Vivek Sagar Prasad received the FIH Rising Star of the Year award.

FIH Hockey Pro League 2020: India scored twice in the final quarter but Australia held on to register a 4-3 win.

Surender Kumar said while coach Graham Reid focusses on attack, he makes it clear that a solid defence is what wins matches.

Sushila Chanu said Indian women's hockey team is training and practicing on their own game during the coronavirus lockdown.

Gurinder Singh said Graham Reid spent time on the development of each player during the national camp last November.

Hockey India condoled the demise of Pandanda Kuttappa, a legendary figure in the region of Coorg who gave the sport the world famous Kuttani, family hockey tournament.

Narinder Batra will continue as FIH President till next year Congress, which was postponed to May due to coronavirus.

The basic coaching course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.

While his son Bal Thackeray and grandsons Uddhav and Raj were to take a political position against north Indians, Prabodhankar traced the roots of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu caste -- the same caste to which the Thackeray family belongs -- to Bihar.

JK Rowling tweeted in support of a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex. A spokeswoman for Rowling said that the author would not have any further comment.

Vichhoda moves through the bylanes of Kashmir and reaches corruption-ridden small towns of Pakistan to seek humanity in the most unexpected places.

Jordan Henderson praised FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi for his pace and said that the sublime free kick the Argentine scored in the Champions League against Liverpool left him speechless.

Italy's football federation chief Gabriele Gravina warned that a decision to cancel Serie A season would signal "the death of Italian football".

Trevor Cherry was a member of the Leeds United side that won the English top flight in 1973-74.

AC Milan manager Stefano Pioli said talent is not the only thing but the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Roger Federer also work hard.

Premier League is facing an estimated loss of around 1 billion pounds if no more football is played due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Paris Saint-Germain were announced Ligue 1 champions, with Amiens and Toulouse being relegated.

The US women's soccer team have been involved in a court case against United States Soccer Federation over pay discrimination.

FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani said moving the entire European football season to a calendar year as a reaction to the coronavirus.

Thierry Henry said Pep Guardiola 'is an amazing coach' but 'very demanding and intense'.

FA chairman Greg Clarke admitted that coronavirus social distancing regulations make it impossible for fans to come together in stadiums 'anytime soon'.

The other eight SPFL directors have issued a lengthy rebuttal of a number of allegations made in a dossier Rangers sent to clubs on Thursday.

Sebastian Vettel finished a distant 16th in British Grand Prix and is now 100 points adrift of Lewis Hamilton on Drivers Championship board.

Alexander Albon and Pierre Gasly swapped places in Red Bull and Toro Rosso respectively ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix in Formula One.

According to Le Parisien, the 50-year-old Formula 1 legend is in the cardiovascular department overseen by surgeon Philippe Menasche, described as a 'pioneer in cell surgery against heart failure'.

Michael Schumacher received stem cells to obtain an anti-inflammatory effect throughout his system, according to reports.

Lewis Hamilton told reporters that deleting social media from his life has made a significant difference to it.

After back-to-back losses in the last three races, Lewis Hamilton believes it has become difficult for Mercedes to claim supremacy for the rest of the year.

Russian Grand Prix: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished third.

Russian Grand Prix: Sebastian Vettel defied Ferrari's team orders early on and later, an engine failure put him out of the race.

Red Bull's Alexander Albon had the fastest time at practice before he lost control in the final minutes and crashed in the rain.

Formula One has seen all its races till June 28 postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.

Alice Wells, the acting top US diplomat for South Asia, announced her retirement on Sunday as President Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to go a full term without a Senate-confirmed State Department official focused on the subcontinent.

Between the first case and the day the market closed on May 4, officials held several talks with sellers about shifting operations. The back and forth proved costly.

The flight was part of the Vande Bharat mission which started on Thursday to bring back stranded Indian nationals home amid the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The apex court disposed of the plea challenging the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on May 1, allowing sales of liquor through direct contact sales during the lockdown period.

Nearly a month's supply of pulses has already been dispatched to several states and union territories, but they have managed to distribute only 53,617 tonnes to ration card holders under the Public Distribution System (PDS), he said.

Minister Meena Singh and some officials have been rushed to Aurangabad by a special plane to facilitate treatment of the survivors. CM Chouhan said the deceased, who hailed from MP's Shahdol, would be cremated near the accident site.

The high court, in its interim order passed on Thursday, had suggested the state should ensure that only those who have tested negative for COVID-19 are allowed to return.

After a dry spell of 43 days, liquor sales resumed at TASMAC outlets in Tamil Nadu, except Chennai, on Thursday. Serpentine queues were witnessed outside most of them and norms of social distancing were flouted.

An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.

The company will now tie up with hospitals for clinical trials so that the drug could be tested on patients suffering from COVID-19. Approval from patients will be necessary as per the protocols, the Director-General said.

The charge of provocation to cause riots has been levelled against the workers allegedly for helping the migrant workers.

With the lockdown in effect, and construction, industrial and vehicular activity (which cumulatively contribute 75% of Delhi’s PM 2.5 levels) down to a crawl, the capital has been experiencing record levels of clean air.

The application for early hearing said the country is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared nationwide lockdown due to which people are not allowed to go out except for essential services.

The Madras HC on Friday ordered closure of liquor outlets noting that no social distancing was being maintained. It, however, allowed doorstep delivery of booze through online mode.

A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh passed the order in view of a high-power committee's recommendation that it would be dangerous to put the prisoners back in jail as the risk still remains high.

Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing, Singh said, hours after the NIA arrested a "notorious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups.