Former Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Jeev Milkha Singh hopes to translate his recent fine performances into a win at the Maybank Malaysian Open, that starts at Kuala Lumpur from Thursday.

Nine young footballers will represent FCBEscola India at the forthcoming International FCBEscola Tournament to be held in Barcelona from March 25 to 28.

‘Education for all’ has been a catch-phrase for policymakers for long. But sadly even after formulating policies and introducing laws, many kids in the city do not have access to reading material. Keeping this in mind, five youngsters in the city have come together to collect books for kids who are not fortunate enough to afford them.

The young turks of Bollywood shone bright at the National Awards with actors such as Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Khurrana being recognised by the prestigious awards platform. While Ayushmann’s film Vicky Donor won the award for the Best Popular Film, Parineeti got a special jury mention for her impressive performance in Ishaqzaade.

Galgotias University recently clebrated its three-day annual fest, G-Quasar that provided a platform to students from different colleges to explore and showcase their talent.

The Indian boys and girls tennis teams won the overall country championships to take top honours at the ITF Asia 14 and Under development championships at Manila, the Philippines.

Pune FC kept their winning run intact clinching a five-goal thriller against Salgaocar FC 3-2 in the final phase of I-League Under-20 in Jamshedpur on Monday.

With the Indian Premier League Season 6 set to begin early next month, the Rajasthan Royals on Monday announced the commencement of ticketing for the team’s matches.

“Can I talk to Krishnaveni?” Shobha Warrier asked Dr Manorama. “No, you can’t,” she was told. “Why not?” she demanded. “She is no more,” was the reply. Shobha was shocked to learn of the teenager’s death, but she knew it was coming. The girl was an ‘AIDS orphan’ — a child of parents who died of AIDS.

Winning the tri-sanctioned 1.8 million euros Avantha Masters would have left golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar saying “Mission Accomplished”. But the 24-year-old, who had to settle for a second place despite a brilliant final round of eight-under 64, went home taking the “positives from the week”.