Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan expressed his desire to perform at the opening ceremony of next year’s Commonwealth Games.
Despite the controversy-marred build-up, the Indian filmstar said the Games would be successful.
“God willing, I think India will hold a successful Commonwealth Games. I am confident about that,” Khan told reporters on the sidelines of the [...]

Sachin Tendulkar dedicated his 42nd Test hundred, which put India in command against NZ, to the cause of tiger conservation.
“I would very much like to dedicate this hundred to tiger conservation because that is what right from the start of this tour the whole team had decided. I have given couple of messages as well [...]

India are now the official number two ODI team in the world after New Zealand took an unbeatable 2-0 lead against Australia.
The Men in Blue, who had have won nine successive ODI’s have left Australia behind to sit just behind South Africa in the ICC ODI rankings.
India have taken an unassailable 4-0 lead in the [...]

Test cricket deserves better than the execrable final day that was served up at Mohali. A match that could, and should, have been fought to a rousing finish was allowed to meander to a miserable stalemate, thanks to India’s misguided obsession with personal milestones, and the equally daft decision to limit one of the sport’s [...]

Jitender Kumar (51kg) pummelled Welshman Jo Gage 18-6 while AL Lakra (57kg) got a walkover to the semi-finals, assuring India of an unprecedented four medals at the AIBA boxing World Cup here today.
After Akhil Kumar (54kg) and Dinesh Kumar’s (81kg) resounding quarter-final victories yesterday, Jitender and Lakra’s entry to the last four stage also retained [...]

Dinesh Kumar became the second Indian to assure himself of a medal at the AIBA Boxing World Cup after he entered the semis.
Dinesh defeated Algeria’s Abdelhafid Benchabla 17-11 to enter the semifinals of the light heavy weight division in Moscow.
The Haryana boxer will face Vladimir Cheles in the semifinals on December 13 after the Russian [...]

For the second time in three years, New Zealand turned the formbook upside down, pulling off a 34-20 victory over Australia.
The Kiwis, rated 7-1 outsiders by bookmakers before kick-off, came from 10-0 down to play the Kangaroos off the park and lift the World Cup for the first time in the 54-year history of the [...]

Roger Federer reflected on a successful season despite having his credentials repeatedly called into question.
Two-time defending champion Federer needed a win against the world number four to reach the semi-finals of the season-ending showpiece for a seventh straight season but lost a classic three-hour battle 4-6 7-6 (7/3) 7-5.
For the first time in four years [...]

Matthew Hayden has stirred up a hornet’s nest, once again. The man who, in the aftermath of the Sydney Test called Harbhajan Singh an “obnoxious little weed”, has now gone on to criticise India, calling it a “third-world country.”
In what seems to a brazen attempt to cover up Australia’s abject failure on their recent Indian [...]

British driver Lewis Hamilton feels having ‘number one’ on his McLaren next season will be “the coolest thing ever”.
McLaren star Hamilton, 23, became the youngest world champion in Formula One history on Sunday.
“I have to admit it (winning the title) feels great, and I don’t have to have number 22 on my car any more,” [...]