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Ro Filipe Tuisawau said bans such as the one imposed on Fiji this week by national leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad punished sportsmen and women, not governments. "The only effect of mixing sports and politics,...

Hundreds of illegal golf courses have been built in China since a moratorium imposed to save farmland, and authorities are vowing harsh punishment for those responsible, state media said on Tuesday. Golf courses have mushroomed across China as the sport...

Aamir Atlas Khan slipped nine places in the latest Players Squash Association (PSA) rankings list released late on Tuesday with no Pakistani making it in the top twenty. Aamir, who last month celebrated one year in the top twenty list,...

He runs almost four miles and then prepares for school at Mariner High. When he comes home, the 17-year-old completes his homework and then heads to the William �Bill� Austen Youth Center for a nearly three-hour practice with the Police...

The seeded players won their first round games with ease on the opening day of the 21st The Telegraph Schools’ Chess Championship which is being presented by Himani Sona Chandi Chyawanprash, and organised by the Alekhine Chess Club. Nearly 380...

Bengal captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla will be making a comeback in the playing eleven in Bengal’s fifth Ranji Trozphy Super League (Group B) encounter, against Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur from December 8-11. Apart from Shukla, who was out due to...

In all likelihood, cricket crazy Calcuttans will have to shell out more money to watch Kolkata Knight Riders’ home matches in the next edition of the Indian Premier League...As the renovation work is unlikely to be completed by March next...

Poor refereeing cost Subrata Bhattacharya’s Chirag United a win as the men in purple had to settle for a goalless draw against Camellia George Telegraph in a CFL Premier Division match at the Barasat Stadium Tuesday. Chirag, who had won...

Mohun Bagan, ahead of the Federation Cup next month, will once again look to sharpen their skills when they take on Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) in a CFL Premier Division match Wednesday. Having scrapped past Calcutta Customs 1-0 in the...