Arun Kumar has been named stand-by for London Olympics silver medallist grappler Sushil Kumar, recovering from an injury, in the 22-member Indian team announced for the upcoming World Wrestling Championships to be held at Budapest, Hungary.

BJP’s Mumbai unit chief Ashish Shelar has complained to the state election commissioner against the alleged manipulation of voters list in Mumbai at the behest of the ruling parties.

Patrick Quinn-trained Ocean And Beyond, who is bidding for hat-trick, holds an edge over the rest of the runners at the Idar Gold Trophy, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.

Pesi Shroff-trained Mariinsky is fancied to win the Calcutta Fillies Trial Stakes while Dhariwal-trained Arabian Warrior has the looks of a winner in the Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes at the races to be held here on Saturday.

Dinesh Pujar-trained Spirituality was ably piloted by J.H. Christopher to claim the Mrs Ammani Ramachandran Memorial Trophy, the feature event of the races held here on Friday.

Decathlon, Machiavellian-ism and Vijayshaurya impressed when the horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course here on Friday.

Former India opener Ravi Shastri has vehemently defended the Board of Control for Cricket in India which is facing widespread flak after the fallout of the spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League.

The all-important annual general meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which will decide the future of sidelined president N. Srinivasan, will be held in Chennai on September 29.

The cricket control board’s working committee meet in Kolkata on Sunday brought good news for Sachin Tendulkar’s fans in the country as they will get a chance to see the Master Blaster play his 200th Test at home in the proposed series against the West Indies.

L. D’Silva-trained Vocation, who maintains form, is the favourite to win the Major Mir Mujtaba Hussain Memorial Cup over 1400 metres, the feature event of the races to be held on Monday. There are no false rails.