The Board of Control for Cricket in India's committee on Lodha reforms on Saturday included demarcation of functions performed by honorary office-bearers and paid professionals to the list of reservations it has about the implementation of the Supreme Court order.
India will begin their campaign by locking horns with China on Tuesday. Ankita has been in tremendous form since the start of the season, winning two ITF singles and as many doubles titles.
It will be a big statement if Virat Kohli's young side could start off with a bang at Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 'spritual home', a task which will be easier said than done.
Mumbai Indians have won three out of the four IPL finals they have been part of, including the two against CSK in 2013 and 2015.
Four years ago in Brazil, Colombia romped to the quarter-finals for the first time on the back of four straight wins, salsa-dancing to celebrate their dozen goals and launching midfielder James Rodriguez on the road to global stardom.
La Liga leaders Barcelona won a tight and tense 'Clasico' 1-0 at Real Madrid on Saturday, beating their great rivals at their Bernabeu home for the second time in four days and moving a staggering 12 points clear of them in the standings.
Priyanka tries all tricks to turn Manu and Manveer against Mona, but Mona stands like a rock in her path!
England Lions pulled off a narrow one-wicket win over India 'A' in a low-scoring fifth and final match
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly today told the members that the body cannot hold its AGM, scheduled later this month, due to lack of clarity on Lodha committee recommendations.
As the curtains fall on another year, Rediff.com brings you all the action from the sports field that defined 2019.
Spurs beat Ajax 3-2 in the second leg of the semi-final on Wednesday and will face Liverpool on June 1 in Madrid.
Harish Kotian/Rediff.com's report card on India's three-ODI series in Bangladesh.
Did I cry? Yes. Did I smile? Yes. Did I get goosebumps? YES! Do I want to watch it again? Of course! Do I believe this is the end? Not quite. Sukanya Verma gets emotional watching Avengers Endgame.
As soon as he comes he gets annoyed with Vishal and Madhurima!
RPS beat Gujarat Lions by five wickets after a top-order collapse and now stand pretty at fourth spot with 12 points.
The Hollywood-based football star is starting to feel the pressure of the paparazzi.
The West Indies team has been based in India for the last one month
India, with players of the caliber of Sumit Nagal, Ramkumar Ramanathan and veteran Leander Paes, were already expected to win easy but pulling out of Pakistan top players Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Aqeel Khan has made it a no-contest.
Reader B Kumar sent us this picture from Zurich.
Russia have recalled Marat Safin for next month's Davis Cup first-round tie against Serbia.
Bailey hopes find a cool drink in IPL's tight schedule.
Ranjan Madugalle has requested the rival captains to be present for a 'cool-off' session at Perth on Monday.
Shane Warne has described the last-ball win against Mumbai Indians in the IPL as one of the best wins in his 20-year career.
The home team's bowlers will be wary of Chris Gayle's power-hitting.
Juventus's hopes of reaching the Champions League last eight suffered a blow when the two-times European Cup winners slumped to a 1-0 defeat in their last-16 first leg at Olympique Lyonnais on Wednesday. Manchester City finally produced a Champions League performance worthy of their status as one of European football's elite clubs by beating Real Madrid 2-1 away in Wednesday's last-16 first leg after pulling off a stunning late fightback.
'In the leadership of Ganguly and a foreign coach, a much brighter phase of Indian cricket began.' 'India played the way I had wished throughout my playing career.' 'Dhoni brought calmness into Indian cricket.' 'Under Dhoni India started winning tight games, with the captain himself leading by example.'
War-torn Afghanistan, playing only their third match after being inducted as a Test-playing nation two years ago, completed a famous victory by defeating Bangladesh by 224 runs with 3.2 overs left on the final day on Monday.
England entered their first World Cup final since 1992 after decimating five-time champions Australia by eight wickets, riding on a fearless knock of 85 from Jason Roy on Thursday.
With Jason Holder's men just about managing to draw the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan 1-1, there is no doubt that the current Indian team are a few notches ahead in terms of quality.
'I believe Bumrah, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, all four can play in the playing XI.'
England's captain dismissed the idea of Australian and English umpires officiating in the high-profile series later this year.
Like Farah Khan says, 'Kabhi Eid, Kabhi Raksha Bandhan' and Bollywood can't stop celebrating.
Brighton & Hove Albion scored three times in the second half to fight back from two goals down and beat Manchester City
'Yeah, it's all happened and it's been dealt with pretty much right after the game. And the game is finished and that's the thing about the IPL. You get to move on to the next match very quickly. There's no point us dwelling on it. Worrying about and stressing about it, we've got to move on'
Images from the Under-19 World Cup final between India and Bangladesh, at Potchefstroom, on Sunday
Newcastle thump Preston in tense match to romp back to the top-tier
Roy Krishna powered ATK Mohun Bagan to a 3-1 win over SC East Bengal
Kareena Kapoor, Nita Ambani and Sangeeta Bijlani were among the celebs who attended Manish Malhotra's stupendous opening show at Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.
The discarded India seamer had figures of 2 for 108 from 22 overs when he turned out for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh.
