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Sachin Tendulkar chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna

Sachin Tendulkar chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna (India’s highest civilian award). Thus Tendulkar will be the first sportsperson ever to be honoured with Bharat Ratna. Tendulkar retired...

November 16, 2013

Sri Lanka to set up National Inquiry on Torture: Commonwealth Secretariat

Ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka this month (November 2013), Sri Lanka will set up a...

November 10, 2013

World Chess Championship 2013

India is hosting one of the most coveted chess battles- the World Chess Championship for year 2013 in Chennai. A series of matches will be played between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand (winner...

November 9, 2013

Rohit Sharma becomes third player in ODI format of Cricket to hit a double-century

India’s Rohit Sharma scored 209 runs off 158 balls in final ODI (One Day International) against Australia held in Bangalore (India), thus becoming only the third player to...

November 2, 2013

Sebastian Vettel bags Indian Grand Prix

The Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the Indian Grand Prix organized at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida, India. Registering his third successive victory in the Indian...

October 30, 2013

Dipika Pallikal clinches Macau Open Squash title 2013

India’s star Squash player Dipika Pallikal clinched the Macau Open title held at Macau, China. Dipika vanquished former World No.1 Rachel Grinham of Australia.  About Dipika Pallikal: Dipika Pallikal is...

October 22, 2013

Apex court appoints Mudgal Committee to probe IPL spot-fixing

The Supreme Court has appointed a probe panel headed by former Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Mukul Mudgal, to investigate spot-fixing in IPL matches....

October 16, 2013

India wins its first Sultan of Johor Cup title

India vanquished Malaysia to clinch Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament. It was a maiden title victory for India. Below is the roll of honour for the...

October 2, 2013

Ranjib Biswal is the new IPL chairman

Chief of the Odisha Cricket Association, Ranjib Biswal was appointment as the new Chairman of the IPL who succeeds Rajiv Shukla, who resigned at the end of his...

October 2, 2013

N Srinivasan re-elected BCCI president

Narayanaswamy Srinivasan has been re-elected as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third term. However he will not take charge...

October 2, 2013

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