8 all-rounders win US Congressional gold medals

Shefali Kotta Madhusudhan, who graduated last month from West Windsor Plainsboro High School South, New Jersey, has put in more than 800 hours work in community volunteering, personal development,......

Cricket telecast: Zee sees Rs 800 cr profit

Zee TV, the highest bidder for the rights to telecast cricket matches conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is expecting to make a profit of Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) from the......

ESPN plans to counter SETMax on World Cup

In an attempt to take the sting out of SETMax's live coverage of Cricket World Cup 2003, ESPN Star Sports has worked out special programming out of South Africa, the venue of the event, which will......

US skier at Winter Olympics keeping flag flying for LGBT community

The 26-year-old told Reuters on Sunday he was excited about representing the United States as well as the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community at the ongoing Games in South......

NFL's Houston Texans kneel during anthem after owner's 'inmates' remark

'We can't have the inmates running the prison' IMAGE: Houston Texans inside linebacker Benardrick McKinney (55), linebacker Ben Heeney (50), strong safety Marcus Gilchrist (21) and teammates kneel......

PHOTOS: Bold and bare -- athletes take centre stage in nude shoots

Athletes posing nude for magazines and other photo shoots show us another dimension of their fearless, bold and athletic selves.  They are a novel idea but are no more of shock value because......

Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj and Raina in list of top 100 athletes

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, left, with Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI India captain Virat Kohli, senior batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and stylish left-handed batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina,......

Sponsors hail Sharapova's reduced ban

IMAGE: Maria Sharapova of Russia celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia during their women's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in......