Vinicius started a foundation that is building schools in impoverished areas and is investing in research to develop new ways to improve the education system in Brazil.
Shubman Gill struggled for consistency last season, scoring just 304 runs from seven Tests at an average of 27.
'The sooner Kalyan Chaubey leaves, the better it is for Indian football'
Riyan Parag revealed that he was struggling with ill-health for the last three days.
A challenging phase on personal front behind him, which sidelined him for a few assignments, India seamer Deepak Chahar is ready for a comeback and has set his sights on the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by the United States and West Indies later this year.
"You can't do anything about it," Rashid Khan conceded as he tried to make sense of Australia's refusal to play bilateral cricket with Afghanistan men's team, which he believes, achieves nothing beyond denying happiness to his people.
'To date, they've been fantastic in how they've continued to play all three formats of the game. Their commitment to Test cricket... I don't think it has ever been as strong as it is now'
They can make a comeback to the Indian team for the T20 World Cup in June if they fare well in IPL 2024.
'That is a significant milestone for us and something we aspired for.'
The standout performers that allowed India to maintain their upper hand over England were young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav.
Williams had signalled her intention to retire in a Vogue article in early August, saying she was "evolving away from tennis" but never confirming the U.S. Open as her final event.
'I remember my first call to him, it was in Kolkata. I asked him would he be interested in Test cricket. He said that would be the biggest day of his life.'
Shikhar Dhawan has revealed that Rishabh Pant was not even able to perform basic chores like going to washroom all by himself following a horrific car crash.
'Will we face politics even before we go to play for the country because we raised our voice against sexual harassment? Is this the punishment for raising voice against wrong in our country?'
The first Test between India and Australia is all set to be rescheduled as three of the senior cricketers in Shane Watson, David Warner and Brad Haddin are amongst those who have already said that they are not in perfect state of mind to return to competitive cricket.
'I am excited to join CSK again.'
Rohan Bopanna, the seasoned Indian tennis maestro, etched his name in history by securing a spot in his inaugural Australian Open men's doubles final.
'The reports circulating in certain media sections are completely incorrect.'
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly said on Saturday that Rishabh Pant is "fully fit" but added that the wicketkeeper-batter should be given some more time to prepare himself for India team selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA.
Hardik Pandya's bid to hasten his comeback towards the business end of last year's ODI World Cup game actually aggravated his ankle injury and in the process delayed his possible return by five months.
Several members of the Indian cricket team including the stand-in captain Hardik Pandya on Wednesday began training at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, on Friday, but all eyes were on the wrist-spinning duo, who have to battle it out with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar for a place in the Playing XI.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar believes Ravindra Jadeja will be ready to take over the mantle of Chennai Super Kings' captaincy if the Mahendra Singh Dhoni decides to take a game or two off in IPL 2022.
India coach Igor Stimac wants his players to stay compact and not concede set pieces to Australia
Dhoni is leaving 'captaincy' but not for once relinquishing 'leadership' role.
With the IPL season set to roll on Friday, one captain who has 100 Tests under his belt is willing and ready to mentor a newbie captain who will be taking over a leadership role for the first time.
The talent is in plenty in this squad and if this machine runs smoothly, a sixth IPL trophy will be at touching distance for Thala and Co.
'So for this last Test everybody has been told to stay in the rooms... don't move, or try and order room service. Play the Test match and get on with it and let's get to IPL after that. So that's kind of been the mood so to speak (before the match was called off)'
Scenes from the IPL match between the Mumbai Indians and the Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Friday.
The Indian team is currently playing fearless cricket but has been successful in scaring the daylights out of the opposition, Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said.
Carlos Alcaraz's hopes for a Sunshine Double came undone in spectacular fashion as the top-seeded Spaniard was beaten by Grigor Dimitrov.
Chennai Super Kings are not looking for a "quick fix" to their issues in the batting department and head coach Stephen Fleming is ready to give the likes of Daryl Mitchell time to get settled in top-three after their fourth loss in eight games.
A look at statistics and aspects which have made SRH's 2024 season such a memorable one:
Iga Swiatek's hopes of landing another 'Sunshine Double' ended in a 6-4, 6-2 fourth round loss to Ekaterina Alexandrova on Monday as the world number one joined third seed Coco Gauff in making an early exit from the Miami Open.
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With MI no longer the dominant force it used to be in the last couple of IPLs and Rohit also not among the runs, plans were hatched after IPL 2023 to bring about some major changes.
An expressionless Virat Kohli gave a quick handshake and hug to an equally expressionless Shubman Gill before going to collect his runners-up medal. It was the most poignant moment of a teary Sunday night for the Indian cricket team.
Hardik Pandya replaced Rohit Sharma as the captain of Mumbai Indians for IPL 2024 next year.
The Board of Control for cricket in India has cleared the quarterly dues of all its centrally-contracted cricketers and vowed not to let anyone suffer despite the uncertainty triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused financial blowback in other countries. Major cricket boards like England and Australia have indicated that players will have to take pay cuts.
'We went from zero to about 10 million users in three months. Paytm came out with the wallet play and we came out with the UPI play.'
Second-placed City play Arsenal, managed by Guardiola's former assistant Mikel Arteta, at the Etihad on Wednesday.
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