Brazil's soccer World Cup winning captain and former coach Carlos Daunga has a prescription for lifting Indian soccer standards - follow the Japanese model.

Responding to a query from India's famous

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Monday hailed badminton star Saina Nehwal for winning the Denmark Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament.

Saina's consistent good showing in the internati

Karnataka on Monday decided to shut down all private resorts and state-run guest houses located inside reserved forests across the state to protect wildlife in the aftermath of the Supreme Court guide

An ankle injury has forced South African Ernie Els out of this week's Grand Slam of Golf and will be replaced by 41-year-old Irishman Padraig Harrington, who has twice played in the tournament here.

Even as President Barack Obama won the endorsement of 68 Nobel laureates and newspapers in four key battleground states, a new national poll shows the race for the White House in a dead heat.

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Will Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, considered to be among the greatest footballers ever, turn out in typical Kerala attire when he is here for a few hours Wednesday?

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Seven-time World Champion Pankaj Advani, veteran Geet Sethi and Dhruv Sitwala continued their unbeaten run in the Time Format after outplaying their rivals in the World Billiards Championships here.

Serena Williams is "the favourite" to win the WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul next week, former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki said after winning the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here.

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Italy's Andreas Seppi recovered from a set down to defeat Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci and win the men's singles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here in a clash between two national No.1 player

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were victorious in an all-Russian final to win the women's doubles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here.

On Moscow's slow hard court, Makarova and Vesn