England cricketer D'Oliveira dies

Former England all-rounder Basil D'Oliveira has died at the age of 80. D'Oliveira ended up playing for his adopted country after he saw his path blocked in his native apartheid-era South Africa . Cricket South Africa (confirmed D'Oliveira's death in England , sayi...

Maken seeks probe into match fixing claims made by Kambli

Sports Minister Ajay Maken has called for a probe into the match fixing claims made by former cricket Vinod Kambli. Talking to reporters in New Delhi on Saturday, he said, that cricket fans in the country have a right to know about the truth.He added that if BCCI does not act, the Sports Ministry ma...

Sports Minister Ajay Maken today said that Government will come with a strong anti-match fixing law. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Mr. Maken said that he will consult the Home Ministry to formulate a stringent law to curb betting and match fixing.Reacting to claim...

India storm into finals of World Cup Kabaddi

Indian shooters dominate at 55th National Shooting C'ship

Top Indian male shooters dominated the scene on the 3rd day of the 55th National Shooting Championships being held at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune today.<br/><br/>In 10 Meter Air Rifle event for Men, Olympian Abhinav Bindra of Punjab secured Gold by scoring 700.2 points i...

4 Indians short-listed for this year�s ICC Awards

Top Indian male shooters dominated the scene on the 3rd day of the 55th National Shooting Championships being held at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune today.<br/><br/>In 10 Meter Air Rifle event for Men, Olympian Abhinav Bindra of Punjab secured Gold by scoring 700.2 points i...

Kerala 223/5 against Tripura in Ranji battle

In Ranji Trophy Cricket being played in Kochi, Kerala were 223 for 5 in their first innings in the Group A encounter with Tripura today.V A Jagadeesh&apos;s 57 and an unbeaten 52 by Sachin Baby put the home team on a sound footing on the second day&apos;s play today.For Tripura, Patel took f...

Saina crashes out of the Hong Kong Open Badminton

Ace Badminton player Saina Nehwal of India is out of the Hongkong Open. In the Women&apos;s Single Quarter finals fourth seeded Saina was defeated 21-16, 21-15 by seventh seeded Tine Baun of Denmark. In the men&apos;s Single Ajay Jairam and R.M.V. Gurusaidatt had also to bow out of the tourn...

Hong Kong Super Series: Saina will face Tine in quarter finals

Defending Champion Saina Nehwal will today face seventh-seeded Tine Baun of Denmark in the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Super Series Badminton tournament. The World Number Four Indian shuttler yesterday defeated Yao Jie of Holland in straight games 21-17, 21-17.In the Men&apos;s Singles quart...

WI Test: Rohit Sharma replaces Yuvi

Middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh has been replaced by Rohit Sharma in the India squad for the third and final Cricket Test against West Indies. The rest of the squad is unchanged. Yuvraj was unable to convert his starts in the Delhi and Kolkata Tests against the visitors, managing only 23, 18 and 2...