The defending champion withdrew from this year's Grand Slam tournament because of a knee injury.
The Indian lung jump ace slid a place to No. 5 in the latest IAAF rankings.
Pillay said he would play in the inaugural Premier Hockey League in Hyderabad and donate his earnings for the tsunami victims.
Unless Indians learn to speak freely and fearlessly, 'true greatness will elude this nation, no matter how brilliant the individual at the helm may be,' says Aakar Patel.
Indian archers would look to make amends for the flop-show in London when they take aim in the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday -- archery and football kick-start before the official opening ceremony of the Games.
The World and Olympic champion broke the 100 metres world record with a time of 9.76 seconds at an IAAF Super Tour meeting on Friday.
The world's fastest man was officially charged by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of committing a doping offence.
The controversy over Tim Montgomery's dope charges when he set the record of 9.78 was made irrelevant by Powell's record-breaking run.
Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes was voted Britain's sports personality of the year.
Bekele broke Haile Gebrselassie's 10,000m mark while Dragila reclaimed the women's world pole vault at a meeting in the Czech Republic.
The Indian women's team finished eighth in team standings in the World Weightlifting Championships.
The former national champion won a berth following the withdrawal of players in the qualification list.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Tuesday
The Olympic flame returned to Australia for the first leg of a six-week global relay leading up to the Athens Games.
The Archery Association of India was forced to sack the American psychologist Allison Rodius as she has not been able to provide "quality support" to Athens-bound medal hopefuls.
Athens Olympics silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore could battle it out with his coach, Australian Russel Mark, at next year's Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
With a score of 135/150, the Athens Olympics silver medallist failed to finish among the top-six, who moved into the final.
India's hockey coach said five or six players from the team are good enough to make it to the Olympic side.
South Africa's participation as the 12th nation in the men's Olympic hockey tournament is confirmed.
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