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Its seems that better times have arrived for Indian professional golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar. After a long layoff, he came back with a vengeance and secured a one-stroke victory in the recently played Shinhan Donghae Open in South Korea on Sunday. This happens to be Bhullar’s sixth title on the Asian …

BCCI adjourned its special general meeting (SGM) on technical grounds on Friday. This meeting was called to discuss the administrative reforms proposed by the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee. The cancellation of the meeting means that BCCI has had to miss the first deadline to implement the sweeping changes in …

Chris Froome, Tour de France winner, in context to a therapeutic use exemption system, has recently said that athletes must “take responsibility” and not “push the boundaries of the rules”. These comments come in the backdrop of the recent criticism of the therapeutic use exemption system. Many top athletes have come …

Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has showered praise on the current Indian test captain Virat Kohli. Laxman said that Kohli has strong basics and is a complete batsman in all the formats of the game. Laxman said this at the event of Dilip Sardesai memorial lecture. While elaborating on Kohli, …

On Thursday a Tokyo panel requested for changes to three venues for the 2020 Olympics. This request was made because of the soaring costs. However, the organizers of the Games organizers said that “such changes may prove difficult to instigate in time for the Games.” This was stated in a …

Reports from IANS suggest that a senior Indian team official has asked a top official of the Cricket Association of Bengal to prune the grass off the Eden Gardens pitch. This report has surfaced in the backdrop of the claims made by the Indian head coach Anil Kumble that the …

Barnsley football club has suspended assistant manager Tommy Wright after his name came up in a Daily Telegraph investigation alleging corruption in football. Wright was caught on video accepting an envelope of money in return for allegedly helping persuade Barnsley to sign players from a fake Far East firm. According to the Daily …

Anurag Thakur, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said that the pink ball won’t be used in India’s home test this season. The pink ball was first used in an international test match in Australia. This match, which the Australians played against the Kiwis, was the first …

Former captain Alan Shearer has said that England is a “laughing stock” in world football. Shearer made these comments after the departure of England’s manager only after 67 days. Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager by mutual agreement. This was after a newspaper investigation which claimed that Allardyce …

As the old saying goes ‘no pain no gain’ and in the case of Gautam Gambhir the pain of KL Rahul may turn out to be again for him. Rumours are rife that Gambhir might play in the Eden Gardens test after KL Rahul suffered a right hamstring injury on …