Any official-level talks between India and Sri Lanka, without any clear-cut understanding on the livelihood issues, could end up in India having to acknowledge bilaterally even more than what it had no hesitation in accepting in Parliament and outside, says N Sathiya Moorthy
India now have three gold, three silver and three bronze medals after four days of competition.
Do you think Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer can do the job for my team?
The Indian women's team put behind off-field controversies by making a superb start to the three-ODI rubber -- which is part of the ICC Women's Championship series -- thrashing New Zealand by nine wickets in the opening match.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
TMC MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg, raises issue of Facebook's alleged bias towards the BJP.
It was this day, March 6, in 1971 that Sunil Manohar Gavaskar made his debut in Test cricket.
Laxmi Ratan Shukla absolves his team of wrongdoing in the ill-tempered Ranji Trophy match against Railways.
Sonam Malik,19, is the youngest Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games.
Two wickets in four balls was the knockout blow for RCB.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in response to Opposition demands earlier in the day, made a statement in the House assuring members that "appropriate action as per law" would be taken if any wrongdoing was found in the manner the IPL was funded.
KKR seek to revive their fortunes against a team they had beaten convincingly in the first leg.
Adrian Sutil will start Sunday's British Grand Prix 11th on the grid, four places ahead of team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi as none of the Force India drivers could make it to the third qualifying session (Q3) in Silverstone on Saturday.
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting says losing four matches on the trot before bouncing back in the last league match of IPL was the 'hardest thing' to endure, but maintaining confidence of the players during the barren run did the trick.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
There weren't many words exchanged but India still played hard cricket, says Australia opener Matt Renshaw.
His two half-centuries this IPL season may have come in his favoured opening slot but Shubman Gill has defended Kolkata Knight Riders' debatable decision to use him as a floater.
Hercules Singh Munda's father used to open the gates to a forest. Today, Hercules leaves for London to open the gates of his many dreams.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
The decision was taken at the OCA's General Assembly in Bangkok.
The swimmers led India's charge on Saturday by winning 7 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze as they completely dominated the pool yet again.
Controversy erupted at the World Cup after the International Cricket Council asked former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remove the dagger insignia from his wicket-keeping gloves.
Will the struggling Manish Pandey make way for Dinesh Karthik?
Indian athletes led the way in providing the Indian Olympic Association their feedback on how to restart national camps amid the coronavirus pandemic but a lot of national federations missed the deadline for submission of response, leaving IOA president Narinder Batra disappointed. On May 5, the IOA, while conceding that the risk of athletes losing motivation in the ongoing lockdown is real, sought their views along with those of coaches and other stakeholders on how to restart outdoor training.
Dhoni remained not out on 42 off 31 balls, having hit the only six in the Indian innings, compared to England's 13.
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'Like I said, he should never retire, he's always in great touch. I've been lucky that I've played with the likes of Chris Gayle, AB (de Villiers), (Adam) Gilchrist, Virat Kohli...'
The secret behind designer Payal Singhal's stunning designs.
We are going to deliver 36 aircraft. If the government of India wants more aircraft, we will be pleased to deliver, he said.
The two teams are languishing at the bottom half of the table and need a win to keep alive their remote Play-off chances.
The Indian kabaddi contingent made an impressive start to its campaign at the 18th Asian Games with the women's team mauling Japan and the men's side beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Jakarta on Sunday.
Chennai Super Kings put an end to their poor run after registering a massive 10-wicket win against Kings XI Punjab in Dubai
Five villagers from Nacho area of the district, who went for hunting in a jungle were allegedly kidnapped by the PLA.
It was the first meeting between the countries in more than two decades and has been dubbed 'The Earth Derby' as it features nations that are home to a third of the world's population.
Delhi Capitals will be keen to make up for the last year's result when they lost to Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2, but their task won't get easier against an in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have won their last four games.
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers came good when it mattered most as Royal Challengers Bangalore finally ended their losing run, with an emphatic 8 wicket win against Kings XI Punjab.
India will seek to end 43 years of hurt when they begin the Hockey World Cup campaign against South Africa on Wednesday.
The contingent comprises 277 men and 247 women athletes. In the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, the Indian contingent featured 541 athletes across 28 disciplines.
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