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Govt has no say in India's Davis Cup participation in Pakistan: Rijiju

India's participation in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 Davis Cup tie, scheduled on September 14 and 15 in Islamabad, is uncertain owing to high political tensions with Pakistan

Kohli was eager to end his 11-innings century drought: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Kohli's last hundred had come against Australia in March. Since then the Indian skipper has been among the runs, scoring five half centuries, but has failed to reach a ton

Kohli eclipses Ganguly to become India's second-highest run-getter in ODIs

Virat Kohli, who had a relatively quiet World Cup in England, went on to score his 42nd ODI century, his first since March, as India registered a 59-run win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-ODI series

It was my opportunity to step up, says Virat Kohli on match winning century

The India skipper also shattered a 26-year-old record when he surpassed Pakistan's Javed Miandad for most runs by any batsman in ODIs against the West Indies

BCCI members question CoA's NADA decision, handling of Shaw dope case

With BCCI CEO Rahul Johri agreeing to sign the agreement, the country's richest sports body became a NADA signatory and also a designated National Sports Federation

2nd ODI preview: Iyer eyes number 4 spot as India pray for full game vs WI

Iyer, who didn't get game time during the T20 series, was in the India playing 11 during the rain-affected first game, which was abandoned after 13 overs in Guyana.

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju welcomes BCCI decision to come under NADA

Having stalled the ministry's near decade long attempts to bring BCCI under the NADA fold, the Board finally relented on Friday, a move that could have far-reaching implications in the near future.

Gayle not picked in Test squad, Cornwall gets maiden call-up for Windies

Gayle, who is just six weeks shy of his 40th birthday, had last played a Test match way back in 2014, against Bangladesh

Meet Christian Pulisic, the man who struck gold for American soccer

He is expected to make his Premier League debut on Sunday at 11.30 am

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Suryasekhar Ganguly won the prestigious One Belt One Road Open in Hunan, China, with 7 points from 9 games to bag $50,000

BCCI under NADA ambit, all cricketers to be tested by anti-doping body

BCCI raised three issues before us about the quality of the dope testing kits, competence of pathologists and sample collection, says sports secretary

Ganguly, Harbhajan slam BCCI for conflict of interest notice to Dravid

The BCCI ethics officer, Justice (Retd) DK Jain, issued the notice to Dravid on conflict of interest allegations made by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association member Sanjay Gupta.

Tax war: ICC wants India's revenue reduced, BCCI to contact UK law firm

The ICC wants to recover the tax burden for the 2016 event by slashing the BCCI annual share from the ICC revenue

Ascent of Real Kashmir football team gives a weary region reason to cheer

You have 5,000 waiting outside the stadium on match days. The support is unreal, said Muhammad Hammad, Real Kashmir defender

All in the game: The history of friction in the sporting world

From Sir Don Bradman to Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly, a cursory study of cricket history throws up interesting examples of conflict between players

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The big news of the week for Indian fans was the fantastic performance of two teenaged siblings at the Xtracon Open in Denmark

Wimbledon 2017: Venus Williams becomes oldest semi-finalist for 23 years

Williams defeated Ostapenko 6-3, 7-5 in one hour and 13 minutes

Wimbledon 2015: The contenders

The tournament holds enormous significance for both Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, though for different reasons

Djokovic beats Federer to win fifth Wimbledon title in longest ever final

At 4 hours and 57 minutes, it was the longest Wimbledon final ever played and settled by a final set tiebreak for the first time

20 yrs after debut, can Federer defy age to win his ninth Wimbledon title?

If the 38 year old wins the title at Wimbledon, he would become the oldest player in history to capture a Grand Slam singles crown