Pune: Hockey India (HI) president Ashok Kumar Mattoo appears to have brought about at least a temporary truce between the players and national coach Jose Brasa.

Hyderabad: Geet Sethi shrugged off a first frame deficit to thrash Kuwait’s Ayyoub Alsharrah in the masters category while world champion Pankaj Advani continued his brilliant run in the men’s event by defeating compatriot Sandeep Gulati in the IBSF World Snooker Championship here.

Jalandhar: Indian WWE wrestler and Assistant Sub-Inspector with the Punjab Police ‘Khali’ was today suspended from the force due to his inordinate absence from the duty.

London: Citroen’s Sebastien Loeb, chasing a record sixth successive rally world championship, seized the early lead in the title-deciding British event on Friday.

Milan: Lance Armstrong is expected to miss next May’s Giro d’Italia after announcing he will race in the Tour of California.

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New Delhi: Beijing Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will be among the host of Indian sportspersons participating in the Queen’s Baton Relay in London Oct 29.

Melbourne: The world’s longest golf course has officially opened in Australia. The Nullarbor Links is a 1367 km course that crosses three time zones and two states, stretching from Kalgoorlie to Ceduna, The Age reports.

London: Brit Asian boxer Amir Khan can remember the exact time when he changed from a boy to a man as a boxer. It was the 54th second of the fight when Colombian Breidis Prescott knocked him out cold last year.

Johor Baru (Malaysia): Indian golf’s youth brigade made a great start in the first round at the Iskandar Johor Open on Thursday before inclement weather forced an early end to the day’s play.