India vs England: Third ODI at Oval today

Third one-day International Cricket match between India and England, will be played at Kennington Oval today. England is 1-0 up in the five-ODI series. The first game at Chester-Le-Street was abandoned due to rain.

FIFA to hear Bin Hammam bribery appeal next week

FIFA confirmed it on Thursday that Mohamed Bin Hammam, handed a life ban by FIFA on bribery charges, will have his appeal against that decision next week. The 62-year-old Qatari, a former member of FIFA's executive committee, was booted out in July after being found guilty of corruption and...

2nd edition of India Golf Forum 2011 begins

The second edition of the India Golf Forum 2011, a part of Sportz Power Knowledge Series on Thursday kicked off at New Delhi with well-known personalities and officials associated with the game.Golf is currently the fastest growing sport in India and despite it's once 'elitist&...

The talented footballers of Kashmir can now think of practising during winter season as the central government has sanctioned 6 crore rupees for laying an artificial turf at the TRC Stadium at Srinagar .Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council secretary Kiran Wattal told reporters that the turf will be laid...

Australia dominates Sri Lanka in 2nd test

Australia pace bowlers took eight quick wickets to skittle out host Sri Lanka for 174 runs on day one of the second test in Kandy on Thursday, as the home team struggled against fast bowling from the start of the innings. The tourists were 60 for no loss in 17.4 overs at the end of the first day wit...

US Open: All cancelled matches due to rain, to be played tonight

In the US Open Tennis tournament, Indo-Russian pair of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will take on the American duo of Jack Sock and Melanie Oudin in the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event on Thursday.On Wednesday Heavy showers disrupted play at the US Open Tennis tournament. All the cancelled m...

J&K to host 6-day-long 57th National School Games Football

Jammu and Kashmir will host 6-day-long 57th National School Games Football Boys U-17 at Srinagar from September 15. As many as 20 teams comprising 600 players and 100 supporting officials from across the country are expected to participate in the games.This was disclosed by the minister for Youth Se...

Heavy showers disrupt US open Tennis Tournament

Heavy showers disrupted play at the US Open Tennis tournament for the second consecutive day on Wednesday. All the cancelled matches will be played today, which means that the Indo-Russian pair of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will take on the American duo of Jack Sock and Melanie Oudin in the semi...

Four new inductees to ICC Hall of Fame

The International Cricket Council will announce four new inductees into its Hall of Fame, in London on September 12.ICC President Sharad Pawar will announce the four new inductees, three of whom will attend the ceremony.Later, Clive Lloyd, the ICC Cricket Committee Chairman, will reveal the ODI Team...

Bhakti, Ivana begin campaign on winning note in National Jr Chess

Two-time champion Bhakti Kulkarni and Ivana Furtado opened their campaigns on a winning note in the girls category of the National Junior U-19 Chess Championship, which commenced at Margao on Wednesday.Goan girls Kulkarni and Furtado defeated S K Tasen and Karthikeyini respectively.Shubham Sawaikar ...