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Meet Arjun Vajpai, the world's youngest mountaineer to scale six peaks over 8000 meters high

Meet Arjun Vajpai, the world's youngest mountaineer to scale six peaks over 8000 metres high

Watch: Vishal Kaith's journey from the hills of Himachal Pradesh to Indian national team

The story of Indian national football team goalkeeper Vishal Kaith.

PBL 2018: Carolina Marin, B Sai Praneeth guide Hyderabad Hunters to crushing win over Awadhe Warriors

Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin defeated Indian ace Saina Nehwal as Hyderabad Hunters thrashed Awadhe Warriors 6-(-1) in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) match at the Nehru Indoor Stadium.

Japanese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton storms to first-ever pole position at Suzuka; Sebastian Vettel takes 2nd place

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, leading a 1-2 finish for Mercedes with a record lap time of 1 minute, 27.319 seconds

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: 'Inexperienced' India confident despite being drawn in tough group

Minutes after India had drawn USA, Colombia and Ghana, the hosts' U-17 coach Luis Norton de Matos sounded confident. Almost defiant.

ISL 2017-18: Delhi Dynamos sign Edu Moya and Guyon Fernandez ahead of the upcoming season

Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos have added Spanish full-back Edu Moya and Dutch forward Guyon Fernandez to their ranks ahead of the upcoming season

Rio Olympics chief lynchpin behind plot to bribe IOC during Games bid, allege Brazilian police officials

Brazilian officials said that the country's Olympics chief was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the International Olympic Committee into awarding Rio de Janeiro the 2016 Games

La Liga: Prodigious talent Ousmane Dembele completes dream move to Barcelona for record $105 million

Wonderkid Ousmane Dembele gets to fulfill his boyhood dream to play alongside Barcelona's Lionel Messi as Borussia Dortmund pocket a massive transfer fee for the precocious French talent.

India vs New Zealand: Kiwis on rearguard after Virat Kohli-Ajinkya Rahane's stand

India's captain Virat Kohli scored his second double century, while Ajinkya Rahane missed out on a double by 12 runs. New Zealand are on rearguard after hosts scored a mammoth 557 in their innings.

Ana Ivanovic-Bastian Schweinsteiger's Venice wedding reminded us of the Clooney nuptials!

German football hero Bastian Schweinsteiger, who scored a last minute goal in Germany's opening game against Ukraine on Sunday in the Euro 2016, tied the knot with his long time girlfriend, tennis star Ana Ivanovic in an intimate romantic ceremony in the city of Venice.

Puneri Paltan vs Dabang Delhi Pro Kabaddi season 4 cliffhanger ends in 27-27 draw

Some of the best pictures from the Pro Kabaddi season 4 match between Puneri Paltan and Delhi Dabangs' cliffhanger.

Indian men's hockey team lose to Germany in six Nations Invitational Tournament opener

Indian men's hockey team witnessed a disappointing start to its campaign at the six-nation Invitational tournament, losing 0-4 to Germany.

Women's World T20: Sri Lanka hold nerves to edge Ireland out by 14 runs in Mohali

Sri Lanka managed to clinch a much-needed 14-run win in order to stay alive in the Women's World T20 after losing to New Zealand.

Li Na, Serena Williams in race for Laureus Sports Awards

Tennis stars Li Na and Serena Williams in race for sportswoman of the year in the Laureus World Sports Awards.

Why the UK didn't have a S*mmer 2*12

We couldn't have a summer this year. It was banned. God wasn't a sponsor. And claiming prior Mount Olympus rights would not have worked either.

A year without Grand Slam success, is Serena Williams a spent force at Majors?

A fourth-round in Australia, a second-round in Paris and a third-round at Wimbledon are all that Serena has to show for a season in which she has been ranked no. 1 every single week.

In letting Pulis go, Crystal Palace may have already lost relegation battle

Pulis helped Palace get off their knees and while he did manage to get the team to safely stand up by the time last season ended.

England vs India: Why Indian cricket fans have every right to be angry

Indians cricketers shouldn't expect India cricket fans to only worship their heroes. Being torn down is the opposite side of the same coin.

What makes a sports fan into a sports fanatic

I am convinced that people fall in love with sports because it simply fulfills a basic human need - it provides a sense of belonging and acceptance.

Ind vs Eng: Dhoni, Fletcher and Srinivasan leave right now

We – the true cricket lovers of India – demand the immediate resignation of Dhoni, Fletcher and Srinivasan. If any of them has even one naya paisa of shame, they will resign immediately.

Activist athletes like Moeen Ali need to be praised, not silenced

Sports needs more athletes like Moeen Ali, who took a stand on the Israel - Palestine conflict.

Life without Luis Suarez: Where are Liverpool's goals going to come from?

Luis Suarez’s 31 goals won him a motley of personal honours, but more importantly, en route to staying atop the Premier League goal scoring charts from start to finish, guided Liverpool back to the Champions League, a competition they last played in in 2010.

Insecure Indians: The Maria Sharapova haters should just grow up

On 2 July in a press conference, Maria Sharapova, five times a Grand Slam winner, admitted she had no idea who Tendulkar was.

How Twitter and Facebook shaped the way we watched World Cup 2014

If you are under the age of 40, think about how you watched the current FIFA World Cup.

Sania Mirza controversy: India's 'ladki toh paraya dhan' ideology is to blame

By repeatedly bringing up the identity of her spouse, Mr Laxman is implying that a woman losses her own identity post-marriage. How can Sania be Indian when her husband is Pakistani?

Thoughts from India's win at Lord's: Doomed Shaz, Super Waz, heroic India

Bhuvneshwar, Rahane, Vijay, Jadeja, Sharma – good, solid Indian names, and they emerged as heroes – now, when Kohli and Dhawan click in the next three Tests, watch out.

The real tragedy of Indian basketball

Indians learned to love the game because it is relatively simple to play, requires little space and infrastructure and thanks to substitutions can accommodate many players at once.

IPL 7: Dear Pietersen, how are Delhi and you still having fun?

Never have we seen great players or teams appreciating a fun environment after losing so many games on a trot.

IPL 2014: Delhi Daredevils don't seem to learn from their mistakes

JP Duminy and Kedhar Jadhav deserve all the accolades for putting up good performances when the chips are down and the team lacks motivation.

It is becoming hard to explain Delhi Daredevils' struggles in IPL 7

It’s tough to figure out who is in most misery following DD’s string of defeats at the home ground. Is it the players or the fans?