Sports

Kolkata, March 18 : East Bengal’s executive committee said here on Monday it will request Quess Corp chairman Ajit Issac to ensure the club’s participation in the Super Cup and the Indian Super League (ISL).The decision came a day after the All India…

Chennai, March 12 : At the heart of great sports is great drama and inspiration. This line holds true for most sports-based films in Hollywood and might soon be applicable to films in southern India as well, as over half a dozen sports films in Tamil…

New Delhi, March 11 : Table Tennis player Manika Batra and cricketer Rishabh Pant have been roped in to encourage voters in the national capital to engage in the parliamentary exercise, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said on Monday.The tw…

Gangtok, March 9 : Unfazed by recent desertions from his fledgling party, football icon-turned-politician Bhaichung Bhutia exudes confidence that the Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP) would give a “new” and “clean” government if voted to power in the Himalaya…

New Delhi, March 8 : The Delhi government on Friday approved a project for a sports facility and separate hostels for boys and girls, costing Rs 77.62 crore.The decision for the project, which will be ready in a year, was approved by the Expenditure …

New Delhi, March 8 : The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the CBI for delaying the probe into wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s complaint related to doping filed ahead of 2016 Rio Olympics and selectively leaking the status report to the media.Justice Na…

New Delhi, March 8 : The ravages of the high seas may be daunting enough to sap the spirits of the hardiest of us, but they failed to intimidate these six women officers of the Indian Navy, who can’t wait to venture out again despite completing a gru…

Chandigarh, March 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has approved names of 82 sportspersons to be conferred the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, the state’s highest sports honour.He also approved the proposal to include 12 Padma Shri, Arjuna and R…

New Delhi, March 2 : The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and the Youth Hostels Authority of India (YHAI) will organise a half marathon on Sunday for central government employees and their immediate families, according to a release, here o…

New Delhi, Feb 27 : Former cricketer S. Sreesanth on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he had “stubbornly” refused to be involved in match-fixing during 2013 IPL and referred to the transcript of the recorded conversation to back his assertion.Re…