World Kabaddi League players may be banned
PUNE: The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) is going the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) way. Apart from starting an IPL-style league for the sport (Pro Kabaddi) the apex body for sport in India said they will not allow players participating in ‘unrecognised’... read more »
Rugby returns to Olympic programme at Nanjing
Rugby will make its return to the Olympic programme after 92 years at the second Youth Olympic Games scheduled to open in Nanjing on Saturday in the form of rugby sevens ahead of its reappearance at the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016. In 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)... read more »
No suitable candidate for Khel Ratna
The Awards Committee, under the chairmanship of former India cricket skipper Kapil Dev, has not found any of the six players, who had applied for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, suitable for the country’s highest sporting honour. This is only the second time since the inception of the award in... read more »
Mathew Martoma Must Forfeit USD 9.4 Million, Pay Fine: Preet Bharara Tells ...
New York: An Indian-origin portfolio manager, convicted for his role as the “central figure” in the most lucrative insider trading scheme in US history, should be ordered to forfeit about USD 9.4 million and pay a fine, federal prosecutor Preet Bharara has told court.Mathew Martoma,... read more »
Ukraine: We did not shoot at any plane
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says his country’s armed forces did not shoot at any airborne targets, after reports that a Malaysian Airlines plane went down over Ukraine. Mr.... read more »
154 Dutch citizens killed in Malaysian air crash
At least 154 Dutch citizens have been killed in the Malaysian passenger crash in the eastern part of Ukraine on Thursday, the airlines’ European head said. Huib Gorte said that the... read more »
Malaysia Airlines plane crashes with 295 on board over Ukraine near Russian border
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with... read more »
Rajnath denies Kejriwal’s claims, says BJP will never do horse trading
Amid reports that the BJP will take the final call on forming the government in Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from BRICS summit in Brazil, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal posed... read more »
Hockey: Coach Terry Walsh hopes Chandi will strengthen India̵...
After a dismal performance in the World Cup, India hockey coach Terry Walsh’s priority now is to strengthen his forward line for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which run July 23-August 23. The... read more »
