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Sourav Ganguly first Indian cricketer in 65 years to become BCCI president

Sourav Ganguly is set to become only the second India cricketer after Maharaja of Vizianagaram to serve as the president of BCCI

The world's only polo competition on ice in St Moritz's lures the jet set

The tournament is the brainchild of Reto Gaudenzi, who hatched the idea in 1983 and has watched the event become so big that it requires military-style planning with Swiss technical know-how

World Boxing Championships: Manju Rani enters final, Mary Kom wins bronze

Sixth-seeded Rani defeated Thailand's Chuthamat Raksat 4-1 in her semifinal bout

In pics: Mary Kom assured 8th world championship medal; 3 others in semis

Mary Kom bettered her own record as the most successful boxer in the history of the AIBA Women's World Championship

Mary Kom assured of 8th world championship medal; 3 others also enter semis

Manju Rani (48kg) and Jamuna Boro (54kg) along with Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) made the medal rounds

Meet Vivek Ranadive, the man who helped bring the NBA to India

Ranadive has made bringing the sport to his home country a core part of his identity as an owner, pitching it as a way to keep the NBA growing

Sumit Nagal wins ATP challenger; jumps to career-best ranking of 135

Last month, Nagal grabbed headlines after he made his Grand Slam debut and produced a spirited fight against the legendary Roger Federer in the first-round of the US Open

Dhoni has taken many key decisions, let him take a call on retiring: Dhawan

The members of the current team, including skipper Virat Kohli, has immense reverence for the Jharkhand dasher, said Dhawan

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The Quarters saw both Lagrave and Yu riding their luck

Wrestling: Deepak Punia becomes world no 1 in 86 kg, Bajrang loses top spot

Competing in his maiden senior World Championship, Deepak settled for a silver after an ankle injury forced him to pull out of the final against Iranian great Hasan Yazdani

Boxing high-performance director eyes 5 Olympics spots in Asian qualifiers

The Indian boxers produced their best-ever show at the World Championships with Amit Panghal (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (63kg) winning silver and bronze respectively in Russia

India enter World Athletics C'ship but no Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das in squad

World-class javelin thrower Neeraj is not taking part in the September 27 to October 6 showpiece as he has been doing light training since May, having underwent an elbow surgery

Amit Panghal first Indian to win silver at World Boxing Championships

Before this year, India had never won more than one bronze medal at a single edition of the world championship

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The World Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, turned out to be a disappointment for the large Indian contingent

Sumit Nagal, the young player who stared Federer down for an opening set

Sumit Nagal stunned us all by taking a first set off Federer at the US Open. Dhruv Munjal assesses the phenomenon

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The World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk is featuring its usual mix of crazy errors and upsets

Kohli's appreciation tweet triggers speculation on Dhoni in social media

Dhoni, who is currently on a break in the USA, became a trending topic on social media thanks to Kohli's post before the speculation was put to rest.

More than happy to get a point against Asian Champion Qatar: India coach

The Indian team's coach, Igor Stimac, former Croatian international, wants the Indian players to stay focussed and garner more points in their upcoming matches

Rashid claims 10 wickets as Afghanistan posts massive win over Bangladesh

Rashid grabbed three of the remaining four wickets as Afghanistan took 17.2 overs on the fifth day to bowl out Bangladesh for 173 in the second innings after the hosts resumed with 136-6

Tokyo Olympics qualifying event for cycling to begin from Monday in Delhi

Two European countries -- Latvia and Slovakia -- will also take part in the UCI (International Cycling Union) class I accredited event to be held at the cycling velodrome at IG Sports Complex