Although the blue jerseys were more dominant, they couldn't find a way to score

A messy BEML side fell to a freak goal against CIL in the BDFA Super Division league at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Tuesday. The lucky goalscorer was Enian, who sent in a hopeful shot from the edge of the box in the 48th minute; goalkeeper Rajan was well positioned behind the ball, but let it slip.

BEML were much the better side, both on paper and on the field of play, but they just couldn't string things together. They began promisingly enough, with strikers Samuel Jackson and Jotin Singh combining well with the midfield. They used the flanks well, spread out the game, and their midfielders constantly sent in probing balls from the deep.

National women's captain, Geethu Anna Jose started off her sporting career as a high jumper

As an 11-year-old, Geethu Anna Jose tagged alongside her sister as the two made their way to the athletics centre at Mt Carmel High School in Kottayam, Kerala every evening. Geethu watched her sister sweat it out on the track and field. Predictably, it wasn't long before she gave in to the temptation of wearing some athletic gear herself, trying to emulate her older sibling.

Foul play costs St Mary's School

It was a clash of the titans when JN Petit took on St Mary's in the 4th Vasantrao Limaye Memorial under-13 Basketball Championship, at the Dastur court here on Tuesday.

Though the teams were well matched on the paper, and in their skills, it was debutants JN Petit who had the last laugh as they huffed and puffed before prevailing 49-42 to enter into the semi-finals of the Championship.

Helps SSPMS (D) to gain a first innings lead over Rosary

A dazzling 115 by Rahul Chavan helped SSPMS (D) to gain a massive 258-run first-innings lead over Rosary School in the PDCA organised Kohinoor Trophy under-14 inter-school cricket tournament at Tata Motor's ground on Tuesday. The decision to bat first fired back on Rosary as they were bundled out for 44 in just 20.2 overs. Nikhil Adhav picked three wickets while Omkar Khade and Atharva Jadhav were equally good with two wickets each. Later, Chavan dominated Rosary bowlers by scoring a ton. Rhishikesh Shinde (68) and Shubham Padwal (50) added valuable score to the total. Meanwhile, in another match, Sau Vimlabai Garware High School defeated MES Bhave High School by seven wickets.

Hours after the attacks on Sri Lanka's cricketers in Lahore, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram suggested that the Indian Premier League, set to start on April 10, be put off. Chidambaram said he was concerned that the Central government would not be able to provide adequate security to the event, as personnel would be deployed for election duty.

IPL may be put off, 2011 World Cup may avoid Pakistan

Till Tuesday, 'tis not cricket' had a connotation quite different from what it might be in the future.

The assassination of 11 Israelis by Palestinians in the Munich Olympic Village in 1972 remains the most dastardly act of violence in modern sports history. But yesterday's terrorist attack by a dozen armed gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore is no less diabolical even if there have been fewer casualties, and no player has died.