PCB announces Doha as a venue for the upcoming Pakistan Super League

Lahore, Aug 26 (IBNS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced Doha in Qatar as a venue for the inaugural season of their domestic tournament- Pakistan Super League (PSL).

AB De Villiers replaces Sourav Ganguly, becomes the fastest to reach 8000 ODI runs

Durban, Aug 26 (IBNS) South Africa's AB De Villiers already owns a host of cricketing records and on Wednesday while playing against New Zealand in the ongoing 3rd ODI in Durban, he rushed past ex-Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly to became the fastest player to complete 8000 ODI runs.

Khel Ratna: Karnataka HC issues notices to Sania Mirza, Sports Ministry

Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IBNS) The Karnataka High Court found some substance in paralympian H N Girisha's move of challenging the Sports Ministry's decision to confer Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Indian Tennis icon Sania Mirza as notices were served to the Wimbledon doubles title winner and the Ministry.

Sports Ministry approves financial assistance for shooter Abhinav Bindra

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IBNS): Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Wednesday said it has approved financial assistance to shooter Abhinav Bindra from National Sports Development Fun (NSDF) for his visit to Germany during the period from Sept 1 to 11.

Udayjit Bhalotia leads the Tolly Juniors Challenge

Kolkata, Aug 26 (IBNS): The opening day of the 2015 Tolly Juniors Challenge saw local lad Udayjit Bhalotia take a one stroke lead over Kunal Naidu. Udayjot shot an eight over 78 at the Par 70 Tollygunge Club on a day where no player set the course on fire.

England announces squads for T20I & ODI Series against Australia

London, Aug 25 (IBNS): England selectors have announced a 13-man squad for the NatWest IT20 against Australia on Monday 31 August at the SSE SWALEC in Cardiff and a 14-man squad for the five match Royal London ODI series that follows.

Tolly Juniors Challenge tees off today

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IBNS): After a break of over a month, junior golf is back as the Par-70 Tollygunge Club is in readiness to host the sixth event of the 2015 season of the Indian Golf Union East Zone Feeder & Sub Junior Tour here.

GPS trackers used in national team training

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS) Sports is a Science and only the best utilise sports science to develop themselves further aiming to attain global standards.

Smith finishes the Ashes as number-one ranked batsman

Dubai, Aug 25 (IBNS) Steven Smith has reclaimed the top spot in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen which were released following the conclusion of The Oval and P.Sara Oval Tests.

Atletico de Kolkata to fly to Spain for pre-season training camp

Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): The champions of the inaugural edition of Indian Super League, Atlético de Kolkata is yet again all set to embark on a month long pre-season training at Los Angeles de San Rafael ground in El Espinar, Segovia, Spain.

Kolkata to host Star Sports Young Heroes

Kolkata, Aug 24 (IBNS): After a grand opening, Star Sports Young Heroes is all set to kick start the campaign in Kolkata where matches will be played between Aug 25 to Aug 26 at the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium, 8 am onwards.

I-League Core Committee meets at AIFF Headquarters

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IBNS) The I-League core committee met at the AIFF Headquarters in Dwarka, New Delhi on Monday. The Vice-Chairman of the I-League committee, Ankur Dutta chaired the core committee meeting in attendance of the AIFF General Secretary, Kushal Das, I-League CEO, Sunando Dhar and AIFF's Technical Director Scott O' Donell.

More disappointed as we didn't win it for Sanga:Angelo Mathews

Colombo, Aug 24 (IBNS); Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews said it was disappointing that the side could not win the second match against India for cricketer Kumar Sangakkara who retired from international cricket on Monday.

Roger Federer gains no. 2 rank

London, Aug 24 (IBNS): Swiss Tennis star Roger Federer moved to the number 2 spot in the last ATP rankings released on Monday.

Second Test: India mauls Sri Lanka by 278 runs to level series 1-1

Colombo, Aug 24 (IBNS) Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin propelled India to a thumping 278-run victory over Sri Lanka and level the series on the final day of their second test match in Colombo making Kumar Sangkara's last match look more melancholic.