Hardik Pandya's back injury is keeping him off the field. And, naturally, the national team cricketer says his priority is get fully fit and play for the country again.


Fitness is everything, whether you are sportsperson or not: Hardik Pandya


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Superstars Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna and Junior NTR and tennis ace Sania Mirza were among top celebrities who voted in the Telangana Assembly election on Friday.


Chiranjeevi, Junior NTR, Sania Mirza vote in Telanagana


Thousands rushed to watch India's match against Kenya at the Intercontinental Cup 2018 after skipper Sunil Chhetri made an appeal on Twitter asking fans to fill the stadium. India won the match and his tweet has now been recognised as the most "retweeted tweet" of the year from India.


Sunil Chhetri's call for filling stadium most 'retweeted tweet' of 2018


An Afghan boy who shot to fame for wearing a plastic shirt with soccer legend Lionel Messi's name and number and eventually meeting his icon in person is now homeless after being displaced by a Taliban offensive.


Messi's plastic shirt boy now homeless in Afghanistan


Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has ordered a probe into the allegations of sexual abuse of members of the national women's football team following a report that the females were molested by officials from the Afghan Football Federation (AFF).


Ghani orders probe into sex abuse claims in women's football team


The brother of Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has been arrested here in relation to a fake terror "hit list", police said on Tuesday.


Australian cricketer's brother nabbed over terror charges


Exciting things are happening in the world of hockey for the Indians to sit up and take note, rather than be preoccupied by the murky goings-on in Indian cricket.


Korean coach Kim Sang-ryul out to make China a hockey power (Column: Just Sport)


The UN Population Fund in Egypt in collaboration with the National Council for Women and the Ministry of Youth and Sports organised on Friday the first all-women's race in support of ending violence against females.


Egyptian women join race against gender-based violence


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the Indian Hockey Team for a 5-0 victory over South Africa in their opening match at the 2018 Hockey World Cup campaign in Bhubaneswar.


Modi congratulates Indian Hockey team


Bhuvaneshwari, wife of 'tainted' Indian speedster S. Sreesanth, has written on her twitter handle that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."


Injustice anywhere is threat to justice everywhere: Sreesanth's wife


Actor Rahul Bose, who has represented India internationally in Rugby for 25 years, before hanging up his boots, has said the sports scene in India has improved drastically in the last five years.


Sports in India has changed in last 5 years: Rahul Bose


Actress Richa Chadha on Wednesday started shooting here for Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari's "Panga", based on kabaddi.


Richa begins shooting for 'Panga' in Bhopal


Title: 281 and Beyond; Author: V.V.S. Laxman with R. Kaushik; Publisher: Westland Sport; Pages: 309; Price: Rs 699


Emotions of an introvert - and a cricket legend (Book review)


Ineta Radevica, a retired world-class long-jumper, resigned as president of the Latvian Athletics Association on Tuesday after a prohibited substance was found in her sample given during the 2012 London Olympics, according to the former athlete's statement to the media.


Latvian Athletics Association head resigns after testing positive for doping


A German court on Tuesday awarded a 14-year prison sentence to the perpetrator of a shrapnel bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team bus that injured Spanish international defender Marc Bartra and a police officer.


German court hands 14-year prison sentence to Borussia Dortmund bus bomber


After a Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate had to be suspended twice, after a fan violence incident, Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he will introduce harsher laws to tackle hooliganism during games.


Argentina mulls law to curb soccer hooligans


Gianna Velarde is set to become the first Peruvian woman to compete in the Dakar Rally in the motorcycle category, an enormous challenge she could never have imagined when, at age 15, she rode a motorcycle for the fist time -- and there found the strength to overcome cancer.


Cancer survivor is 1st Peruvian woman motorcyclist to compete in Dakar Rally


The Kalinga Sena on Monday withdrew its threat of throwing ink at Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan during his visit to Odisha for participating in the opening ceremony of the Men's Hockey World Cup on Tuesday.


Kalinga Sena withdraws threat to throw ink at Shah Rukh Khan


M.C. Mary Kom's latest victory, which has led her to become the first woman boxer to claim six World Championship gold medals, is a testimony to women power and an example of how age and motherhood have not stopped her from chasing her dreams, said Indian film fraternity members, hailing the "magnificent" athlete's feat.


Indian film industry hails 'magnificent' Mary Kom


Rain has not helped Virat Kohlis Twenty20 team. They lost the first game of the three-match series on Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method and the second one was washed out when India had a great chance of winning chasing a modest score.


Like Virat Kohli, Harmanpreet backs her instincts (Column: Just Sport)


Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday released Men's Hockey World Cup anthem composed by renowned music director and composer A.R. Rahman and penned by veteran lyricist Gulzar.

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