Five time World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand will defend his title against Magnus Carlsen of Norway at his home turf as Tamil Nadu will host the World Chess Championship this year.The championship will be held in Chennai from 6th to 26th November.Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced this in th...

Hockey India forms a High Performance & Development panel

Hockey India today formed a High Performance and Development Committee for the year 2013-14 to promote the sport at the grassroot level. The Committee will be headed by Hockey India Secretary General, Narinder Batra.The 15-member committee includes Olympians, international players and chief coaches ...

SA cricketer Wayne Parnell gets bail in Juhu rave party case<br/>

A local court in Mumbai has granted bail to South African cricketer Wayne Parnell in the Juhu rave party case.Parnell surrendered before the court on Monday and was granted bail on a surety of Rs 10,000. Last month, Mumbai Police had filed the chargesheet in the case after which the Special Narcotic...

North-East Games, 2013 begins; Manipur tops medal tally on day 1

North-East Games, 2013 begins in Imphal

Indian eves beat Bangladesh by 5 wkts in 1st ODI<br/>

Indian Women&apos;s Cricket Team registered an emphatic 5-wicket victory in the first match of three ODI series against Bangladesh in Ahmedabad on Monday.Captain Harmanpreet Kaur played a patient innings 63 not out of 100 balls as Indian Eves chased down the target of 195 in just 49.2 overs. She...

North-East Games, 2013 begins in Imphal<br/><br/> <br/>

IPL 6: KKR vs Rajasthan Royals

Defending Champions Kolkata Knight Riders will clash with Rajasthan Royals today, in a league match of the ongoing sixth IPL Twenty-20 cricket tournament.The match will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur at 8 in the evening.Last night, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Ba...

Rupesh Shah wins Asian billiards championship

Reigning world champion Rupesh Shah has won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards championship 2013. The championship was held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. This is India&apos;s 10th Asian Billiards title and Rupesh is a new entrant to this elite club.

IPL 6: Sunrisers defeat RCB in super-over

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the super-over last night, to register their second consecutive victory in the ongoing sixth Indian Premier League Twenty-20 cricket tournament. Opting to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad last night, Bangalor...