Dinesh Karthik acknowledged that he has an onerous task of replacing a very successful Gautam Gambhir but asserted that he has it in him to steer Kolkata Knight Riders to at least the IPL Play-offs and get the best out of his side.
The defending champions knocked out Osasuna while Espanyol triumphed over Werder Bremen.
United Breweries Group Chairman Vijay Mallya said on Friday his group was eyeing acquisition of a large Scottish whiskey company, with an enterprise value of around Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion).
The Chennai paddler feels that it's about time that he changes colour of the medal to gold during the upcoming edition in Gold Coast.
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The Queen's Baton of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games was taken at the historic India Gate by the country's top sportspersons in a low-key event on the first day of its India stop on Saturday.
The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the women's 4x100m medley relay final at the world championships on Sunday.
Indian men's hockey team captain Sardar Singh and former skipper of the national women's side Saba Anjum were conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri Award by President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
At the medal ceremony, Scott shook hands with fellow bronze medallist Martin Malyutin of Russia, who finished with the same time as the Briton, but then completely cold shouldered Sun, refusing to make eye contact and not offering a handshake.
World champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Chinese Taipei's No 1 shuttler Tai Tzu Ying will be up for grabs when the high-profile Players' Auction for the lucrative Premier Badminton League gets underway in Hyderabad on Monday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field on Thursday
Chelsea will be hoping to emulate London rivals Arsenal by beating Barcelona in their Champions League first knockout round tie.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
Celtic top the group with nine points, followed by United (9), Benfica (7) and FC Copenhagen (4).
A summary of Tuesday night's Champions League matches.
Poland's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh was far from impressed as he took stock of India's preparations for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games in a meeting with SAI officials here and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress made so far.
Nine Indians, including National Champion A L Lakra have made it to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Boxing championship at Glasgow, Scotland.
It was heartbreak for P V Sindhu at the World Badminton Championships. The Indian shuttler had to settle for a second consecutive bronze medal after succumbing to Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals, in Copenhagen, on Saturday.
Morgan Deane Smith, stylish wife of former South African skipper Graeme Smith, auditioned for the latest season on MNet's South Africa's Idols.
New UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin believes London is the perfect choice to stage the climax to Euro 2020 after 12 other cities across the continent host earlier matches, he said on Wednesday.
British tourists returning from Egypt told to leave luggage behind as airport security is tightened in wake of disaster in Sinai
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organisers introduced tighter measures to protect against the coronavirus. Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
'10,000 athletes compete at an Olympic Games, only 300 go back with a gold medal.' 'It takes time for an athlete to develop, you have to give the athletes a chance and time to develop.'
'I want to join the association in the administration, may be as an advisor to address the plaguing issues of Indian doubles'
Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat are in contention for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
Indian whisky brewed by a Bangalore-based distillery has been launched in Scotland, the home of whisky connoisseurs and the much-celebrated Scotch.
Parts of the world on Friday witnessed a solar eclipse
Leicester City will play Barcelona, Celtic and Paris St Germain in this year's International Champions Cup (ICC), the Premier League leaders said on Tuesday.
Australia's women, powered by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, beat the United States and Canada to win the Olympic 4x100 metres freestyle relay in world record time on Saturday, retaining the title they won in London four years ago.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will have an outside chance of a podium finish for India when the weightlifter begins her campaign in the women's 48kg category at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday.
Sushil took a minute and 20 seconds to defeat Johannes Botha of South Africa on technical superiority to claim his third successive gold medal at the Games.
When Bisweshwar Nandi caught his first glimpse of the Olympic rings after touching down in Rio with his gymnastics protege Dipa Karmakar, he felt an instant surge of adrenaline.
A star-studded Indian shooting contingent will begin their Rio Olympics campaign on Saturday with in-form Jitu Rai hoping to launch the country's medal haul in an event which will also see his more illustrious senior colleague Abhinav Bindra aiming to end his glorious career on a high.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
P V Sindhu and K Srikanth have been given the top billing in the respective women's and men's singles badminton competitions of the Commonwealth Games
Manchester United were given a troublesome tie against Club Bruges in the draw for the Champions League playoff round on Friday, although it could have been worse as they avoided Lazio, CSKA Moscow or Monaco.
Turning 23 on the day of the preliminary round, Pranati will look to make the finals and emulate Dipa Karmakar, who won a historic bronze in Glasgow four years ago.
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