Ashbeer Saini celebrated Christmas in style, annexing the Tata Steel Eastern India Open Amateur golf title in Kolkata. The 19-year-old eagled the 33rd hole (15th hole of the course) to seal the match 4 & 3 in his favour against a fighting Karan Tonk at the Royal Calcutta Club on Tuesday.

Six budding cricketers from Srinagar were on Monday selected for a six-week advanced coaching camp at Virender Sehwag’s academy in Jhajjar, Haryana.

Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka will start as favourite at the Chennai Open and is confident of a “good show” at the ATP event that gets under way from December 31.

Uttar Pradesh’s Ashutosh Tiwary will be the top seed in the boys’ Under-12 and Under-14 categories as the main draw of the All India Tennis Association U-14 and U-12 talent series tennis championship gets under way at the La Martiniere facility in Lucknow.

As a child, when Neil Harbisson started school, he realised he was the only one among his classmates who didn’t have a favourite colour. His parents took him to a doctor, who diagnosed him with colour blindness.

India’s Shiva Keshavan retained his Asia Cup title in style setting a new record enroute his triumph in the final at Nagano in Japan, according to information received here on Sunday.

Captain Himmat Singh’s maiden century (173) put Delhi in a commanding position against Haryana on the second day of their Vijay Merchant U-16 North Zone cricket tournament at the Virender Sehwag Stadium in Jhajjar, Haryana, on Sunday.

Punjab Heroes and Indian Nationals FC won their respective round robin super- six matches in the DSA football league at the Commonwealth Games Sports Complex in the capital on Sunday.

Air Force Bal Bharti School, Lodhi road, surrendered meekly by 123 runs to some inspired bowling performance by Bal Bhawan School, Dwarka, in the semi-finals of the K. Gupta inter-school cricket tournament in the capital on Sunday.

The slim and smart Kangna Ranaut, who made news for donning a body-hugging deep blue eveningwear with low neckline at the Roberto Cavalli event in the capital, was seen in a totally covered up avatar a few days after that. The actress, who was present at a charity dinner organised by Sun Foundation, donned a pristine white churidaar and slim-fit silk kurti with scarlet lips.