AFI to Sports Ministry submits report on Renjith Maheswary dope issue

The Athletics Federation of India last night told the Sports Ministry that triple jumper Renjith Maheswary was never punished by it for a dope offence. The Sports Ministry is expected to take a decision tomorrow on the issue of whether triple jumper would get the coveted Arjuna Award.Hours before he...

In the SAFF Football Championship, India and Bangladesh drew 1-1 in the group A match in Kathmandu today. Atiquer Rahman Meshu of Bangladesh scored in the 82 minute and India came from behind in the dying minutes of the game as Indian Skipper Sunil Chettri scored and leveled the score.With the draw ...

India to play 5 Tests in Eng for 1st time since 1959

India will play five Tests in England for the first time since 1959 during next year's tour. The England and Wales Cricket Board announced the tour itinerary on Monday. The tour will begin from June 23 and will continue till September 8, 2014 and also include five ODIs a solitary Twenty20 i...

US Basketball star Rodman to visit N.Korea again to set up pro league

The American basketball star Dennis Rodman is returning to North Korea for a second visit this year to meet the country's young leader Kim Jong Un. The trip comes just days after North Korea rejected a visit by a US envoy who had hoped to secure the release of a jailed American missionary. ...

Indian Open Snooker: Cueists Pandya & Prakash open with wins

Gareth Bale – the 100mn euro footballer is most expensive in history

Spanish giants Real Madrid have shelled out a whopping 100 million Euros or $132 million to secure the signature of their top summer target and ace footballer Gareth Bale.The transfer occured after a month-long hype and probably this year's most drawn-out transfer saga, to make the former T...

64-year old sets record for longest ocean swim without shark cage

A 64-year-old American long-distance swimmer has become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage. Diana Nyad successfully crossed the 166 kilometre-long Florida Straits from Cuba. She came ashore in Key West yesterday, about 53 hours after setting off from Havana....

Federer crashes out of US Open Tennis tournament

Former World Number One Roger Federer of Switzerland has crashed out of the US Open Tennis tournament, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season, at New York. In the Men's Singles pre-quarterfinals played this morning, world number 7 Federer was stunned by Spain's 19th seed Tom...

SAFF Football: Maldives defeat Sri Lanka by 10 goals to nil

In the SAFF Football Championship Maldives crushed Sri Lanka 10-0 in the group B match played at Dasarath Stadium In Kathmandu this evening. Maldives created history as records tumbled in the eighth edition of the SAFF Champoinship. For the beleaguered Sri Lankans who were reduced to ten men as the ...

SAFF Football: Maldives defeat Nepal by 10 goals to nil<br/>

In the SAFF Football Championship Maldives crushed Sri Lanka 10-0 in the group B match played at Dasarath Stadium In Kathmandu this evening. Maldives created history as records tumbled in the eighth edition of the SAFF Champoinship. For the beleaguered Sri Lankans who were reduced to ten men as the ...