A combined bowling effort from State Bank of Hyderabad inflicted a second consecutive defeat on All India Electricity Board in Visakhapatnam.

Gymkhana ‘A’ defeated Association Football Department Academy 3-2 in the football final held on the National Sports Day on Sunday in the SAAP Sports Complex at Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

 President Pratibha Patil conferred the National Sports Awards at a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here Sunday.

 It looks like God is on the side of Saina Nehwal and is clearing the path for the Indian badminton ace's rise to No. 1 in world rankings.

It passes comprehension how even a clueless bureaucrat — one who is lazy, sloppy, fuzzy in the head and out of sync with current affairs although he may have cleared a general knowledge test before embarking on a career in babudom — can be misled into believing that Vishwanathan Anand, international chess grandmaster beyond.

New Delhi While Rohan Kapoor may have shifted to Hyderabad in order to facilitate his badminton career, the 14 year old doubles specialist continues to play in the Delhi badminton circuit.