The bitter half of the story
While Indian officials waffle about India's performance at the Olympics, keeping the truth concealed under the table, Rohit Brijnath comes up with some startling revelations.

India loses appeal and first gold
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Saturday rejected an appeal by Indian shot putter Yadvendra Vashishta who was stripped of his Paralympic gold after a classification dispute.

Urska Vesenjak wins ITF crown
The fourth seed beat her twin sister Masa in a thrilling final to reign supreme.

Dyson sets sights on Hero Honda Masters
The young Yorkshireman will aim for his third title of the year during the tournament which begins at the DLF Golf & Country Club, Gurgaon, from Thursday.

Poor sportsmanship proves costly
The men's sprint bronze medallist at the World track cycling championships was disqualified for an incident that left defending champion Laurent Gane flat on his back after their race.

Gaurav Ghei slips to eighth place
Defending champion Jeev Milkha Singh, who was joint 34th on Thursday with a par 72 first round, launched himself into contention with a six over 66 to aggregate 138 and climbed to joint 12th place in the Lexus international.

11th game ends in a draw
Kasparov once again failed to extract advantage from the white pieces in the World Chess Championship. Kramnik maintains the lead 6.5 to 4.5.

New-look Indian team set for chess Olympiad
The young men's and women's teams are confident of a good showing in the tournament, starting on Saturday.

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