Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch is set to host the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards here on February 27.


Benedict Cumberbatch to host 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards


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Taking a dig at the erstwhile Left Front government in West Bengal for "creating debt burden" for the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the Sports Department was "neglected" with inadequate budgetary provisions.


Sports was neglected by Left Front government: Mamata


North Korea on Tuesday criticized the burning of its national flag and photos of its leader Kim Jong-un during a protest rally against its planned participation in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea.


North Korea condemns flag, Kim photo burning in South


Liberia's new President George Weah took the oath of office on Monday with a vow to bolster the weak economy and to eradicate corruption.


Liberia's new President takes office


India's victory over Pakistan in the final of the 5th ODI Blind Cricket World Cup in Sharjah has filled Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Anupam Kher with immense pride.


Celebs hail Indian blind cricket team's win


Former sportspersons and professionals rather than politicians and bureaucrats should drive Indian sports federations if the country's standards are to improve, says Geoff Schoenberg, a Research Fellow at Australia's Deakin University, whose post-doctoral work is specifically focused on sports governance in India.


'Ex-athletes, not politicians, should govern Indian sports'


Rabat, Jan 20 (IANS/MAP) Morocco and Cote d'Ivoire have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the field of sports through a series of activities and programmes.


Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire to boost sport cooperation


French President Emmanuel Macron hopes a fresh round of negotiations will help preserve stability on the Korean Peninsula.


Macron hopes new negotiation to help preserve Korean peninsula stability


A woman photo-journalism student has been arrested along with two male accomplices on charges of killing a boxer who she alleged had been blackmailing her, police said on Friday.


Young woman arrested for boxer's murder


A Swedish skier was killed in an avalanche while his compatriot was rescued alive on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg ski resort.


Swedish skier dies in Gulmarg avalanche, another rescued


South Korea is all set to conduct defence drills on Thursday around PyeongChang county, site of the upcoming Winter Olympics, following a thaw in inter-Korean relations after months of heightened tension on the Korean peninsula.


South Korea to hold security drills around Winter Olympics site


Bitter cross-border enemies North and South Korea on Wednesday said both countries would march under a single flag during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Winter Olympics.


Koreas to carry single flag in Winter Olympics opening


North Korea and South Korea announced on Wednesday that their delegations will march jointly at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.


Koreas to march together at Winter Olympics opening


South and North Korea began their second high-level meeting on Wednesday to discuss Pyongyang's participation in the Winter Olympic Games, which will begin on February 9 in the South Korean county Pyeongchang.


Seoul, Pyongyang hold second meet on Winter Olympics


UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he will attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.


Guterres will attend opening ceremony of Winter Olympics


North Korea agreed with South Korea on Monday to send a 140-member orchestra to the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, Seoul's Unification Ministry said.


N. Korea to send orchestra to Winter Olympics


There are several mountain peaks in the world to scale and not just Mount Everest, said a senior official of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.


Several peaks to scale, not just Everest: HMI


The two Koreas on Monday began working-level talks on sending North Korean artistes to the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games, after both parties reached an agreement last week at a historic meeting, Seoul's Ministry of Unification told Efe news.


Two Koreas begin talks on Winter Olympics


Expressing hope that the long pending anti-sports fraud bill will finally see the light of the day, retired Chief Justice of the Haryana and Punjab High Court Mukul Mudgal on Sunday said current union Sports Minister and Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is making changes for the good which will soon reflect on various sporting disciplines.


Justice (Retd) Mudgal hopes bill against sports fraud will be passed soon


Having spent the bulk of his career in Europe, Indian football's No.1 goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu feels his potential successor Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem -- set for trials at Scottish Premiership side Motherwell FC -- should be "careful" of what he is signing up for.


Dheeraj has to be careful about move to Scotland: Goalkeeper Sandhu


Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin on Saturday said he was contemplating legal action against the officials who prevented him from contesting elections to Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) despite BCCI giving the green signal.

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