Somdev

Somdev Devvarman composed a song to hail Neeraj Chopra's heroics at Tokyo Olympics and sang it alongside Sunil Gavaskar, Ashish Nehra and others.

Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and billiards champion Pankaj Advani today received Padma Bhushan awards from President Ram Nath Kovind. Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were honoured with the Padma Shri award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was among 85 people to receive the Padma Bhushan.

Former tennis player Somdev Devvarman was openly critical of the All India Tennis Association after young Sumit Nagal was axed from the Davis Cup squad following the allegations of indiscipline.

Somdev Devvarman had made it clear that he would be interested in getting into coaching assignments for the Indian contingent, and had initially said he would not say anything against the AITA since he then might not get those jobs.

Somdev's career was marred by a recurring shoulder injury in 2012. He recovered to stage a comeback but he had been missing from action without any specified reason for some time now.

The All India Tennis Association will on Thursday name India's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.

"In my opinion, Anand (Amritraj) is a great captain, looking at the results. It's hard for me to understand why we need a change. There is no reason to change the captain," Somdev Devvarman said

Both Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj and coach Zeeshan Ali's contracts are up for review and the speculation is that All India Tennis Association may not renew the former's contract.

Rohan Bopanna, who suffered a knee injury during the US Open, has been advised two weeks of rest from competition

Anand Amritraj said neither he nor the players were consulted before the venue was decided for the Play-off-tie, beginning September 16

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will do the singles duty, and legendary Leander Paes will yet again combine with Rohan Bopanna for the doubles rubber, in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off against Spain

Beset by injuries to singles players and trust isses between the Rio-bound doubles players, India would expect their youngsters to rise to the occasion when they face Korea in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie

Yuki Bhambri had a very productive 2015 season when he broke into the top-100 but the elbow injury forced him to miss a few tournaments before the end of the season

India play South Korea Asia-Oceania Group I second round tie at the grasscourts of Chandigarh club from July 15-17

Somdev Devvarman composed a song to hail Neeraj Chopra's heroics at Tokyo Olympics and sang it alongside Sunil Gavaskar, Ashish Nehra and others.

Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and billiards champion Pankaj Advani today received Padma Bhushan awards from President Ram Nath Kovind. Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman were honoured with the Padma Shri award at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was among 85 people to receive the Padma Bhushan.

Former tennis player Somdev Devvarman was openly critical of the All India Tennis Association after young Sumit Nagal was axed from the Davis Cup squad following the allegations of indiscipline.

Somdev Devvarman had made it clear that he would be interested in getting into coaching assignments for the Indian contingent, and had initially said he would not say anything against the AITA since he then might not get those jobs.

Somdev's career was marred by a recurring shoulder injury in 2012. He recovered to stage a comeback but he had been missing from action without any specified reason for some time now.

The All India Tennis Association will on Thursday name India's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.

"In my opinion, Anand (Amritraj) is a great captain, looking at the results. It's hard for me to understand why we need a change. There is no reason to change the captain," Somdev Devvarman said

Both Davis Cup captain Anand Amritraj and coach Zeeshan Ali's contracts are up for review and the speculation is that All India Tennis Association may not renew the former's contract.

Rohan Bopanna, who suffered a knee injury during the US Open, has been advised two weeks of rest from competition

Anand Amritraj said neither he nor the players were consulted before the venue was decided for the Play-off-tie, beginning September 16

Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan will do the singles duty, and legendary Leander Paes will yet again combine with Rohan Bopanna for the doubles rubber, in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off against Spain

Beset by injuries to singles players and trust isses between the Rio-bound doubles players, India would expect their youngsters to rise to the occasion when they face Korea in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie

Yuki Bhambri had a very productive 2015 season when he broke into the top-100 but the elbow injury forced him to miss a few tournaments before the end of the season

India play South Korea Asia-Oceania Group I second round tie at the grasscourts of Chandigarh club from July 15-17