Four-time NBA championship winner and former Boston Celtics great Robert Parish launched the league's flagship Junior Hoop School programme for Indian children. The NBA is doing its bit in India through programmes like "Basketball without Borders" and "Hoop", with legends like Parish showing an interest in coaching assignments, things can only get better for Indian basketball in future.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-basketball-players-look-up-to-nba-legend-parish/77744-5.html
Divine intervention is perhaps the only possible explanation for the manner in which Formula One star Lewis Hamilton's prayers were answered in the most nerve-racking and dramatic finale to a season of all time.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hamiltons-dramatic-win-wows-motorsport-experts/77413-5.html
Ever since Viswanathan Anand arrived into the world of chess, he's proved time and again that he is the best. To play a sport is one thing, to play it well is quite another, but to have the talent to perform your craft better than anyone else on the planet is quite another.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anand-put-indian-chess-on-world-map/77035-5.html
India vs Australia Test cricket series isn't the only sporting battle on at the moment. The most prestigious golf tournament of the country, the Indian Open is also underway. While the spectators are tracking the Indian Open through the leaderboard, the golfers themselves seem to be more interested in the India-Australia cricket series. Golfers like New Zealand's Mark Brown are keeping an eye on the action.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/golfers-at-indian-open-find-cricket-more-exciting/75558-5.html
Jyoti Randhawa will start as the favourite in the Indian Open that gets underway from Thursday. Randhawa's form this season has been both brilliant and poor. Expectations from him would be high as he aims to break Peter Thomson's record of three Indian Open titles.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/everyones-favourite-at-indian-open-jyoti-randhawa/75382-5.html
The No. 1 ranking has changed quite a few hands this year already on the women's circuit and on Sunday, it was taken over by Serbian Jelena Jankovic. It has been an eventful year for the 23-year-old Serb player, who is now aiming for her first Grand Slam crown. Jankovic won the Porsche Grand Prix trophy defeating Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday. The win at Stuttgart was Jankovic second title in two weeks.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jankovic-wins-porsche-grand-prix-takes-top-spot/75181-5.html
Jyoti Randhawa is back with a bang after winning the DLF Masters at the DLF Golf and Country Club by 8 strokes.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/randhawa-wins-dlf-masters-eyes-indian-open-glory/74120-5.html
One of the premier golf events on the Indian calendar; the DLF masters begins in Gurgaon on Wednesday. The tournament will see 120 golfers compete for a prize money of a staggering Rs 85 lakh.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dlf-masters-golf-tournament-tees-off-in-gurgaon/73879-5.html
At the boxing nationals in Bhatinda on Friday, Sanjay Dutt promised that Indian boxers would win gold in the next Olympic Games. The presence of the real heroes of the ring added to the occasion. Beijing Olympic bronze medallist Vijender Kumar didn't participate at the nationals but he was around; as were Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/boxing-hopes-to-gain-from-sanjay-dutts-association/73470-5.html
Golfer Daniel Chopra was born in India but holds a Swedish passport. He will be hoping for some home crowd support when he returns to Delhi Golf club for the Indian Open in a couple of months but it won't be easy against a player who treats the course like his own backyard. Ace Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa will be the leading contenders for the title.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/randhawa-chopra-rivalry-to-light-up-indian-open/73454-5.html
Golf in India is on an upswing and with an increasing corporate interest and the rising glamour quotient, even the amateur Indian circuit is developing at a rapid pace.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/glamour-quotient-corporate-interest-rises-in-indian-golf/73449-5.html
With an increasing corporate interest and the rising glamour quotient in golf, the amateur Indian circuit is developing at a rapid pace. Chances of earning a living out of golf were never so bright for the Indian amateur golfers. So if you're an amateur player, this may be the best time to jump in headlong.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/time-to-tee-off-golf-in-india-on-an-upswing/73446-19.html
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