SC allows HI and IOC to send Women's team to World Cup in Argentina

The Supreme Court has allowed the Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to send women's team to participate in the World Cup in Argentina beginning on August 26. The apex court noted that the players who have been selected for participation in the World Cup by the HI an...

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SC allows HI, IOA to send women's team to participate in the World Cup

The Supreme Court today allowed the Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to send women's team to participate in the World Cup in Argentina beginning on August 26. The apex court noted that the players who have been selected for participation in the World Cup by the HI ...

BCCI postpones its disciplinary panel meeting

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has postponed its disciplinary panel meeting, which was to take place on Wednesday to probe the alleged financial irregularities by the suspended IPL Chairman Lalit Modi in running the Twenty20 league. UNI reports that the meeting, has been put off due to no...

Somdev bows out; Paes Bhupathi advances in ATP Western and Southern Financial Group Masters

Somdev Devvarman bowed out of the ATP Western and Southern Financial Group Masters after losing a three-set thriller against Robby Ginepri Mason USA. The Indian qualifier lost 7-6, 6-7, 2-6 to the local wild card in the hard court event. Meanwhile, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have advanced to t...

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Training programmes of sportspersons being undertaken for CW Games

The Government today said that massive training programmes have been undertaken for elite sportspersons to prepare them for Commonwealth Games, to be hosted by India this October. The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr M S Gill said in the Lok Sabha that excellent training facilities are bein...

Sri Lanka Cricket, SLC, today initiated an internal inquiry into the deliberate no-ball by off-spinner Suraj Randiv which denied Indian opener Virender Sehwag a hundred in their tri-series match in Dambulla. SLC said in a statement that Sri Lanka Cricket officials have requested the Sri Lanka Nation...

An upset Sri Lanka Cricket today apologised to Indian opener Virender Sehwag for the deliberate no-ball bowled by off-spinner Suraj Randiv which left him stranded on 99 in their tri-series match in Dambulla on Monday. SLC Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga called-up the Indian team manager Ranjib Biswal ...

Indian Chess players defeated in Negroponte International Open Chess Tournament

In the first Negroponte International Open Chess Tournament at Chalkida in Greece, India's Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly suffered a defeat at the hands of GM Suat Atalik of Turkey. Abhijeet Gupta and Vishnu Prasanna also suffered defeats and it seems the Indians are out of title race in...