Olympian B.P. Govinda was on Friday named as chairman of Hockey India’s nine-member selection committee here.

Recently back from the Cannes Film Festival in France, where he promoted his film Shortcut Romeo, director Susi Ganesan has already begun working on his next project. The film is a 3D superhero action thriller and the director wishes to bring Salman Khan on board.

She made a foray into acting with Balaji’s Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and since then there has been no looking back for this young actress, who was later seen in many TV commercials and daily soaps. Preeti Gupta, whose recent Hindi film Mere Haule Dost is slated to release next week, is happy about the way her career is taking unprecedented turns.

On Wednesday, when New Yorkers were treated to a gorgeous episode of Manhattanhenge.
It refers to an urban astronomical phenomenon where a sunset is seen perfectly framed by skyscrapers — such was the beauty of the sight that it caused traffic jams across the city when people got out of their cars to capture the scene on cameras or phones.

Actor Abir Goswami passed away after a heart attack while running on the treadmill at a gym in Malad on Thursday. The actor was rushed to Saraswati hospital, opposite the gym but was declared dead on arrival.

Cricket control board joint secretary Anurag Thakur on Friday joined a growing chorus of administrators of the sport asking that the under-fire board chief N. Srinivasan convene a meeting to discuss the fallout of the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

The weightiest voice in world cricket has finally broken its silence on the spot-fixing scandal that broke out around the Indian Premier League in mid-May.

Pradhan Somanna, Affan Yousuf and Joga Singh scored three goals each as Air India thumped Chhattisgarh 15-0 in a Pool B league match of the 3rd Hockey India senior men’s national championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Polygrass Hockey Stadium at Pimpri in Pune on Thursday.

Experienced midfielder Ritu Rani will lead an 18-member senior women’s team to the FIH Hockey World League Round 3 (semi-finals) at Rotterdam, the Netherlands, beginning on June 13.

The loveable prehistoric family is making a comeback. And to the big screen, no less, with the help of professional wrestlers! Yes, Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty will soon attend a wrestling event where they shall come across the likes of WWE stars like John Cena and CM Punk who are voicing themselves.