The football practice match between India and Malaysia remained draw on Tuesday. This practice match was played ahead of the AFC Challenge Cup football tournament which is scheduled in the end of month. The match was aimed to make both teams aware about ground conditions and to raise their confidence level before Challenge Cup football tournament. The match is likely to come from July 30 to August 10.  

The first half was not much impressive without any goal by players of both teams. A free kick taken by Climax Lawrence was worth mentioning.

ESPN has got the broadcast rights for next Olympics. These exclusive television rights cover cable and satellite television with the International Olympic Committee for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

These rights will equip ESPN to telecast in 22 countries across the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia along with EPSN will give complete coverage of the Olympics.

Australian legend Shane Warne’s mentor, Terry Jenner termed alignment as a basic problem in young spinners. The Australian is here on the invitation of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) to provide inputs to the city's young spinners.

He was happy to see the attendance at the Ferozshah Kotla here on Monday where as many as 50 youngsters were present to take tips from him. Jenner said that even a national-level camp in Australia wouldn't have so many spinners as he is seeing in Ferozshah Kotla. He termed it unfortunate to invite coach from abroad when the country possesses a good pool of talent.

The USD 2,615,000 ATP Rogers Masters, which are to begin from Tuesday, saw Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi getting the first round byes with their respective partners.

The 24-year-old Karun Chandhok has recorded his second career victory in the Formula 1 feeder category. He recorded his current race win of 2008 GP2 Series in Hockenheim. The young driver recorded his first win in motor sport at Spa last year. This is a rare victory for India in formula 1.  

He started from pole position and lost at the start of to Renault F1 test driver Lucas di Grassi. Red Bull, Punj Lloyd, JK Tyre, Amaron, ICSA Logistics and Sidvin were also backed him.

After so many efforts he took lead over Spitzkehre and the Mercedes Arena. With time he came under huge pressure from Andi Zuber of Piquet Sports for the last 20 laps of the race but he managed to score victory for the iSport International team.

The cricket selection committee of Sri Lanka will meet on Monday. It will be headed by former fast bowler Ashantha de Mel and decide the team players for first test match against India.

The agenda of meeting is to decide the 6th batsman and a new ball partner as main bowlers like Lasith Malinga and Farveez Maharoof are unable to play due to injuries. The test match is starting on July 23.

De Mel said that he is happy with the performance of the openers who played in the last Test series against West Indies. Malintha Warnapura and Michael Van Dort will be selected for the test series.