If you do well for India in an age group tournament, the last thing you would expect is to be dropped from your state team just a month later.
Sarbananda Sonowal's dream of making Guwahati the 'sports capital of India' could take wings during the forthcoming Khelo India games to be held here at Assam's most populous city, from January 10.
Indian grapplers, boxers and shooters led from the front in the year 2019, achieving several firsts during the year. Ace shuttler PV Sindhu also had her date with history at the World Championships in Basel. TOI takes a look at the talking points of 2019.
A much-changed Leicester inflicted the final blow of Manuel Pellegrini's time in charge of West Ham with a 2-1 win on Saturday as Manchester United closed on the Premier League's top four with a 2-0 victory at Burnley.
Siddle broke the news to his teammates at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday after being released from Australia's squad for the third and final Test against New Zealand in Sydney.
New Zealand's struggles at the Boxing Day Test have extended to the terraces at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with All Blacks star Jordie Barrett ejected from the ground for a "behaviour" issue, according to New Zealand media reports.