The Paralympic Committee of India on Monday announced a cash prize of `5 lakh for javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia who won a gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Youwecan, the cancer initiative founded by cricketer Yuvraj Singh, will mark its first year of foundation on Saturday.

The Hyderabad Monsoon Races 2013 will commence at the Hyderabad Race Club in Malakpet here on Thursday, July 25.

World no. 1 Lee Chong Wei fetched the highest amount of $135,000, even as Saina Nehwal finally got the opportunity to represent her home town — Hyderabad — in the players’ auction for the inaugural Indian Badminton League here on Monday.

Sudhanshu Grover pipped Abhishek Yadav 4-3 (11-9, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7) to emerge the junior boys’ singles champion while it was another new face, Suthirtha Mukherjee, who won the junior girls’ singles crown beating the experienced Manika Batra 4-2 (11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 12-14, 11-9, 11-6) on the concluding day of the South Asian junior table tennis championships here on Monday.

LGBT community activist Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi has recently been honoured with National Legal Services Authority Award of Excellence for working in legal services and is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Award for Queens as a token of appreciation for inclusion of transgender and sex workers in the women’s policy.

Thirty instruments, 60 minutes and a world record; the agenda was set for siblings B. Sai Teja (19) and B. Kalyani Gupta (18). But they did just one thing differently — the terrific duo accomplished the feat in 10 minutes less than the scheduled time!

Dyslexia. While doodling might predominantly be a hobby born out of boredom, this artist has made scribbling serve a cause.

As if the spot-fixing and conflict of interest issues were not enough, the Indian Premier League was on Thursday rocked by the revelation that Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler Pradeep Sangwan had failed a dope test.

Having made rivals dance to his tune on the cricket field, Harbhajan Singh has now turned to a different pitch.
The off-spinner has strained his vocal chords to deliver a song dedicated to his mother titled Meri Maa, set to be released by Venus Worldwide Entertainment.