Even as the All India Football Federation is hard at work in trying to convince world body Fifa to grant India the hosting rights for the U-17 World Cup in 2017, Sports Authority of India director general Jiji Thompson has raised a serious question mark over India’s ability to field a competitive team in the event.

The $1 million Indian Badminton League players’ auction has yet again been postponed and will happen now on Monday.

Bezan Chenoy-trained Neona was ably guided by N.S. Parmar to bag the Fair Haven Trophy, the feature event of the inaugural day’s races of the Pune season held on Thursday.

Following are the acceptances for the races to be held here on Saturday.

1. The Meydan Plate (Div-II) 1200m 2.00 PM: Towers Of Hanoi 62.5, Volt 61.5, Astonishing 60.5, Absolut Chiqui 59.5, Demand Draft 57.5, Burden Of Lady 57, Gold Splash 56.5, Raja’s Pet 55, Buzzword 54.5, Fairway King 54.5, Fruit King 54, The Gentle Don 54.

Golden Arrow, Apprise, Plenipotent, Golden Art and Kohinoor Wish impressed when the following horses were exercised at the Malakpet Race Course on Thursday.

As if the spot-fixing and conflict of interest issues were not enough, the Indian Premier League was on Thursday rocked by the revelation that Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pradeep Sangwan had failed a dope test.

Having made rivals dance to his tune on the cricket field, Harbhajan Singh has now turned to a different pitch.
The off-spinner has strained his vocal chords to deliver a song dedicated to his mother titled Meri Maa, set to be released by Venus Worldwide Entertainment.

Much before the Khans and the Bachchans arr-ived, fan frenzy and superstardom were defined by actor Rajesh Khanna. No other actor until then made female fans squeal in excitement, cover an actor’s car with lipstick marks or write a star a love letter in blood.

India has emerged as a hub for surrogacy, with Delhi alone reporting more than 2,000 cases annually.

Prince William stepmother Camilla seemed to suggest that his child would be born by the end of this week as bookmakers grabbed this bit of news to offer a new set of odds on how correct the assessment by the Duchess of Cornwall would be.