Gurbachan Singh Randhawa comes from a time when medals brought athletes respect, but little in terms of monetary benefits. He won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon and was among the first recipients of the Arjuna Award which he won in 1961....
Despite former India skipper Rahul Dravid requesting the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to take age-fraud issues seriously, the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has decided to relax the punishment on players found guilty of fudging their age. The previous punishment was a 2-year ban for players caught...
Uruguay great Diego Forlan, who played for Manchester United and Atletico Madrid, has retired from the professional game....
On a day when FIFA sent in a strongly-worded letter asking I-League clubs to work in tandem with the All India Football Federation (AIFF), it has also come to light that the two giants of club football in the country -- East Bengal and Mohun Bagan -- are trying their best to hold talks with Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) to get an ent...
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday released the final digital content viewing figures for World Cup 2019 that confirmed it was one of the most watched sporting events in the world....
Asia's largest youth football tournament, the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament, is all set to kick-off in the national capital from August 20, and the tournament this year will see a record participation of 112 teams, including 16 international teams, vying for the coveted winners prize in the Sub Junior Boys (U-14), Junior (U-17) Boys an...
Riding high on confidence after clean sweeping the T20I series, Team India will look to take the form into the 50-over format when they take on West Indies in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Providence Stadium on Thursday. India dominated the West Indies in the T20I series where they outclassed the ...
The Goa government has decided that it will not pay the fine of Rs 6 crore imposed on it by the International Olympic Association (IOA) for the delay in organising the 36th National Games in the coastal state. Goa Sports Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said that the state government had...
Leaving their World Cup debacle behind, Team India have started afresh and made a resounding statement with their clean sweep of the three-match T20I series against West Indies. ...
Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has revealed that he does get frustrated whenever he is unable to perform for the team. Pant, who had failed to perform in the first two T20Is against the West Indies, on Tuesday showed some spark in the final match which India won by seven ...
