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Sunrisers elect to bat against Royals

New Delhi , May 22 Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Cameron White won the toss and elected to bat against Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Wednesday.

Uganda signs new national football coach

Kampala (Uganda) , May 22 Serbia-born Sredojevic Milutin has been confirmed as the new coach of Uganda's national football team.

Real Sociedad coach to leave at end of season

Madrid , May 22 Spanish Primera Liga football club, Real Sociedad have confirmed that coach Philippe Montanier will leave the club at the end of the current season.

BCCI blames Sahara for arbitration failure

New Delhi , May 22 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday blamed Sahara Adventure Sports Limited for the failure of the arbitration and said the body "cannot be held responsible" for the breakdown of the process.

'Chandila was to do spot fixing in another IPL match'

New Delhi , May 22 Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals was about to spot-fix in another Indian Premiere League (IPL) match too for which he had taken Rs.15 lakh from a Punjab-based bookie, police claimed here Wednesday.

'Yadav planned to play in Bangladesh league'

New Delhi , May 22 Former Ranji cricket player Baburao Yadav, arrested in the IPL spot fixing scandal, had planned to play in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with the help of one of the arrested bookies, police said Wednesday.

World motorsport chief to visit Botswana

Gaborone (Bostwana) , May 22 The president of the world motorsport governing body, Federation Internationale de I' Automobile (FIA), Jean Todt is scheduled to visit Botswana in August, Botswana Motorsport Association (BMSA) has confirmed.

Sports was clean during father’s time: Deepika Padukone

Mumbai , May 22 Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father’s time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name.

Tamil Nadu police issues alert for cricket bookie

Chennai , May 22 Tamil Nadu's Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) Wednesday said a lookout notice has been issued to all airports for Kitty alias Uttam alleged to be a bookie with links in spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei

Ramallah , May 22 It will be a do-or-die match for Indian women's football team when they face Chinese Taipei in their next group D match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Wednesday.