
A South African court granted bail on Friday to Oscar Pistorius, charged with the murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, after his lawyers argued the "Blade Runner" was too famous to flee justice.
Cycling may be one of the world’s most popular sport but unfortunately, the last time India participated in the event in the Olympics was in 1962.
Bhawani Kalvi was in cracking form as he scored four goals to lead IPG to a half-goal victory over Elevation on Day Two of the M3M HH Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Polo Gold Cup 2013 here on Wednesday.
Rains played spoilsport for DLF Gurgaon as their match against Silverglades Delhi was called off when they were leading by two strokes, in the finals of the Louis Philippe Cup on Saturday.
Established in 1829, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) is the oldest outside the British Isles. At 134 years, its Sri Lankan counterpart that shares its initials isn't nearly as old.

For the last couple of years, wrestling has been hogging the headlines. Be it the World Championship, Commonwealth, Asian or Olympics Games, the triumphs of our wrestlers have given the game great mileage.
If a sport, which has been part of the Olympics since inception and fits every single qualifying criterion by a country mile, can be thrown out, then really what is safe?
Russian weightlifter Oleg Perepetchenov was stripped of his 77kg bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games for taking prohibited substances.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced it had disbanded the independent commission it had set up to investigate alleged involvement by the global governing body in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.
In line with the International Olympic Committee not recognising the current IOA dispensation, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has also decided that it would not deal with the Abhey Chautala-led officials in preparations for next year's CWG in Scotland.
World No. 2 Tiger Woods captured his 75th career title, winning the US PGA Farmers Insurance Open by four strokes for his record-setting eighth career triumph at Torrey Pines.
Tiger Woods withstood a late bogey, double-bogey, par, bogey wobble in strengthening winds to clinch his 75th PGA Tour title by four shots at the fog-delayed Farmers Insurance Open on Monday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking last-round defeat against Wang Hao of China and had to be content with a joint third finish at the 75th Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
American jurors and US anti-doping officials should decide Lance Armstrong's fate rather than the International Cycling Union, the main investigator who has chased Armstrong for years has said.

A team of young, differently-abled Delhiites prepares to make the city proud at the World Special Olympics this year