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Shashank Manohar set to start his second innings as BCCI chief

Manohar, a 57-year-old Vidarbha lawyer, had headed BCCI from 2008 to 2011

Bindra shoots down gold in Asian Air Gun Championships

He shot 208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan's Yurkov Yuriy (206.6) and Korea's Yu Jaechul (185.3)

Pankaj Advani pockets 14th World title by winning IBSF World Billiards Championship

Advani defeated Singapore's Peter Gilchrist by 1168 points

The big kick-off

After its debut last year, the star-studded Indian Super League is back. The author looks at what the new season has to offer

Chess (#1167)

Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa gives push to sports infrastructure

She gives emphasis on the science based higher level of training in sports.

Saurav Ganguly succeeds Jagmohan Dalmiya as CAB president

Announcement was made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee; Avishek Dalmiya to be Jt Secy

Australian researcher, new device to replace GPS in sports

The technology will be key in monitoring training and game workloads.

Srinivasan, Pawar meet as BCCI Presidential battle heats up

While details of what transpired is not known, it is learnt that the current leadership vacuum in the Board was on the agenda

Vijay Amritraj-promoted CTL Season 2 to start Nov 23

Raipur and Nagpur are the two new teams in the mix

10 best quotes of Yankees' baseball legend Yogi Berra

Berra won 10 championships, played in 15 All-Star Games, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972

Himachal to host India's 'maiden' paragliding world cup

More than 350 paragliders will be participating in this championship.

Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man who revolutionised sports broadcast in India

The former BCCI president passed away on Sunday following a heart attack at a hospital in Kolkata

Jagmohan Dalmiya: The man who showed who is the boss

Ajay Jayaram loses final, settles for Silver at Korea Open Superseries

Jayaram's fight ended with a 14-21 13-21

Dhoni to head Indian team for T20 & ODIs against South Africa

Maiden ODI call-up for Gurkeerat, Aravind included in T20 team

I believe Rohan and me can win an Olympic medal together: Paes

Bopanna agrees that it does not matter whether they play together in the next one year before Olympics

BCCI chief, Dalmiya in stable condition

The 75-year-old was admitted to the city's B.M. Birla Hospital on Thursday night.

Chess (#1166)

In terms of Elo, a rating difference of 100 points translates into an expectancy of about 55 per cent for the higher rated player

Against all odds

Djokovic who has won three of the four Grand Slam singles titles again this season, losing only in the French Open final