The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has no issues on Olympic bronze medallist boxer Vijender Singh joining the camp any time as he has got clearance from the NADA.

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday blamed the contentious line call that went against her in the deciding game for her shock defeat to Yui Hashimoto of Japan, saying that it had upset her rhythm greatly and led to her crashing out of India Open Super Series.

World champion Viswanathan Anand played out his third draw on the trot, signing peace with joint-leader Maxime Vachier-Lagraev of France in the fourth round of Alekhine memorial chess tournament in progress.

India's H S Prannoy caused the biggest upset of the Yonex Sunrise India Open Super Series, beating former world No. 1 Taufik Hidayat in straight sets to enter the third round of the men's singles event on Thursday.

His first-round ouster from the India Open singles event notwithstanding, London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap on Thursday moved up a place to career-best sixth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

Indian shuttlers might have done well in the last couple years, but national coach Pullela Gopichand feels the youngsters need to be more consistent.

The London Marathon runners fell silent at the start line on Monday in memory of those who died in the Boston bomb attacks.

World champion Viswanathan Anand made a disappointing start as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Englishman Michael Adams in the first round of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament at the Louvre.

Rising Indian shuttler P V Sindhu pulled off an upset victory over former world No. 1 Shixian Wang of China to storm into the women's singles quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championship on Thursday.

Veteran Mansher Singh led Indian trap shooters' impressive display as he jointly held the top spot after two rounds in the men's trap qualifying event on the first day of the ISSF Shotgun World Cup.