The Indian Premier League (IPL), the governing council of the rich Indian domestic professional Twenty20 cricket competition has taken three teams to task.  The Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab have been accused of breaches of shareholding and ownership rules and are to be ejected from the the next edition of the Indian Premier League [...]

A full house is expected at the 10,000 capacity Delhi University Stadium for the next two days for the Rugby Sevens event as the games kick off today. Tickets have been bought well in advance and the Games organizers will be happy to see an event getting the sort of attendance they hoped for and [...]

The Delhi 19th Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Sunday 3 October delighted the audience including Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, President Pratbha Patil, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla and other dignatories at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and around the world with a dazzling display of dance and music by thousands of performers. Seven year old [...]

In a press conference on a short while ago in a hotel in his hometown of Pinto, outside Madrid, three times Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said, “It is a case of food contamination to which I was the victim.”  This was his response to the provisional suspension by the International Cycling Union (UCI), [...]

Cleaners and plumbers and electricians have  been working furiously to complete the fit out  at the 19th Commonwealth Games Athletes  Village.  Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit  said 80% of the village rooms are complete,  but is it likely that facilities will not be  completed until after the Games official  opening on Sunday 3 October. The [...]

The head of the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Suresh Kalmadi, has blamed construction companies for delays in  completing the Athletes’ Village and other facilities.  But he has  said he does however accept full responsibility for what has happened. India is now under a very tight deadline and rushing to get all facilities complete for [...]

Michael Fennell Commonwealth Games Federation President has announced that despite ongoing concerns about the safety of athletes and officials there will be full participation by all 71 countries scheduled to attend the Games in Delhi in October. With extensive work still remaining to be  carried out at Games’ facilities and venues as well as the [...]

With less than ten days to go and the opening ceremony scheduled for 3 October concern continues to mount about the viability of the Delhi Commonwealth Games.   Officials from a number of participating countries who have visited the facilities as their teams finalize their plans for travel have been dismayed at the standard and [...]

South African Ernie Els will join four other golfers to be inducted into the Class of 2011  World Golf Hall of Fame in St Augustine,  Florida in May 2011 in the week of the  Players Championship. The 62 year old’s election to the Hall of Fame,  in his first year in the ballot, was announced [...]