I. IT Sleuths Raid Residence Of Badminton Star: On receiving reports that India's topmost badminton player was involved with rackets, the Income Tax Department conducted raids at his residence in a Kanpur slum on Wednesday. Officials said incriminating evidence relating to the player feathering his nets had been found.
2. Ace Hoopster's Vehicle In Politicians Garage: The bicycle of India's foremost basketball guard was found on Tuesday in the garage of the president of a party that is part of the national Government. On being contacted, the leader clarified, "Obviously it was there. He is our chowkidar."
3. Top Sports Channels Fight Over Rights To Gulli-Danda Championships: The ESPN-Star combine is making a determined bid to outbid rivals Sony and Zee for securing the rights to the 48th International Gulli-Danda Championships to be held in Sarson ka Khet. According to informed sources, the games governing body hopes to earns millions of paise in revenue from telecast fees.
4. Zee accuses Games Body Of Apartheid In Granting Rights To Gulli-Danda Championships: After having bagged the bid to telecast the Gulli-Danda Championships in Sarson ka Khet, Zee Television has accused the games organising committee of practising racism by granting it the rights despite it having bid the least amount. A spokesman for the organising committee however said that the proposals had been carefully studied before the rights had been given to the least interested party.
5. Kabaddi Star For Cola Ad: A member of the Asiad gold medal winning Indian kabaddi squad will be featuring in a Cola ad to be aired shortly. A spokesman for the ad agency said that the player will be amongst a group of 248 extras who will form part of a crowd at a cricket match scene enacted to showcase the Cola model, a prominent Indian cricketer.
6. Bookies Involvement In Table Tennis Suspected: Police officials have claimed that they have unearthed evidence of large-scale match fixing by bookies in table tennis tournaments. They said that the bookies may have bribed a former captain by offering him a new pair of shoes.
7. Hockey Ace To Star In Film: India's hockey forward is to star in a major Bollywood production that is slated for release early next year. The ace forward will be playing the role of a sports hero who is completely ignored by everyone, lives in penury and has to beg to survive. "It's fiction," the film-maker clarified.
8. Indian Athlete Comes First In Olympic Event: India's long distance runner, Randhir A Singh, was awarded the 5,000 m gold at the Olympic Games as he was the first to breast the tape. However, the medal was subsequently withdrawn when it was discovered that he was still in the process of completing the previous day's 10,000 m race.
9. Swimmer Sets New Distance Record: A member of the Indian swimming contingent to the Olympic Games has set a new record for the maximum length covered after she swam all the way from Sydney to Chennai. The modest swimmer pointed out that the team management had spent all its money on electronic gadgets thus being unable to afford return air tickets and she had no other option than to take to the water.
10. Cricket Player Renounces Material World: A prominent Indian cricket international has decided to donate all his worldly wealth to charity and will retire to the Himalayas to meditate. Before leaving, he told reporters that "money is not important, honest and integrity are."

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