The Coal India National Senior Ranking badminton tournament, offering a total prize-money of Rs.5 lakh, gets underway at the K. Raheja Stadium here on Tuesday with more than 600 players from 23 states in the fray....

Just three days after Saina Nehwal was deposed as World No.1 badminton player in only a week, her Hyderabad citymate Sania Mirza ascended to the throne on Sunday as the tennis world’s top doubles...
American baseball player Jenrry Mejia of New York Mets has been suspended for 80 games without pay after testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol. ...
France took a decisive step towards officially announcing a bid for the 2024 Olympics after the council in Paris voted in favour of supporting the country's capital city's bid for the quadrennial event here on ...
Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey said his team deserved to win against hosts Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after making good use of the new ball. ...
The family of the late former Australian cricket captain and legendary cricket commentator Richie Benaud has declined Prime Minister Tony Abbott's proposal for a state funeral. ...
Bharatiya Janta Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha member Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was here on Sunday re-elected unopposed as president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)....

Notwithstanding Kolkata Knight Riders' loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eight Indian Premier League(IPL) at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday, Bollywood superstar and KKR co-owner Shah Rukh Khan congratulated both teams for their good performance....
Chris Gayle, who was awarded the man-of-the-match for his blistering 56-ball 96 against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League encounter here on Saturday, said one of the turning points of the match was when South African Morne Morkel dropped him on 33....

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli said on Saturday that he regarded winning their Indian Premier League opener against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)as one of their better wins....