Gurkirat Singh stakes claim at the Royal Juniors Open 2015

Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): Local lad Gurkirat Singh unlocked the third event of the Indian Golf Union East Zone Feeder & Sub-Junior Tour with a well-compiled one-over par 73 to take a three-stroke lead at the end of the first round of the Royal Juniors Cup 2015 being played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club here.

Determined Mumbai down East Bengal 2-1

Mumbai, May 20 (IBNS): Putting up strong determined performance, Mumbai FC ground out a deserving 2-1 victory East Bengal in a 22th round I-League match at the Cooperage ground on Saturday evening. Playwin is the official sponsor of Mumbai FC, the only team for Mumbai who are participating in the country’s top club competition.

PPFCA cadets Dimple and Ashique called up for India Under-19 camp

Mumbai, May 20 (IBNS) Two Peninsula Pune Football Club Academy (PPFCA) players have been shortlisted for the upcoming India Under-19 camp to be held at Goa from 24th May, 2015.

IPL Fan Prank touches over 12,000 fans

Mumbai, May 20 (IBNS) Over 12,000 fans experienced the thrill of the Pepsi IPL Fan Park in Allahabad, during Qualifier 1 of the Pepsi IPL 2015, in which Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings.

Hamilton signs new contract with Mercedes

Monaco, May 20 (IBNS) Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton on Wednesday signed a new contract with Mercedes.

Constantine announces list of 38 probables

New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS) National Coach Stephen Constantine announced his preliminary squad of 38 probables for India's forthcoming back to back 2018 World Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification matches against Oman and Guam respectively. The list of 38 would be trimmed to 26 post completion of the ongoing edition of the Hero I-League.

Harbhajan recalled in Test squad

Mumbai, May 20 (IBNS) Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been recalled in the Test team against Bangladesh as the All-India Senior Selection Committee of the BCCI selected the side for the series on Wednesday.

IPL: Mumbai Indians beat CSK to reach final

Mumbai, May 19 (IBNS): In a bid to clinch their second IPL title, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings in the first play-off match of the tournament by 25 runs to reach the final here on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe team arrives in Pakistan

Lahore, May 19 (IBNS): The Zimbabwe team has arrived in Pakistan to play series against the national side here.

Technical Committee of BCCI meet in Mumbai

Mumbai, May 19 (IBNS): The Technical Committee of the BCCI met in Mumbai on Tuesday where it was considered that as India is hosting the ICC World T20 2016 in March-April 2016 a proposal to postpone the Duleep Trophy, which is scheduled during that period was made.

Royal Juniors Open tees off today

Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): After a break of over a month, junior golf is back as the Par-72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club is in readiness to host the third event of the 2015 season of the Indian Golf Union East Zone Feeder & Sub Junior Tour here.

Mumbai FC in must-win situation, have to score goals, says coach Jamil

Mumbai, May 19 (IBNS) Mumbai FC are confident of dealing with the pressure of going all out for a win when they take on East Bengal in a 22nd round I-League match to be played at the Cooperage ground on Wednesday evening. Playwin is the official sponsor of Mumbai FC, the lone club from Mumbai participating in this competition.

Justin Langer extends WACA contract

Perth, May 19 (IBNS): Ending all speculation over possibly taking up an assignment as Indian cricket team’s chief coach, former Australian cricketer Justin Langer has signed a two-year contract extension with Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) .

Day-Night Test discussed at ICC Cricket Committee meet

Dubai, May 18 (IBNS) Day-Night Test match might soon become reality as showing interests on the matter, the issue was discussed at 'at length' during the ICC Cricket Committee meeting in Mumbai.

Pune FC celebrates AFC Grassroots Day; 120 kids participate in Grassroots Festival

Pune, May 18 (IBNS) Pune FC celebrated AFC Grassroots Day by conducting a special grassroots programme for 120 children and simultaneously completed the AIFF Grassroots Leaders Course.