Top doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi has opted out of India's Davis Cup tie against Uzbekistan next month to allow tour partner Rohan Bopanna pair with Leander Paes, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) announced on Tuesday.
Since Yuki Bhambri, ranked 94, is likely to make the cut for the US Open, the AITA selection committee exempted him.
Mithali Raj will lead the 17-member Indian women's cricket squad for the upcoming England tour from August 26 to September 9. India will be playing five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 match during the tour.
The BCCI has named an unchanged 15-member squad for the remaining two ODIs of the five-match series against England to be played at Mohali and Dharamsala respectively.
Delhi's Unmukt Chand will lead India in the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup in Australia next month. The All India junior selection committee, which met in Delhi on Tuesday to pick a 15-member squad, made only one change to the squad that finished joint-winners with Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
Karnataka medium pacer R Vinay Kumar was ruled out of the Twenty20 series against England due to a strained right calf muscle, paving the way for state mate Abhimanyu Mithun's return to the Indian squad.
Pacer L Balaji was on Thursday replaced by R Vinay Kumar in the Indian Twenty20 squad for the two matches against England after picking up a foot injury.
Bopanna being the highest-ranked doubles player in the country is automatic choice for the doubles rubber.
This will be India's first international assignment since the conclusion of the Asia Cup in Bangladesh in March.
The All India Tennis Association's selection committee is gearing up for a stormy meeting in Bangalore on Friday to decide on the men's doubles combination for the London Olympics amidst reports that Rohan Bopanna and Mahesh Bhupathi are keen to play as a team instead of pairing with any other player.
Sukhwinder Singh has been appointed India's soccer coach for the Doha Asian Games to be held in 2006.
The All India Tennis Association says it will not waive 'royalty' of around US $40,000 on the Chennai Open unless the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association proves that the tournament is a loss-making venture.
The AIFF executive committee also accepted the recommendation to discontinue their development side, Indian Arrows, and instead create an elite youth league using the fund.
'The law is neither able nor willing to function the way the legal machinery is envisaged.'
Women's T20 Challenge to be played in Sharjah.
S Sreesanth has been included in India's World Cup squad after fellow-pacer Praveen Kumar was ruled out of the tournament because of an injury.
Sania Mirza will lead the Indian campaign in the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II competition as selectors on Sunday named a six-member squad, which also has fast rising talent Poojashree Venkatesh.
Asserting that the prime minister's job will remain with BJP leader Narendra Modi even after the general elections slated for next year, Singh claimed the country is scaling new heights under PM Modi's leadership.
'The best bet for Indian tennis to win a medal at the Olympics would be having Leander and Bopanna together.' Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com reveals how the AITA convinced Rohan Bopanna to partner Leander Paes in Rio,
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's participation in the Asia Cup is in doubt after he suffered an injury during a training session in Dhaka on Monday.
India suffered a severe jolt ahead their three-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting on July 18 with strike bowler Zaheer Khan being ruled out due to a shoulder injury.
R Vinay Kumar was ruled out of the ongoing tri-series in Zimbabwe because of a knee injury and his Karnataka new-ball partner Abhimanyu Mithun will replace him in the Indian squad there.
Amid signs of factionalism within the state unit, Kharge is likely to instruct the party leaders to work in a united manner for ensuring victory.
Unheralded Vidarbha pacer Umesh Yadav will fly to the West Indies on Friday to replace Praveen Kumar, who was ruled out of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup due to a side strain.
Leander Paes made a return while Yuki Bhambri was left out of a five-member Indian squad picked for the Davis Cup World Group first round tie against Russia in Moscow from March 5-7.
The government is making behind-the-scenes offers to other parties in a bid to break them but as long as the Congress is firm on the decision, there is little that the government can achieve on the Insurance Bill.
While Lok Sabha Speaker is yet to decide on Leader of Opposition, the Centre on Monday went ahead with the process of appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner and sought nominations of eligible candidates from all secretaries.
Mumbai fast bowler Shardul Thakur will replace injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah in India's ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against England, starting July 12. Bumrah injured his left thumb during India's first T2OI against Ireland in Dublin and was ruled out of the ongoing T2OI series against England.
Abstention by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi also helped the government get its legislation through in the upper house where the ruling party does not enjoy a majority.
Star batter Jemimah Rodrigues was on Thursday dropped from the 15-member Indian women's squad for the ICC ODI World Cup to be held in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3.
Esports to breakdancing, Hangzhou will set the trend for future of sport
Harsh Mankad has been drafted in as the fifth member of the Indian Davis Cup squad for the April 11-13 tie against Japan.
He also announced unemployment allowance for the youth, as the party's fourth poll guarantee, on coming to power.
Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi were named in the Fed Cup tie against Korea
Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi were named in the Fed Cup tie against Korea
Out-of-form senior opener Shikhar Dhawan has been included in the India 'A' side for the last two unofficial one dayers against South Africa 'A' to get back among the runs
The Left parties, Janata Dal (United), and two other Opposition members on the committee opposed raising the foreign direct investment limit in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent.
The All India Tennis Association's selection committee retained all four playing members of the squad that beat Korea Korea 4-1 last month, for the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Spain, scheduled for September 16-18.
Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar will replace suspended Hardik Pandya for India's ongoing ODI series in Australia, while rookie Punjab opener Shubman Gill will be joining the national team during the limited over series in New Zealand.
Rohan Bopanna replaces Harsh Mankad in Davis Cup team for World Group play-off.
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