After days of indecision, the New Zealand Olympic Committee on Friday confirmed participation in the Delhi Commonwealth Games after seeing positive steps being taken by the organisers to improve the situation.
Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bringing free content to the world, is setting up an office outside the US for the first time as part of its five-year strategy focused on Global South. Wikimedia is also increasing its focus on Brazil, and other regions of Africa and Asia.
New Zealand Olympic Committee officials arrived in Delhi to inspect Commonwealth Games facilities and security after their team manager criticised the accommodation in place for athletes.
World number one John Higgins was banned for six months and fined 75,000 pounds on Wednesday but cleared of accepting a bribe to fix snooker matches.
Manchester City needed Gareth Barry's stoppage-time winner to earn a 1-0 win at home to bottom club Reading on Saturday and exert some pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester United.
In the third part of a series on Indian Americans who have won the George Marshall Scholarship in 2012, Arthur J Pais profiles Rahul Rekhi, a biomedical engineering graduate who wants to revolutionise healthcare and find ways to tackle diseases like cancer and stroke.
Harshvardhan (Harsh) Rane, a popular face in the Hindi serial Left Right Left talks about how he landed his Telugu debut, Thakita Thakita.
Carlos Tevez claimed two second-half goals as a confident Manchester City overwhelmed Liverpool 3-0 to underline their Premier League title credentials on Monday.
Carlos Tevez claimed two second-half goals as a confident Manchester City overwhelmed Liverpool 3-0 to underline their Premier League title credentials on Monday.
If newly rich Manchester City wanted to rile Manchester United during the close-season they certainly went about it the right way -- and not just by spending over 100 million pounds on new players. The arrivals of Carlos Tevez from United, Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure from Arsenal, Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn and Gareth Barry from Aston Villa should certainly see City improve in the new Premier League season starting this weekend.
Vuvuzelas, the deafening plastic trumpets, which have attracted complaints from viewers and players alike at this year's FIFA World Cup in South Africa, have been banned from the next World Cup in Brazil.
Manchester City have completed the signing of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez after he passed a medical, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
Manchester City's 35-year wait for a trophy ended when Yaya Toure's unstoppable shot sealed a deserved 1-0 win over Stoke City in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
Manchester City, owned by Abu Dhabi billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayad al Nahyan, also had an approach for Terry, who has 53 England caps, rejected last season.
Ivory Coast convincingly beat North Korea 3-0 on Friday, but the comprehensive win was not enough to prevent the Africans from going out of the World Cup.
Brazil showed their true World Cup colours on Sunday, turning on the turbo to beat Ivory Coast 3-1 with two goals from Luis Fabiano securing their place in the last 16.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation on Wednesday recalled senior players Sohail Abbas, Rehan Butt and Zeeshan Ashraf, who had announced their retirement after the team finished bottom of the heap in the World Cup in India. The PHF also recalled Waseem Ahmed and Salman Akbar for a national camp, from June 20, in Karachi, to prepare for a tour of Europe ahead of the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
Portugal got their World Cup finals off to a stuttering start with a goalless draw against a spirited Ivory Coast on Tuesday, a match that saw the return of Didier Drogba only 11 days after breaking his arm. Semi-finalists at the 2006 finals, Portugal struggled to make a serious impact and made their job of advancing from a fierce Group G -- which includes Brazil and North Korea -- no easier in a fluid match that yielded only a handful of goalscoring chances.
England secured an emphatic 4-0 victory in Kazakhstan on Saturday to move closer to qualifying for next year's World Cup finals.
Manchester City reached the FA Cup final for the first time since 1981 after a dramatic 1-0 win over arch rivals Manchester United, who finished with 10 men after midfielder Paul Scholes was sent off 18 minutes from time.
Lance Armstrong and his team ran the most sophisticated doping programme in sport according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USDA) which released its report on the case against the US Postal cycling team on Wednesday.
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has asked several national federations to investigate doping-related allegations made by disgraced rider Floyd Landis.
Uncapped Manchester City mid-fielder Adam Johnson and Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Michael Dawson were surprisingly named in England's provisional 30-man World Cup squad on Tuesday.
This Tuesday, the class is likely to have focused on Faisal Shehzad's plan to create havoc in New York City's Times Square.
According to Amritaj, the Indian cinema-Western cinema fusion is destined to be, just not immediately.
World snooker champion John Higgins was suspended by the sport's governing body on Sunday after a newspaper reported he had agreed to take a bribe to lose frames.
Check this movie out on a cinema screen near you because if you don't, you won't have anyone else to blame when the quality films fail to grace our movie screens in the future.
There isn't much about Green Zone that classifies it as a must-have cinematic experience.
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Feisty Leyton Orient held Arsenal to a memorable 1-1 draw in their FA Cup fifth-round tie at Brisbane Road on Sunday when a powerful 89th-minute strike from substitute Jonathan Tehoue stunned the Premier League side.
Despite having legions of fans in India since he began striding the cricket world like a colossus, Don Bradman never toured this country irrespective of many invites.
TablaNet, an online musical collaboration system by Mihir Sarkar, may soon become a rave for percussionists across the globe.
German captain Maximillian Muller on attributed consistency and mental strength in big matches as the reasons for their easy 4-1 victory over England in the World Cup semi-final in New Delhi on Thursday.
After being blanked by Spain in Monday's match, England captain Barry Middleton said his team did not play to its potential as they were already assured of a semi-final place in the hockey World Cup.
The goal-scorers in the 12th men's hockey World cup in Delhi.
The England hockey team suffered a big jolt on Thursday as their key defender Richard Mantell was ruled out of the ongoing World Cup after twisting his right ankle during their match against Pakistan in New Delhi.
European champions England virtually assured themselves a place in the semi-final of the hockey World Cup after thumping Pakistan 5-2 to continue their unbeaten run in the tournament in New Delhi on Thursday.
India coach Jose Brasa feels that the video referral system, which made hockey World Cup debut here, need some fine-tuning with regard to its timing.
A day after Prudential bought out AIG's Asia arm, AIA, top executives of both AIG and Tata AIG met the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority to keep the latter abreast of developments.Sources at Tata Sons told Business Standard they had decided to buy out AIG's stake in the life insurance business. And, would consider inducting a partner at a later stage.
Australia coach Ric Charlesworth said the video referral system had made his side's life difficult, as there were many wrong decisions against them during the 2-3 loss to England in their first match of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
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