Priyanka Chopra could not attend her cousin's National Awards ceremony due to her busy schedule. It is a big moment for Parineeti Chopra. Winning a national award at so early on in her career is a big achievement. But unfortunately her favourite cousin Priyanka Chopra couldn’t be part of it, even though she intended to.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was knocked out in the second round of the Madrid Masters after a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (8), 3-6 defeat to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in a match lasting three hours and five minutes.

Fuming after L Sivaramakrishnan's appointment as a players' representative in the International Cricket Council, the Australian players' union has called the ICC the "most ineffective governing body in world sport".

The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards will be bestowed on singer Asha Bhosle, actress Mala Sinha, late filmmaker Yash Chopra, and late superstar of yesteryears Rajesh Khanna among several others at a ceremony here April 30.

An Indian American student at a US university has won the changing entrepreneurship and outstanding teaching awards at an annual awards ceremony for co-founding a company that can detect bacteria in water.

World shares hit their highest level in almost five years on Tuesday as last week's strong US jobs report continued to fuel optimism about the health of the global economy.

World champion Viswanathan Anand crushed his former challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round to jump to the joint second spot in the Norway Chess 2013 super tournament.

Rajasthan Royals batsman Owais Shah says the Kolkata Knight Riders possess some world class spinners in their ranks and their performance in helpful conditions made the difference in their IPL match on Friday.

After last month's surprise big jump, Indian football team lost six places to occupy 149th at the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against world number one Magnus Carlsen in his home city Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match.