News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
In what may come as an embarrassing revelation for India's anti-doping machinery, 500 sportspersons, mostly weightlifters and track-and-field athletes, have failed drug tests conducted by NADA in the last four and a half years.
Amul has cashed in on an incident from the protagonist's life for promotions.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Long-serving archery coach Purnima Mahato and women's hockey coach Narendra Singh Saini were among five sporting personalities who were recommended for the prestigious Dronacharya award this year.
In a stunning development in Indian football, two-time champions Churchill Brothers were thrown out of the I-League along with three other teams for failing to fulfil the AIFF's club licensing criteria.
For Indian hockey, 2016 was a year in which much was promised and achieved as well. It was also a year where India made significant and visible advancements but deep down somewhere the pain of missing out on an Olympic medal will remain for four more years.
About 70 per cent of ATMs in India are running on outdated operating systems, which makes it easier for fraudsters to crack them
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Paris Masters ahead of the tournament's start on Monday for "personal reasons", the French Tennis Federation announced on Friday.
Having offered an unconditional apology for an emotionally-charged protest during the Asian Games medal ceremony, Indian boxer L Sarita Devi hoped that her outburst will ensure better judging at next month's World Championship in Korea.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Nearly 100 Indian-Americans are on the ballot for the midterm elections and have emerged as strong contenders.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
'Mission XI Million is the most ambitious football engagement programme to date in India.'
Hansal Mehta takes on the Padmavati controversy, and much more.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Veterans recall they haven't seen gold falling for 3 years in a row.
A Pakistani court has stopped the screening of foreign films, serials and television shows, especially Indian content, on the country's TV channels, triggering panic and outrage among exhibitors and viewers.
'The need of the hour is to build on the positives and control the negatives,' says Colonel (Dr) Anil A Athale (retd).
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Here's your weekly digest of the craziest stories from around the world.
Ethiopian-born Maryam Yusuf Jamal thanked Bahrain for giving her the chance to earn a living from athletics on Wednesday and told Reuters that her Asian Games 1,500 metres gold medal was down to intensive training, not which country she originated from.
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
Away from the cricket field, it was a year in which Sania Mirza was unarguably the biggest success story with her staggering 10 titles on the Tour -- two of them Grand Slams.
'We keep climbing one step and slipping three. In 2004, our relay team was 7th in the world. Then we slipped from there. Otherwise, today our 4x400 metres relay team would have been gearing for a medal at the Rio Games.' 'If we need to compete at the world level, our thinking needs to be at world level. You can't have akhada thinking.'
The heat wave that began a few weeks ago as well as the prediction of a possible El Nino weather phenomenon this year has beverage and ice-cream makers hope for a 15-20 per cent growth in sales in May
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Markets end in the red, midcaps in focus
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen to be held here points to the significance the event has for the state government.
There was an urgency in Modi's words, a sense of accountability, a feeling of transparency, a realisation that this man was here to do a job for us
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Aaron Schock, who resigned as US Congressman on Tuesday night following media disclosures of his loose spending habits, met Narendra Modi thrice. These encounters were not free of controversy either.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
