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Ralph Waters is new ICC 2015 World Cup chairman

Waters, who was the deputy chairman, replaces the original chairman, James Strong AO, who died last week.

Reading sack manager McDermott

eading, who won promotion to the Premier League for the second time in their history last season, lie just four points from safety after 29 games.

Punjab Police question Vijender Singh in drugs haul case

International boxer and Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh was Monday questioned by a team of Punjab Police officers in the seizure of a huge quanity of heroin in the state last week.

Smriti Mehra clinches second Hero Women's pro golf tour title of the season

Smriti, winner of the second leg, was in her element today and played a solid round of one under 64 to finish with a total score of 194 here at the Willingdon Sports Club.

India need better football infrastructure: Chuni Goswami

Infrastructure for football has to be improved across the country if the goal was to play in big tournaments like the World Cup, Olympian Chuni Goswami said.

England are better than Australia in all areas: Vaughan

Vaughan spoke to the British media and said going by Australia's current form, they do not look like posing any challenge to England when the two teams renew Ashes rivalry from July.

Somdev bows out of Indian Wells Masters qualifiers

Devvarman's bid to enter the main draw of the Indian Wells ATP Masters tournament fell flat as he lost the opening round of the qualifiers in straight sets to Italian 27th seed Matteo Viola.

Former swimmer Karmakar wins two golds at Asian Para-Cycling C'ship

Prasanta Karmakar, the para-swimmer-turned-cyclist, made a grand entry into the para-cycling sport by bagging two gold medals for the country.

Sampras says tennis is free of doping

Pete Sampras believes tennis is free of performance-enhancing drugs now, as well as during his 14-year pro career that ended in 2002.

Services beat Kerala to lift Santosh Trophy

The match went into penalties after the two sides were locked goal-less in normal and extra time.

Gambhir, Rahane, Rohit to play in PSPB tournament

The tournament would be held on 16, league cum knock out basis and winners would be awarded with trophies.

Finally! Mary Kom gets promised land for boxing academy

The land was promised to her in August last year after she won a bronze medal in the London Olympics, but the approval from the state cabinet came only earlier this month.

German Open: Pawar through to pre-quarters

Anand will now face the winners of the match between second seed Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand and 16th seed Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka.

UEFA bans Ibrahimovic for two matches

UEFA extended an automatic one-match sanction for Ibrahimovic's challenge on Valencia midfielder Andres Guardado in a Champions League match.

Moin Khan wants Whatmore to be replaced by local coach

The former wicketkeeper-batsman held a complete lack of strategy and planning by the coach and captain responsible for Pakistan's disastrous outing in South Africa.

West Indies complete series sweep over Zimbabwe

Darren Bravo stroked an unbeaten 72 from 103 deliveries to lead his team to a comfortable five-wicket victory with 22 balls to spare after Zimbabwe were restricted to 211 for nine from their 50 overs.

Mahindra Racing completes second solid test in Jerez

Three trouble-free days for Mahindra’s all-new MGP-3O were marred only by rain on the final day that led to an early finish for the team, who had achieved most of their objectives.

Indian football team arrives in Yangon for AFC Challenge Cup

India are the first team from their group to arrive. Besides hosts Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Guam are the other teams in the group.

FIFA issues third goal-line technology licence

The Cairos system is similar to the German-Danish GoalRef prototype already approved by FIFA. Both use a magnetic chip inside the ball which is activated when crossing the goal line.

Sarwan ton secures ODI series win for West Indies

Sarwan's 143-ball knock, his highest score in one-day internationals, drove the hosts past Zimbabwe's 273 with an over to spare in St. George's, Grenada.

Hockey India derecognises Air India team for not paying fees

HI secretary general Narinder Batra said following the rules and regulations, the Executive Board decide to take the step.

200,000 counterfeit footballs apprehended at Brazilian port

The balls included imitations of the Jabulani model, the ball used at the 2010 World Cup, and the Cafusa, which will be used at the Confederations Cup in Brazil in June.

Maradona dreams of son playing with Messi and Aguero boys

Maradona's former girlfriend Victoria Ojeda gave birth to Diego Fernando in Buenos Aires last week. Messi's son is 3-1/2 months old while Aguero's boy was four on Tuesday.

Beckham trains with new club PSG for the first time

The 37-year-old midfielder took part in a 50-minute session involving only players who did not feature in PSG's Champions League last 16 2-1 first-leg victory at Valencia

Irfan Pathan to play for Baroda in Vijay Hazare Trophy

Munaf Patel has also been named in the 16-member squad, which will be captained by middle-order batsman and Irfan's brother, Yusuf Pathan.

Lack of infrastructure holding back Indian motorsport: Singhania

Singhania feels that absence of infrastructure at the basic level has been affecting the growth of motorsports in the country and the perception among the common man that motorsports is a rich man's game has also been a let-down.

IABF wants SAI to stop sending letters to AIBA

A furious AIBA has apparently warned the IABF that letters from SAI seeking some clarification or the other would only make things worse for the Indian body.

IOC to cut one sport from 2020 Olympic Games

Modern pentathlon, a tradition-steeped contest invented by the founder of the modern Olympics, is expected to face close scrutiny when the board considers which of the current 26 summer Olympic sports to remove from the program of the 2020 Games.

Carlo Ancelotti uncertain about PSG future

Ancelotti joined the club in December 2011 on a 2½-year deal, but the final year is optional and must be renewed by PSG depending on results this season.