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Beckham gets red card as PSG march on in Ligue 1
David Beckham picked up a straight red card and Paris St Germain finished with nine men but they continued their march towards a first French league title in 19 years with a chaotic 1-0 win at Evian Thonon Gaillard on Sunday. Javier Pastore scored the only goal five minutes into the #David Beckham #KickingAround #Ligue 1 #PSG
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India pulls out of Asian Snooker in Pak citing security reasons
Karachi: India has pulled out its team from the Asian Amateur Snooker Championship that begins here on Saturday. Alamgir Sheikh, the President of the Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association, told a press conference that India had expressed its inability to send its team as it had #India #NewsTracker #Pakistan #Snooker
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South Africa suspends its track federation board
Johannesburg: South Africa's Olympic committee says it has made the first move to put the struggling national athletics federation under administration. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee made the decision to suspend the Athletics South Africa board on Saturday following a long-running dispute among the ASA leadership. ASA suspended #Athletics South Africa #NewsTracker #South Africa #The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
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Four bookies arrested in Bangalore for IPL related betting
Four bookies have been arrested for alleged large scale betting on IPL matches here and Rs 5 lakh cash was also seized from them during a raid, police said today. Police informed that TV, laptop and a few mobile phones were seized from those who were arrested. The four were involved in betting on the IPL #Betting #Cricket #Indian Premier League #IPL 6 #NewsTracker
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ICC launches archive website for fans to watch footage from events
Dubai: The International Cricket Council today announced the launch of an archive website which will have footages of ICC events dating back from 1975 World Cup to the latest Women's World Cup 2013. The website, www.iccarchive.com, is the definitive online search engine of past ICC Events, from the ICC Cricket World #2011 ICC World Cup #Cricket #ICC #NewsTracker
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Jeev calls for more public golf courses
India's top golfer Jeev Milkha Singh said Monday the government should play a bigger role and start making public golf courses for the sport to become popular among the masses. Golf has always been seen as an elitist sport and Jeev felt that golf enthusiasts needed to be given opportunities to #Golf #Jeev Milkha Singh #TheySaidIt
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IOA acting president accused of guarding corrupt system
Clean Sports India, a movement for corruption-free sports in the country, today wrote to the International Olympic Committee, accusing acting Indian Olympic Association president V K Malhotra of protecting corrupt and inefficient system under the garb of "autonomy". In a letter to IOC president Jacques Rogge, CSI convenor B V P Rao and president Ashwini Nachappa #Clean Sports India #Indian Olympic Association #NewsTracker #Olympics #VK Malhotra
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Yaya Toure signs new four-year deal at Man City
Yaya Toure has signed a new four-year deal at Manchester City, keeping the powerful Ivory Coast midfielder at the English champions until 2017. The 29-year-old Toure joined City from Barcelona in 2010 and played an integral role in City's Premier League-winning campaign last year. He says "I want to continue winning titles #English Premier League #KickingAround #Manchester City #Yaya Toure
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Indian women clinch series with seven-wicket win
A disciplined bowling performance from the Indian women helped them register an easy seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the second T20 international and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series, here today. Electing to bat, Bangladesh could manage a paltry 88 for four in 20 overs, which the Indians comfortably overhauled with two overs #Bangladesh #India #India Women's Cricket team #NewsTracker #T20
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World Cup team to be selected during archery nationals
The National Ranking Archery Tournament (NRAT), beginning in Jamshedpur from Friday, will hold significance for the archers as the Indian team for the upcoming Stage I and II World Cup will be picked based on their performance in the event. The Stage I World Cup will be held in Shanghai from #Archery #Deepika Kumari #NewsTracker
