South Africa has announced to boycott the Champions Trophy. The cricket tournament is coming in Pakistan next month. The decision in this regard is taken at the meeting of Cricket South Africa, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC security officials. South Africa is a first country to officially boycott the tournament.

This birthday would be the most memorable for Ramnaresh Sarwan, which was on Friday, as the man not only scored a hundred but also became the third man in Test history.  The 26 turned sports man hit the six boundaries in an over, and got himself in the third position in Test history after Chris Gayle and Sandeep Patil. What a terrific gift for his birthday, isn’t it!

It was a hard-wrenching moment for all the Indians when Achanta Sharath Kamal lost from Austria's Chen Weixing with 1-4 in the second round clash of the men’s singles at the table tennis event in Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.

The Chennai based Sharath didn’t seem to be in his complete and full form as he struggled hard to win against his Austrian opponent but was outplayed by 5-11, 12-14, 2-11, 11-8, 10-12.

Chen displayed a fine performance as he played with full confidence and Sharath struggled hard to survive his tough shots.

India has one more cause to cheer. The country has bagged a bronze medal in 66kg wrestling category in the Beijing Olympics. It is a second medal of the country in freestyle wrestling in the Olympic game history. It is a 6th medal in the history of free India.

Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar got 2nd medal in the 66kg category freestyle wrestling competition on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Delhi-based wrestler has done this adventurous job after the gap of nearly 5 decades. He has become the second wrestler to win wrestling medal after K.D. Jadhav’s bronze in 1952.

Sports Ministry announced that it will award Rs 50 lakh to shooter Abhinav Bindra during the Arjuna Awards ceremony on August 29.

Abhinav recently won the first-ever individual gold for India in the 10-metre air rifle event in Beijing Olympics.
 
In its statement, the Sports Ministry said that the ace shooter from Punjab will receive the award from President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

The government had enhanced the prize money from Rs. 30 lakhs to 50 lakhs, for gold medallists in the Olympics this time.

Just over a month before the decisive World Group play-off match against Romania, Leander Paes has resigned as the captain of the Indian Davis Cup team on Tuesday.

The All-India Tennis Association (AITA) has named S.P. Misra for the World Group play-off in September against Romania. After losing the Olympics doubles tennis event in Beijing 35 year old Paes informed about his decision to AITA secretary general Anil Khanna.

It must be remembered here that players like Bhupathi and Amritraj had revolted against Paes before India’s previous Davis Cup tie against Japan in Delhi in April.