Since being called for throwing in 1995, the Sri Lankan off spinner has averaged an incredible 6.65 wickets in 66 Tests.
The Bangalore lad beat the fifth seed from Denmark to move into the pre-quarter-finals of the Malaysian Open badminton championships.
Viswanathan Anand will bid to claim the title from defending champion Alexei Shirov at the annual Ciudad de Leon chess tournament
World No 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, current World Cup winner Levon Aronian and India number two Harikrishna shared the lead with two points apiece.
India coach Anil Kumble gave a measured response on Friday after his team's spectacular collapse against Australia in the opening Test, calling it just one bad day for his world No 1 team.
Tendulkar called the Indian captain one of the greatest but said he 'never believed' in comparisons.
The Chennai girl climbed ten places from 60 in the latest women's squash rankings.
Virat Kohli helped India survive a top-order collapse and beat Pakistan by six wickets in a tight game on Saturday to revive their World Twenty20 campaign and maintain their impeccable World Cup record against the arch-rivals.
The 12-year-old Indian ace held Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic of Serbia to a draw in the fifth round of the Hastings International Chess Congress.
Sachin Tendulkar is the closest thing to batting perfection, said Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday
Saina Nehwal beat Ai Goto to become the first Indian woman to reach the final in a four-star event in badminton
With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova lost her second consecutive first round match with a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Japan's Naomi Osaka at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday.
India chess ace Vishwanathan Anand said his performance in 2016 was steady and will look to build on it in the present year. "This year (2016) my performance in tournaments has been basically very steady. I have recovered almost all the points from the start of the year and I was plus one in St Louis, in Moscow, in London. Ialso won couple of rapid events. I have something to build on because plus one should not be the extent of it, but at-least that is satisfactory compared to last year," he told reporters.
And, working under him are actors like Jackie Shroff!
His company has been approximately valued at $50 million and he's looking forward to an exciting time.
The more Shane Warne demons we can get in England's dressing room the better, said Justin Langer
Teenage prodigies Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Elavenil Valarivan will carry India's medal hopes in shooting at the Asian Games, beginning in
The Indian ace rallied from a game down to beat FIDE champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
In-form skipper Virat Kohli (64) and teenage prodigy Prithvi Shaw (66) were among the five Indian batsmen who struck fifties before the visitors were bowled out for 358 on the second day of the rain-hit practice game against Cricket Australia XI in Sydney.
Sasha Chhetri, the Airtel 4G girl, is a better known face across India than most Bollywood starlets, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Mauro Morandi, a 79-year-old, lives alone on the beautiful Isle of Budelli in Italy's Maddalena archipelago. He's called this slice of paradise his own since 1989, when he departed mainland Italy.
Krishnan Sasikiran was held to a draw by Viorel Iordachescu in the third round of the Sigeman & Co. chess tournament
In a thrilling match in Surat, Gujarat defeated Rajasthan "by one over eliminator" after the two teams ended with identical scores in 20 overs and the match was tied.
A brush with death convinced Ian Thorpe his chosen path to Olympic immortality was futile.
Former world number one will play a comeback tournament in Thailand this month.
Reliance Industries has made two more gas discoveries at its prodigious D6 and NEC-25 blocks off the east coast, the company's junior partner Niko Resources of Canada announced.
Lennox Lewis is considering his future Lennox Lewis has announced he will not fight again this year, but remains undecided about whether to retire.
The 10-year old Tanya, captured the US Kids World Championship.
England coach Sven Goran Eriksson has reportedly told his players they'll be fined if their phones ring during training.
'As a player, the biggest question you ask yourself is whether you are good enough to be on the same ground as Gavaskar, Dev, Border and company.'
