhi Daredevils will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings will clash with Mumbai Indians in Dubai today.Delhi Daredevils have been off color having lost two out of its three matches. Skipper Kevin Pietersen is expected to be back in the aquad today after sitting out o...

India returns with rich haul from USA Open Karate Ch'ships

India returned with a rich haul of eight medals comprising two gold and six bronze, from the USA Open Karate Championship held at Las Vegas from April 18 to 21. More than 3,000 players from 15 countries participated in the event and India was represented by an eight-member team consisting of six pla...

AIFF launches certification model for development of football in India

All India Football Federation launched the 'AIFF Academy Certification' on Thursday, which aims to set a standard in the development of youth football in the country through a certification model. AIFF has developed a set of criteria on which the academies will be assessed and cert...

IPL 7: KKR beat RCB by two runs at Sharjah