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London Olympics silver medalist Sushil Kumar has rejected a whopping Rs. 50 lac offer to feature in an advertisement for a liquor brand. True to the tradition he has been brought up in, Sushil Kumar rejected the offer as he felt it would send a wrong message to the youth of the country. Direct liquor advertising is banned but surrogate ads, which promote liquor in the guise of other products are

IPL franchise, the Deccan Chargers team has been sold to Mumbai based real estate firm Kamala Landmarc by the Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL), reports said on Friday. According to the reports, team owner, DCHL, decided to sell the franchise after the board of directors' meeting on Thursday. DCHL have written to National Stock Exchange of India Limited and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited

Yeongam, October 12: Indian-born Monisha Kaltenborn became Formula One's first female team principal on Thursday after taking the helm at Sauber from founder Peter Sauber with immediate effect. The Swiss-based team said in a statement at the Korean Grand Prix that 41-year-old Kaltenborn, who was previously chief executive, would take over Sauber's duties at race weekends. Sauber, who turns 69 on

The alleged, and apparent, rift between the Indian captain MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag has hogged the media limelight for quite some time now. The seeds of unrest were sown during the final of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 final in 2007 when Dhoni dropped Sehwag and pitch-forked an uncapped Yusuf Pathan in the team. Since then reams have been written about the two senior cricketers being at

Colombo, October 11: Former India captain Anil Kumble was today unanimously appointed chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee by the game's governing body, replacing West Indies great Clive Lloyd. "In Anil Kumble, we have a new chairman who has unquestioned experience not only as a player with India but also as an administrator with Karnataka State Cricket Association as well," ICC President Alan

Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has said in-form Virat Kohli should not be rushed into Indian captaincy but advised Mahendra Singh Dhoni to relieve himself of the burden of leading the side in at least one of the three formats. “As far as blooding young Virat Kohli as a captain in smaller formats is concerned, I think that should just wait. The guy is in the form of his life. He has been India

Former India captain Anil Kumble was on Thursday unanimously appointed chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee by the game's governing body, replacing West Indies great Clive Lloyd. "In Anil Kumble, we have a new chairman who has unquestioned experience not only as a player with India but also as an administrator with Karnataka State Cricket Association as well," ICC president Alan Isaac said in a

New York, October 11: Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong cheated his way to the top of the cycling world through the most sophisticated doping programme ever seen in the sports world, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Wednesday. Evidence linking Armstrong to the use of performance-enhancing drugs included financial payments, emails, scientific data, laboratory test

Saina Nehwal's association with Deccan Chronicle initially seemed like a cheering story of a non-cricketer sportsperson too bagging plum endorsement deals. Unfortunately for her, the 22-year old has apparently not been paid since the beginning of this year, with those in the know pegging the amount at Rs 3-4 crore. Worse, she has paid advance tax of Rs 70 lakh but is yet to receive the money from

Dubai, October 10: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today suspended the six umpires caught in a TV sting, which alleged that they were willing to fix Twenty20 matches, pending the completion of an inquiry against them. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) and its relevant Full Member Boards have agreed not to appoint any of the umpires named in a sting operation recently conducted by