During a felicitation function of World Championships medal-winning wrestlers by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in New Delhi on Monday, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan mooted the idea of making wrestling the national sport, which received the backing of double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar.
A high performance on-board computer with distributed avionics architecture and high speed reliable communication bus and a full Digital Control System were used to control and guide the missile to the target.
Dravid, who is also tipped to take additional charge as the director of NationalCricketAcademy in Bengaluru, had recently suggested that talented young cricketers should get some vocational training, which can help them later in their lives.
'It is unfair to look at one decision, one ball out of 600-plus on the day and say that was the reason one team won and one team lost.'
China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer was named the world's fastest for the fifth time on Monday, outperforming those from the US.
Participation of South Africa in an unofficial Twenty20 triangular tournament in Zimbabwe with Bangladesh as the third team ahead of the England tour has been met with mixed reactions.
Wim Koevermans is the new coach of India's senior football team. The Dutchman, whose last assignment was with the Republic of Ireland as High Performance Director, was unveiled by Kushal Das, general-secretary of the All India Football Federation, at the AIFF headquarters, Football House, in Delhi on Friday.
South Africa left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso will miss the first two Twenty20 Internationals against Australia this week after his action was found to be illegal by the International Cricket Council's testing laboratory.
They're sexy, powerful, irresistible and very, very expensive.
Sardar Singh is not done yet and wants to give himself a chance till the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before deciding on his illustrious career.
India's star drag-flicker V Raghunath netted two goals to help the hosts settle for a 2-2 draw against world champions Australia in the first hockey Test of the three-match series, in Rajnandgaon, on Thursday.
Rathore said the government was 'leaving no stone unturned' to train 200 elite athletes for the 2020 Olympics
Women's boxing will make its Olympic debut in London and while the Spanish hopefuls know how tough it would be to even qualify, they are filled with pride that the sport they have dedicated their lives to is finally getting the recognition.
Infosys has been awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design India 'Platinum' rating by the Indian green building council for its Software Development Block 3 in Mangalore and SDB 6 in Mysore, the company in a statement said.
Tomic has withdrawn from his last four tournaments, pushing his ranking to depths that will require him to battle on lower-tier tours or beg for wildcards from tournament organisers next year.
India's first female grappler at the Olympics, Geeta Phogat can spring a few upsets with a little bit of luck at the upcoming quadrennial event in London, feels chief coach of the women's wrestling team, O P Yadav.
Allan Donald has withdrawn his application for the post of England bowling coach
It can help boost employee performance.
Cricket Australia's high performance director Pat Howard has taken the blame for the Ashes capitulation and put himself forward as the first person to be held to account in a post-series review.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) chief Sebastian Coe empathises with the plight of Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, whose career has been hit by the controversial 'gender testing' issue, but insists it needs to create a "level-playing field" for all athletes.
From high-performance cars and customised bikes to accessories and in-car entertainment technology, the Autocar Performance Show 2014 held in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex turned out to be paradise for car lovers.
The Proteas high performance coach and renowned explorer, Mike Horn, on Thursday, revealed that he was required to provide additional support at the World Cup ahead of their semi-final against New Zealand following a change in team selection to meet apparent 'quota' requirements.
Western Australia bowling coach Adam Griffith and former England batsman Graham Hick will join the Australian side temporarily for their one-day triangular series in the West Indies in June, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
'The hour is very late, and the choice between triumph and tragedy knocks at our door,' says Ajay Shah.
Last year, the researchers had developed the world's best single photon source based on semiconductor quantum dots.
Germany will retain their World Cup title in Moscow to equal Brazil's record of five wins in the tournament, according to a Reuters poll of financial specialists more used to predicting market moves.
A wealthy Californian woman of Chinese origin has pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally exporting high-performance paint coats for a nuclear reactor under construction in Pakistan with China's assistance.
James Bond's Nemesis Drives Jaguar C-X75 in 'Spectre' !!
This is perhaps the most authoritative portrayal so far of Indian air power as a threat to China.
It's a dip that India can probably relate to given that the country went from two gold, three silver and four bronze in Guangzhou 2010 to a mere two bronze at Incheon 2014.
Has Asus cooked the right recipe to dethrone Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro as India's best selling budget phone?
Infosys usually gives a wage rise to employees every April.
Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating the national cricket board's controversial pregnancy clause in contracts offered to elite women players.
Former England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as Australia's new fulltime batting coach after initially working with the team on a temporary basis.
M C Mary Kom managed to surpass even herself, obliterating everyone and everything else along the way in a tumultuous year for the sport.
India to see highest salary increase in Asia Pacific in 2017
The eight innings in the ongoing Australia versus India has produced an unprecedented 2498 runs and Cricket Australia bosses have admitted that they are trying to ring in change to make all the pitches batting friendly. In all the four ODI matches, batsmen have had the upper hand with 671 runs being scored in the Canberra game - third most in an ODI played in Australia. "In an ideal world we've got some of the best fast bowlers in the world who like it hard, fast and bouncy and we're not getting that at the moment," CA's general manager of team performance Pat Howard was quoted as saying by the Sydney Morning Herald.
'The most ambitious part of the BAE-HAL agreement involves building an advanced version of the Hawk, which could be used as a light, manoeuvrable, fighter that could operate in the narrow valleys of India's Himalayan frontier, where high-performance fighters cannot turn,' reports Ajai Shukla.
As per the 'India's Top Supercomputers list for 2011', complied and published by Supercomputer Education and Research Centre of IISc, IBM topped the list with six high performance computing installations across India.
The ICC has lauded the contribution of Bob Woolmer, who was appointed coach of the Pakistan national team, to the ICC High Performance Programme.
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