unjab athlete Baljinder Singh has earned a berth for the London Olympics after finishing fifth in the Asian 20 km Race Walking championships.
The disastrous tour of Australia not withstanding, the Indian cricket team is capable of bouncing back in the ongoing Asia Cup, feels Selection Committee Chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina recovered from a second-set lapse against Timea Bacsinszky and Alberta Brianti to advance to the doubles quarterfinals at Indian Wells.
A Delhi court today framed charges against seven accused, including four MCD officials, for their alleged role in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) street lighting scam case.
The Northern Irishman shot a superb six-under 30 on the front nine, despite not gaining a stroke on either of the two par fives but then made bogeys on the 14th and 16th holes.
Frenchman Gael Monfils, the 14th seed in the ATP tournament, and American Vania King both pulled out of the singles draw on Sunday because of stomach problems.
The league was suspended less than halfway through the season after the deadly stampede on 1st February in Port Said following a match between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly.
Interim Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo insists there is total unity in the squad as the Premier League club looks to stabilise following the firing of Andre Villas-Boas last weekend.
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says Barcelona and Valencia have agreed to alternate as hosts of Grand Prix races in Spain starting in 2013.
Graeme Smith made 115 and Jacques Kallis an unbeaten 107 in a 200-run partnership that wrested control of the first Test from New Zealand today. South Africa were 268-3 at stumps on the third day with a lead of 233 runs.
India's Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami have lost their number one positions in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for batters and bowlers, respectively.
With two years to go until the World Cup and just more than a year before the Confederations Cup, infrastructure work remains a concern and there are problems with stadium construction in some cities.
The hard-hitting top-order batsman missed last month's third one-day international against South Africa, along with fast bowler Doug Bracewell, for breaching New Zealand team protocols by drinking alcohol while injured.
Australia skipper Michael Clarke has been ruled out of the five-match limited-overs series in the West Indies later this month, but selectors are hopeful he'll recover from a left hamstring injury in time to play in the test series in the Caribbean.
The England striker grabbed goals in either half of the fifth-round replay, equalizing in the 26th minute with a left-foot strike from outside the box before completing the scoring with another fierce shot in the 75th.
The Council of Europe said earlier that FIFA should investigate whether "the successful candidate" had exploited his position to obtain "unfair advantages" during last year's election.
Balotelli broke a curfew on Friday morning, the day before City played a league game against Bolton Wanderers in which the Italian striker scored a goal.
The Spanish football federation (RFEF) have rejected an appeal from Barcelona and given defender Gerard Pique a one-match ban for his red card in last weekend's 3-1 La Liga win over Sporting Gijon.
Forty years after 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Games, the families of the dead are urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to organise an official commemoration.
South Africa was 191 for seven at stumps on a day shortened to 59 overs, but the Proteas' grip on the match had been loosened if not broken by Martin's three-wicket burst spanning two overs immediately after tea.
Ian Thorpe, winner of five Olympic gold medals, doesn't like his chances of making it six after a less than impressive return from a five-year retirement.
Pattinson has strained a buttock muscle while Clarke has injured his left hamstring.
Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons and Adrian Barath were all overlooked because of injuries and fast bowler Fidel Edwards was not included because the selectors wanted to save him for the tests and Twenty20s.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been fined 10 percent of his match fee for arguing with the umpires during the second final of the best-of-the-three finals of tri-series against Australia.
Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan completed the first laps aboard the new HRT F112 at the Barcelona circuit ahead of its Formula 1 debut in Australia in less than two weeks.
Doubles specialist Rohan Bopanna today said it would take some more time for him and senior partner Mahesh Bhupathi to get adjusted to each other before they strike a right chord on ATP circuit.
Former captain Mashrafe bin Moratza has been recalled to the 14-man Bangladesh squad for the Asia Cup cricket tournament to be held in Dhaka from 11-22 March.
Ramires, who originally signed a four-year deal when he joined from Benfica in August 2010, made his 50th Premier League appearance in the 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion at the weekend.
Morton's death was also mourned by past and present West Indian players, who expressed their condolences through social media sites.
Deccan Chargers have added five names— Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Atchuta Rao, Syed Ahmed Quadri, Veer Pratap Singh and Sneha Kishore — to their list of players for the fifth season of Indian Premier League.