Kolkata, (IANS) Saluting Leslie Claudius’s genius, Indian hockey greats Thursday mourned the demise of “one of the greatest players the game has ever seen”. Double Olympian Keshav Dutt, Claudius’s contemporary, expressed shock. “Only today I heard about the improvement in his condition. I was not prepared for this,” said a sobbing Dutt, member of the [...]

Noida, (IANS) Chess is not only a game but a fun activity for schoolchildren as it inculcates useful skills for education as well as for life, chess wizard Viswanathan Anand said Thursday. “Playing chess enhances the memory, gives confidence, teaches problem solving, increases concentration…,” the five-time world champion said after inaugurating an NIIT Mind Champions [...]

By Sandip Sikdar Lucknow, (IANS) National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand Wednesday came out in defence of Saina Nehwal after she “retired” on match point from the women’s singles first round of the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold at the Babu Banarsi Das Indoor Stadium here. In controversial circumstances, Saina, India’s Olympic bronze medallist, [...]

Porto Alegre (Brazil), Dec 20 (IANS) Former Brazilian national goalkeeper Dida has signed with football club Gremio for the 2013 season. The 39-year-old had been at Paulista club Portuguesa and it was thought the stopper would hang up his gloves at the end of the 2012 season. But Dida insists he still has plenty left [...]

India vs England first T20 match will once again bring to forth one important question before selectors. And the question is not new. It has been asked repeatedly by the media and by many sane voices in the Indian cricket circles is that what if others improve substantially in spin bowling. Read more: Blackberry 10 vs iPhone 5: [...]

Bangalore, (IANS) Three players from Karnataka, who were part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup for the blind by thrashing Pakistan Thursday, will receive Rs.300,000 cash award from the state government. “The state government will also consider allotting land to build a playground for the blind cricketers, as requested by the [...]

Bangkok, (IANS) India’s best known drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Karun Chandhok Friday won the Race of Champions (ROC) Asia, beating Japan in the finals. The victory also helped the duo qualify for the ROC Nations Cup. Team India, making its ROC debut, won the final 2-0 after leading the group stage with four wins out [...]

Bangalore, (IANS) Arch rivals India and Pakistan will clash in the T20 World Cup for the sightless Thursday as both teams cruised through semi-finals Wednesday, beating Sri Lanka and England respectively at the Central College ground here. India piled up 318 runs for eight wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and restricted the Lankans to [...]

New Delhi, (IANS) The Indian cricket board Wednesday rubbished former selector Mohinder Amarnath’s claim that it had overruled the decision of the national selectors to remove Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain, and said it was inappropriate to discuss such matters in public. Amarnath has stirred a controversy by saying Dhoni’s removal as captain of the [...]

New Delhi, (IANS) All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel said Tuesday that the national body will tread cautiously before slapping a two-year ban on top I-League club Mohun Bagan. “We have taken a serious note of it. But we will not make a hasty decision as there could be long-term implications. Whatever has [...]

Hyderabad, (IANS) Indian girls and boys finished 11th and 16th in the team events at the Volkswagen World Junior Table Tennis Championships at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium here Tuesday. The girls team, comprising Manika Batra, Karnam Spoorthy and Reeth Tennison lost 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the match for positions 9-12. They later turned up [...]