Govt sacks athletics coach Ogrodnik, forms inquiry panel

India v West Indies, final test at Dominica today

The third and final cricket test between India and the West Indies will be played at Roseau, Dominica today. The Indians leading the three-match series, 1-0, may have to make some changes to their batting line-up on the Windsor Park track which is expected to offer pace and bounce. Out-of-form young...

Ukrainian coach sacked over doping scandal

The Sports Ministry has sacked India's athletics coach, Yuri Ogrodnik of Ukrain. Sports Minister Ajay Maken has asked Sports Authority of India, SAI, to immediately relieve coaches attached to the Indian athletes who failed in the Dope test. Talking to media in New Delhi, the Minister said,...

Two more Indian athletes flunk dope test

Two more athletes, including the country's new golden girl Ashwini Akkunji, tested positive for anabolic steroids hours before the departure for Japan for the Asian Championships. Quartermiler Priyanka Panwar also returned positive for anabolic steroids in the dope tests conducted on June 2...

Novak Djokovic has become the first man from Serbia to bag the gentleman's Singles title at the prestigious Wimbledon Tennis Championships. This is his first Wimbledon and the third Grand Slam title after two Australian Open victories.At the Centre Court in London on Sunday, Djokovic yet ag...

Novak Djokovic has become the first man from Serbia to bag the entlemen's Singles title at the prestigious Wimbledon Tennis Championships. This is his first Wimbledon and the third Grand Slam title after two Australian Open victories.At the Centre Court in London on Sunday, Djokovic yet aga...

Indian cricket team fined for slow over rate

The Indian cricket team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test against the West Indies at Barbados which ended in a draw on Saturday. Match referee Chris Broad imposed the fines after Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side was ruled to be three overs short of its target...

Laxman, Ishan rise to top 10 in ICC rankings

Veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman on Sunday rose to a career-best sixth in the ICC Rankings for Test batsmen. Laxman achieved this after playing two crucial half centuries in the drawn match against the West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados. The 36-year-old from Hyderabad, who hit 85 and 87 in a low-s...

Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Men's Singles title in the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London last night.In the final match, he defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain in four sets 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic won the title in his maiden appearance in the final.In mixed dou...

In London, the men's singles final of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships between defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia is now in progress. Nadal, the champion in 2008 and 2010, is appearing in his fifth Wimbledon final. Australian Open winner Djokovic is maki...