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.


Azharuddin to take legal action against HCA officials


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Pyongyang on Saturday proposed a fresh meeting with Seoul to discuss plans to send a music band to the Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in the South Korea's PyeongChang city in February.


Pyongyang wants to send music band to Winter Games


North Korea has offered talks to South Korea on sending its art troupe to the 2018 Winter Olympics, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Saturday.


N.Korea offers talks with S.Korea on Winter Olympics art troupe


His team is making its debut in the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) this season, but Veer Marathas co-owner Ranjit Saxena has already started to chalk out ambitious plans to promote the traditional sport at the grassroots level.


Veer Marathas hatch up ambitious plans for wrestling


Five wrestlers and a driver were killed in a major road accident in Sangli district of Maharahstra early on Saturday, police said.


5 wrestlers, among 6 killed in Maharashtra road accident


South Korea has offered to North Korea holding of a working-level dialogue next week in the truce village of Panmunjom to discuss details on North Korea's participation in the South Korea-hosted Winter Olympics, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Friday.


S. Korea offers talks with N. Korea on Winter Olympics


US President Donald Trump has signalled that he has developed a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite tensions between them.


My relation with Kim Jong-un is very good: Trump


A month after the IOC banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics over doping concerns, hackers have released a set of emails related to the games set for February in South Korea.


Russia apparently hacking Winter Olympics emails: Report


North Korea asked the South on Thursday to abandon its military manoeuvers with the US, saying that these exercises are fuelling tension on the Korean Peninsula and increasing the risk of war.


Pyongyang asks Seoul to abandon military drills with US


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Aanchal Thakur on winning India's first international medal in skiing in the Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup in Turkey.


PM congratulates skier Thakur


North Korea will send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February, the two sides announced as they held long-anticipated high-level talks on Tuesday.


N. Korea to send Olympic team to South after high-level talks


Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to enter sports stadiums to watch football matches for the first time on Friday, the government announced on Monday.


Saudi sports stadiums to open doors to women


Hackers are targeting the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea with a phishing and malware campaign, cyber security firm McAfee researchers have found.


Hackers targeting Winter Olympics in South Korea: McAfee


The death toll in the Sunday morning road accident near Delhi-Haryana border involving six national-level weightlifters climbed to five after one of the two seriously injured sportsmen died at the AIIMS here.


Injured weightlifter dies, toll reaches 5 in Narela accident (Third Lead)


North Korea's official news agency has urged practical action in order to improve ties between the two Koreas in an editorial on Sunday, ahead of the first meeting between the two countries in more than two years.


N. Korea state media urges better ties with South ahead of meeting


Four national-level weightlifters were killed and two others, including a world champion, were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling met with an accident here in dense fog early on Sunday, police said.


Four weightlifters killed in Delhi in dense fog


On a cold and wet winter afternoon, some 30 km from the district headquarters of Bhiwani, tired boys buckled up to return home after seven hours of school. But for the girls, the ringing of the closing bell was a signal to don their kits and get ready to reach the sports ground for their daily football practice.


Bend it like the Alakhpura girls: Football empowers in a Haryana village (IANS Special Series)


Popular video jockey Varun Sood and actress Ayesha Adlakha will be hosting UCypher, a multi-platform eSports league.


Varun Sood, Ayesha Adlakha to host eSports league UCypher


Play Write 2018, India's first of its kind sports literature festival, will be held here on March 17-18, its organisers announced on Friday.


Chandigarh to host sports lit festival


The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached Rs 11.28 crore assets of Hyderabad-based AKR Construction Ltd against whom a money laundering case in 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) related corruption case is underway.


ED attaches Rs 11.28 cr assets oh Hyderabad firm in CWG scam


The Supreme Court said on Thursday that Bihar will play the Ranji Trophy and other domestic tournaments under the aegis of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).

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