From an amputated cricketer's extraordinary fight to Galatasaray's European ban: Top 5 sports stories

1. Earth shattering news: Turkish champions Galatasaray get one-year European ban

Turkish champions Galatasaray have been banned from European competition for one year over the club's failure to meet Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations designed to limit losses, UEFA said on Wednesday. Galatasaray's chairman last month told Reuters the Turkish champions had lost about 164 million euros ($177.79 million) over the last three seasons, overshooting guidelines set by European soccer's governing body UEFA Read more

2. Cutting the hype: Former Pak pacer Aaqib Javed has some grim predictions about Bumrah, Nehra​

Former Pakistan fast bowler and current United Arab Emirates coach Aaqib Javed feels that Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah will "find it difficult" to sustain for long without injury in international cricket with his unusual action. "Bumrah's action is his main problem. During loading, this kind of action puts enormous strain on the back. This is an injury-prone action. With this kind of action, I don't see him playing 10 years of injury-free international cricket. I may be wrong as I am not an astrologer but that's how I feel," Aaqib said during an interview ahead of UAE's match against India Read more

3. Watch: This amputated cricketer's zeal to play will leave you speechless​

He could have gone on to become a Parveez Rasool, but this Kashmir resident's cricketing dreams were hit hard by a tragic injury at the tender age of eight, when he lost both his arms while working in his father's sawmill, which ironically used to manufacture cricket bats. We are talking about 26-year-old Amir Hussain Lone, who refused to blame destiny and continued to chase his dreams by picking up the willow even after being amputated Read more

4. India v/s Pakistan: HP govt must rethink hosting WT20 tie, insists Anurag Thakur​

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) honorary secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday urged the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh to rethink their decision of not hosting the much-awaited India- Pakistan World T20 match in Dharamsala, which is slated to be held on March 19 Read more

5. Here's a Grand Slam which even world's best doubles players Sania-Hingis dread​

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on Wednesday said that French Open is going to be the "toughest" for her and Swiss partner Martina Hingis as clay court is not among their favourite surfaces. Having won three Grand Slam titles in a row, Sania and Martina would hope to maintain the winning streak at the French Open, to be held in May Read more