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Cash incentive will be doubled for medal winners: Najeeb Jung

He also directed the Department of Education to prepare a vision and a strategy to promote sports at mass level

The wrong medicine

Should Dhoni, not coach Fletcher, pay the price of failure?

Culprit or scapegoat?

The loss in England has led to calls for the axing of Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India's cricket captain. However, Team India needs to take collective responsibility

Can Federer do it at the US Open?

Federer's advantage is his versatility. He can produce an ace when in trouble. But he has to watch out for unforced errors, which often are the cause of his undoing

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Polgar will always be remembered as the woman who comprehensively broke the gender barrier

A bat with the cutting 'edge'

The Indian batsmen's slack technique may have led to another embarrassing series defeat abroad, but here is an interesting innovation that can change all that

Milkha, Bishen join online petition against FIBA's patka ban

Notably, two Indian Sikh players, Amarpal and Amjyot Singh, were asked to remove their patka to continue playing for India in the Asia Cup Championship

Team Chennai replaces Sun Group in ISL

Yesterday, Sun Group, IMG Reliance and Star India issued a joint statement that the former was opting out of the ISL on on mutual consent

Spain knock out India in squash championship

Spain defeated India 2-1 in the quarterfinal of the WSF World Junior Squash Team Championship

India-England ODI series: BCCI appoints Ravi Shastri as team director

Sanjay Bangar, Bharat Arun appointed assistant coaches; R Sridhar the fielding coach

Vaughan's twitter post: Picture of 'White Indian cricket flag'

Vaughan slammed the Indian team for its poor showing, also came down heavily on the fans

Mudgal committee 'questions' Srinivasan and Meiyappan

There will be a review meeting of the panel on August 27 after which, a decision will be taken about seeking an extension on submitting the report

Kumble, Srinath stage walkout from KSCA AGM

They accused the state body of misusing the funds and instead of utilising them on cricket the money is being spent on clubhouses

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Amritraj, Bhupathi vie for match point

Vijay Amritraj back in tennis court with the launch of Champions Tennis League, ahead of the Mahesh Bhupathi-promoted International Premier Tennis League

Pacers in England: The need to soften and then kill

Pankaj Singh and Varun Aaron need to soften the English top order and then Bhuvneshwar Kumar can come in as first change

The English Humiliation

India's inability to score runs against quality fast bowling and the lack of match winning bowlers has landed India on the brink of another test series defeat abroad

Indian wrestlers to watch out for at the Asian Games

With Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt at the fag end of their careers, a new breed of young Indian wrestlers will have to step up for the Asian Games

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BCCI to seek revamp of ICC Code of Conduct: Sanjay Patel

Lawyers are looking into the Code of Conduct in search for areas need to be tightened