After a series of disagreements and legal battles over selection or non-selection of India squads/athletes for various sports, the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) final list for the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia counted 571 athletes. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MwPUXN
Miffed at not getting a "specialist" men's doubles partner, veteran tennis star Leander Paes on Thursday pulled out of the 18th Asian Games starting on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2Bfsx0l
India's Viswanathan Anand had a forgettable outing in St. Louis Rapid and blitz as he finished last after scoring 13.5 points in all out of a possible 27 games that ended on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nJpzaZ
The agency has named unidentified officers of Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank and NGO Srijan Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy in the latest FIRs. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OIgVVz
He might be recovering from a back injury, but Virat Kohli could become more dangerous as a player when the India skipper turns up for his team in the third cricket Test starting here on Saturday, feels England coach Trevor Bayliss. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PjuQme
World tennis chiefs on Thursday approved a radical Davis Cup revamp that will overhaul the 118-year-old competition, condensing the annual worldwide showpiece into an 18-team, week-long event. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OGMAqq
Opening in shorter formats proved to be a boon for Rohit Sharma, who said that he will not mind taking a shot at it in Test matches too, if the team management ever considers that as an option in near future. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2KYGAH7
England coach Trevor Bayliss has suggested Ben Stokes make a public apology over the events that led to his eventual acquittal for affray as the all-rounder waits to see if he will be recalled for this week's third Test against India at Trent Bridge. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vPQXbH
Spaniard Carlos Sainz will drive for McLaren in next season's Formula One championship, filling the vacuum left by the retirement of Fernando Alonso, the team announced on Thursday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2nHselq
West Indian fast bowling great Michael Holding feels Hardik Pandya is not yet the all-rounder India wants him to be, because he is ineffective as a bowler and also not scoring enough runs with the bat. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MREuuJ
The Indian football team on Thursday climbed one spot to the 96th in the recently released FIFA rankings. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vLib3o
As the former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee passed away on Thursday, condolences started pouring in from political leaders from different parties. President Ram Nath Kovind while calling Vajpayee a "true Indian statesman", said, "Extremely sad to hear of the passing of AtalBihariVajpayee, our former Prime Minister and a true Indian statesman. His leadership, foresight, maturity&eloquence put him in a league of his own. Atalji, the Gentle Giant, will be missed by one & all." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2nJmjMC
Statesman and pragmatist, orator and poet, a man of peace and conviction. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering nationalist who softened the often sharp edge of his party's politics with a gentle sophistry of words, earning him the sobriquet "ajaat shatru" or the man with no enemies. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wbwnBN
Mourning the death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihar Vajpayee on Thursday, PM Narendra Modi said that his death marked the end of an era. Calling it a "personal loss", he said, "I have no words, I am filled with emotions right now. Our respected Atal ji is no more. Every moment of his life he had dedicated to the nation." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KZLt2L
Under-fire India coach Ravi Shastri on Thursday called on his struggling batsmen to show more discipline and grit when the third Test against England gets underway at Trent Bridge on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vIwS7d
The tri-colour on Thursday unfurled at the Asian Games Village following a simple flag-hoisting ceremony, attended by India's men's hockey stars and wrestlers. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2KYmdtR
Former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee died on Thursday after being on life support since Wednesday night. He was 93. Vajpayee's condition had sharply deteriorated in the last 24 hours. Vajpayee was admitted to AIIMS on June 11 with kidney tract infection, chest congestion and his urine output being on the lower side. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BdnUnK
Former Prime Minister and BJP patriarch Atal Bihari Vajpayee continues to be critical and remains on advanced life-support system at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for the second day. Several leaders, including Prime Minister Modi, visited the hospital today to inquire about the health condition of Vajpayee. The former Prime Minister was admitted to the hospital on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection, low urine output and chest congestion. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Mwb747
The BJP's Karnataka unit on Thursday accused the HD Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones of political leaders across party lines fearing that a few disgruntled MLAs from the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition may resign. The government did not trust their own MLAs and alliance partners and was worried that leaders may "betray" them, BJP general secretary C T Ravi told reporters. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2BezAq2
India's rifle and pistol shooters have grabbed the headlines at international events across the globe and will face a stern test now at the Asian Games, where the shooting is once again expected to spearhead the country's medal hunt. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2MvseD3
The visual of South African fielding ace Jonty Rhodes running out Inzamam-ul-Haq at Brisbane during the 1992 World Cup remains etched in the memories of millions of cricket fans, who still go on Youtube to view it one more time. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2OGfXcq
Former BCCI chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has backed the inclusion of rookie wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in India's playing XI for the third Test against England, starting at Trent Bridge on Saturday. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PcwIwZ
Ex-Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is not being moved from his home in Switzerland to the Spanish island of Mallorca, a spokeswoman said on Thursday, refuting a report by a Swiss magazine. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2BdBGGX
Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes said on Thursday that the spontaneous outpouring of condolence messages for former Test captain Ajit Wadekar, who died on Wednesday, was unique to Indian cricket. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2KYqvl4
World champions France predictably shot to the top of the FIFA rankings published on Thursday while previous leaders Germany slumped to 15th after their humiliating first round exit in Russia. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2vKIere
The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as "grave" the flood situation in Kerala and agreed to hear a plea seeking Centre's mediation between Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments on the issue of the Mullaperiyar Dam crossing the 142 ft threshold. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PfkqnG
Senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Rajnath Singh, JP Nadda, party president Amit Shah, Shahnawaj Hussain, Manoj Tiwari, Anurag Thakur, Vijay Goyal, Udit Rai, Prakash Javedkar, Harsh Vardhan visited him at the hospital. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2w5OkSs
"I have no idea of his arrival. Only Paes can tell you when he is coming. The last time I spoke to him he said he would play in Cincinnati and then come to Palembang. But he is not playing there also," Zeeshan Ali said. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PiT28i
"We would jealously look at the athletes from other countries enjoying fabulous amenities; they had the latest equipment at their disposal. We wondered if we too would one day have access to such facilities," PT Usha said. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2BrtKlB
New Delhi’s plan to support Kabul build the Shahtoot dam is likely to trigger protest in Pakistan, which has since long been jittery about India’s role in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vKsuEE
"I think staying away from wrestling for two years with injury and the movie, I lost my focus. Now I am concentrating just on wrestling," veteran Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat said on the sidelines of a function. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2PeWgcX
All of 14, India's latest Grandmaster Nihal Sarin says he is more relieved than ecstatic about achieving the feat as the build-up to it was distracting. from Sports News: Cricket News, Latest updates on Tennis, Football, Badminton, WWE Results & more https://ift.tt/2KWS128
The fighting erupted after troops challenged a group of militants trying to infiltrate from Pakistan towards the Indian side of the de-facto border in Nowgam sector of north Kashmir's Kupwara district, some 120 km from here. Police officials said the Army noticed some suspicious movement around 4.20 am near the Sangam post on the LoC. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2vOP3bf