Golden Queen pleased when the following horses were exercised at the Malakpet Race Course on Thursday.

The Draft National Sports Development Bill 2013, presented to the government on Wednesday, threatens to put the cat among the pigeons, particularly when it comes to the national sports federations (NSFs) and long-serving administrators.

Olympian Maharaj Krishan Kaushik was on Wednesday named coach of the senior men’s hockey team, just 48 hours after Australian Michael Nobbs was prematurely relieved of his duties by the Sports Authority of India for failing to produce results.

Frenzied betting is on in the UK over the birth of the royal baby.
At William Hill, Andrew has solid support — down from 33/1 to 16/1. Harold is also in the picture with 16/1 and Zac is now 25/1 from 100/1. “We think Zac is a little trendy but we have seen quite a few bets so there might be something in this,” Adams added.

The Indian Olympic Association said it will go ahead with its scheduled general body meeting on Thursday here, to discuss the roadmap prepared by the international body for India’s return to the Olympic fold, despite strong opposition by some members who feel it will serve no purpose at this stage.

National football coach Wim Koevermans on Tuesday named a list of 30 probables for India’s international friendly against Tajikistan to be played in Khujand on August 14.

Lajja Gauswami opened India’s account at the ISSF World Cup with a silver medal in the women’s 50-metre rifle 3 position event in Granada, Spain, on Tuesday.

Indian riders Sumit Lucas Toppo and Arunagiri Prabhu will get a chance to race on their home turf — the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai — for the first time in the Asia Dream Cup that will run concurrently with the Petronas Asia Road Racing Championship in Chennai on July 14 and 15.

The process to bring back the Indian Olympic Association back into the International Olympic Committee fold has been pushed to September end after the world body, in a letter to acting president and other members of the suspended body, expressed its inability to send comments on the amended IOA constitution by mid-August.

Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg), along with three others, on Saturday assured India of at least four bronze medals at the Asian boxing championship by advancing to the semi-finals of the event in Amman, Jordan.