World Kabaddi League players may be banned
PUNE: The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) is going the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) way. Apart from starting an IPL-style league for the sport (Pro Kabaddi) the apex body for sport in India said they will not allow players participating in ‘unrecognised’... read more »
Rugby returns to Olympic programme at Nanjing
Rugby will make its return to the Olympic programme after 92 years at the second Youth Olympic Games scheduled to open in Nanjing on Saturday in the form of rugby sevens ahead of its reappearance at the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016. In 2009, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)... read more »
No suitable candidate for Khel Ratna
The Awards Committee, under the chairmanship of former India cricket skipper Kapil Dev, has not found any of the six players, who had applied for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, suitable for the country’s highest sporting honour. This is only the second time since the inception of the award in... read more »
Stuart Broad tweets picture of Batman and Bane masks ahead of Oval Test as ...
Broad will follow the example of footballers such as Paul Gascoigne and wear a protective face mask to ensure that he can play in the final Test at The Oval. The nasty blow Broad took when he top-edged a bouncer from Varun Aaron into the gap between the peak of his helmet and grille during... read more »
