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  Former No. 1 Naomi Osaka enters the clay-court season with the goal of not being too hard on herself. Osaka made the final in Miami last month and will be playing as a wild-card entry when the Madrid Open begins on Thursday. I'm trying to embrace my mistakes compared to the previous years as well, so I'm not that hard on myself, she said Wednesday. If I make a mistake or if I don't move up to the ball fast enough because I find on clay you actually have to move much more but if I do stuff like that I just tell myself not to be mad." Click Here

  India Test captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday asserted that he will play in the upcoming ODI series in South Africa , putting to rest speculations about his availability and his equation with newly-appointed white-ball skipper Rohit Sharma. "I was and I am available for selection all the time. I never communicated with BCCI asking for rest. I am available for the ODI series in South Africa, and was always available," Kohli said during the pre-departure press conference before the tour of South Africa. Over the last two days, speculation has been rife that not all is well between Kohli and Rohit, who will not play the Tests due to an hamstring injury. Click Here

  India's first Dronacharya awardee coach in boxing, O P Bhardwaj died on Friday after battling prolonged illness and age-related issues here. He was 82 and had tragically lost his wife Santosh to ill-health about 10 days ago. Bhardwaj was bestowed the highest national honour in coaching jointly with Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat (wrestling) and O M Nambiar (athletics), when it was introduced in 1985. "He had been unwell for many days with a lot of health issues and was hospitalised. Age was a factor and there was also the shock of losing his wife about 10 days back," T L Gupta, a close family friend and a former boxing coach, told PTI. Bhardwaj was India's national boxing coach from 1968 to 1989 and also served as a national selector. Read More