It has been reported that Kataria, nominated by the selection panel for his contribution in kabaddi, is a joint secretary of the Wushu Association of India and the kabaddi players and coaches have expressed surprise over his selection.
The good folks at Men's Health have very helpfully listed why they believe are the fittest men of all time.
'They cannot use firearms.' 'They have to be restrained.' 'It is a game of patience and chess board moves.' 'It is not like India and Pakistan where bullets get fired and people get killed.'
Queens Park Rangers could be consigned to English soccer's minor leagues if they are relegated from the top flight and fail to pay a potentially huge fine for breaching the Football League's financial fair play rules.
Lakshmi Somasundaram took a luxurious cruise in the Caribbean and shares her experience.
It was like old times at Arthur Ashe Stadium as US Open fans gave Andre Agassi a rousing ovation as the former champion was honoured before Monday's opening night programme at Flushing Meadows.
'I would love to do comedy. Someone should make a film called Crime Master Gogo Aur Uski Beti Gogi with my father and me. Imagine my dad and me in that cape!' Yes, Shraddha Kapoor has a fine sense of humour!
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Bogged down by social distancing? Lethargy is no excuse. Get up, turn to the Internet and exercise those muscles.
The unfortunate thing is that the film will leave a poor impression of the IAF's and indeed of the armed forces's ability to handle sensitive social matters within their professional space, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
A friendly international against England scheduled for Tuesday in London will go ahead as planned, the French Football Federation said.
A look at celebrities who have gone naked for a good cause.
Twenty-five-year-old Prashant started Indiakhelo.com in March 2008, researching on how to radically change sports scenario in India.
Rediff.com caught up with designer Swapnil Shinde on Day Five of the Lakme Fashion Week
Nadal's comments follow media reports this week that Novak Djokovic, the president of the Players' Council, had urged players to unionise at a pre-Australian Open meeting and revolt over the way the revenues from the four grand slams are distributed.
Rediff.com gives you a quick flashback, in pictures of the month gone by...
Against a backdrop of stunning white sandy beach scenes, she models an array of skimpy two-pieces, reports the Sun.
Senthamarai, 65, and P Shanmugavel, 70, became an Internet sensation after beating back armed robbers.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat will open the 2013-14 National Basketball Association season at home against the Chicago Bulls, the NBA announced on Tuesday.
After spending two seasons with the team as player, Australia's two-time World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting will take over as head coach of Mumbai Indians for the eighth season of the Indian Premier League. He will replace John Wright, who was the team's coach for Season 6 and 7.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the men's national basketball team to "win honor for the motherland" during the Beijing Olympics. Wen turned up at a team practice session on Sunday, shaking hands with coaches and players, including China's favorite sportsman Yao Ming, who plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised that the tournament would leave a lasting legacy and there are "concrete plans" to make sure the stadiums are used in the future.
'I do think, though, that Twenty20 cricket should become franchise dominated'
Former world number one Kim Clijsters will come out of retirement to play on the tour during the US hardcourt season later this year, the Belgian said on Thursday. According to her plans, Clijsters will make her comeback in the Cincinnati Open which begins on August 10 and continue her build-up for Flushing Meadows the following week in the Toronto Cup.
Formidable Tamil Nadu XI will lead the men's challenge, while women's winners Southern Railway will defend their title, in the All India Ramu Memorial Basketball Tournament.
The government of Switzerland and the NBA want to use Sachin Tendulkar and other top cricketers for furthering social causes through advertisements.
'This World Cup is likely to be much more a clash of plans than of talent,' says Devangshu Datta.
American Frances Tiafoe celebrated his 21st birthday by stunning Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6(6), 6-7(1), 7-5 in the fourth round of the Australian Open on Sunday.
The Australian government has demanded the country's most funded sports rein in gender discrimination for travel arrangements to major events or risk having their support cut.
Sixteen years after being an unused reserve at her home Sydney Olympics, Australian rider Sue Hearn will finally make her Games debut at the age of 60 in Rio.
Euphoric crowds chanting "Go Olympics, Go Beijing" cheered the Olympic flame through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday.
Organisers have urged athletes in Australia for the Commonwealth Games to respect the terms of their entry visas after Cameroon reported that a third of their team had gone missing on Wednesday.
While Aishwarya Rai enjoys a small part in "Asterix at the Olympics", what has us really excited is the charioteer and patron combination of Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.
The fourth consecutive NBA Finals matchup between the two rivals proved to be the most lopsided as the Warriors won the latest best-of-seven series in four games.
The newly-launched All Sports Magazine promises to provide innovative coverage and analysis of both international and Indian sport.
LeBron James said the fact that his 51-point performance in Game One of the NBA Finals on Thursday ended with a Cleveland Cavaliers loss underscores just how difficult it will be to dethrone the defending champion Golden State Warriors.
Australian swashbuckling all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has slammed the amended rule that deemed his spectacular catch during the fourth ODI against England as legal at Headingley.
Trump quipped that it was a 'tough decision' to make his voting choice.
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