Delirious scenes were seen across Kolkata as the city's cricket-crazy crowd went wild in widespread celebration late into the night moments after India's historic World Cup triumph in Mumbai.
Seven-time champion India failed to reach the Asian Games men's kabaddi final for the first time after a shock 18-27 loss to Iran in the semi-finals.
Sukanya Verma takes a look at some of Bollywood's most playful, popular Gujarati acts in recent times.
A summary of Sunday's action in Serie A and La Liga.
Images from Day 8 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday
Ash Barty's bid to end the host nation's long wait for a homegrown Australian Open champion will begin against Ukraine's Lesia Tsurenko
'This is the only place on earth where Elephas maximus climbs to these heights.'
Images from Day 9 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Wednesday.
Rajneesh Gupta picks instances of sledging which backfired spectacularly.
'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else.'
Stanislas Wawrinka was not supposed to play at the Chennai Open this year. However, following a change of schedule (and desire), the Swiss requested for and obtained a wild card for the event.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan smashed quickfire half-centuries as a dominant India outclassed Ireland by a whopping 76 runs in the opening T20 International, in Dublin, on Wednesday.
With India needing 34 runs off the last two overs, Karthik hammered 29 not out off just eight deliveries, his third six sealing India's third, and the most hard-earned, victory over Bangladesh in the tournament.
England held their nerve to end Australia's last-wicket partnership of 65 and seal a dramatic 14-run victory in an extraordinary first Ashes Test at TrentBridge on Sunday.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite Indian films of 2021.
Bartholomew Obgeche (20th minute) gave the hosts early lead before Farukh Chaudhary cancelled out his strike in the 49th minute.
Defiant 10-man Porto upset Juventus to reach the Champions League quarter-finals on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate draw despite losing 3-2 to the Italians following extra time in a thrilling clash that went to the wire on Tuesday.
Bangladesh scored their first victory over England in Test or One-day Internationals on Saturday when they defeated the world Twenty20 champions by five runs.
Maria Riesch could have been excused for indulging in wild celebrations after outshining Lindsey Vonn by capturing a second Olympic Alpine skiing gold medal on Friday. The modest German, however, refrained from yelling and jumping up and down too much in the finish area after braving awful conditions to claim the final women's event, the slalom.
The result shook up League A Group 4, giving Ukraine an outside chance of finishing top of the group with two games remaining.
That was also Messi's 500th goal for Barcelona.
Six-time champion Novak Djokovic's hopes of turning around his season at the Miami Open ended in the second round when he was defeated 6-3, 6-4 by Frenchman Benoit Paire.
Outside Diggi Palace's walls, things may be getting darker. Speech may be under threat; writers may be getting murdered for their writing. But, inside, it is possible to feel hope that ideas, nevertheless, may have their own power, says Mihir S Sharma.
Shane Watson is not embarrassed by his on-field antics but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is and will talk to his players about their on-field behaviour. The third Test between Australia and the West Indies was marred by a few ugly incidents, involving players from both the sides.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
In the jungles of the Pench National Park and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, 28 brave women walk 20 km every day. They often come across tigers, leopards, bears, bison and other wild animals. But there is another species far deadlier that often crosses their path: Humans.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the French Open, at Roland Garros, on Friday.
Pakistan found Lasith Malinga's pace and swing too hot to handle as they went down to Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the Super Eights match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Lord's on Friday.
Rafael Nadal fired hosts Spain into the Davis Cup final as he joined Feliciano Lopez to win a thrilling late-night doubles and seal a nail-biting 2-1 victory over Britain on Saturday.
Talk about Lady Luck smiling down on you! A series of dramatic pictures show the moment a woman's life was saved after she was battered by a huge swell in Sydney's eastern suburbs. The powerful images show the ordeal from beginning to end as the female swimmer begins to struggle in the huge waves at Bronte Beach on Thursday morning. Surf lifesaver Andrew Reid, who helped save the swimmer, said she was extremely lucky. Take a look at the entire episode.
Travis Head (61 batting) and Pat Cummins (10) kept Australia in the game with a 50-run partnership in the last session but India walked away with the advantage after the latter fell towards the end of day's play.
As raw sugar futures jumped 3 per cent on Monday to 21.55 cents a British pound, traders expect further increases in sugar prices in the coming days, until a clear picture emerges about the magnitude of the shortfall in the Indian sugar crop and production. When India, which is the largest sugar consumer, enters the market, there is bound to be considerable volatility in prices, analysts said, suggesting that the situation is akin to what India had experienced in early 90s.
Bollywood has dealt with same sex relationships before, but homophobia runs deep.
If records were kept for standing ovations received in a match Alastair Cook would top that list too after a fairytale day at the Oval in which he engraved his 291st and last Test innings with a sublime century. Arriving at the crease on 46 not out to thunderous applause from a 19,000 crowd on Monday morning, England's most-capped Test player, record run scorer and century-maker rolled back the years to score 147.
Hungary reach Euro finals with last-gasp 2-1 win over Iceland
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Usain Bolt has left the door open to running in both the 100 and 200 metres at next year's world championships where he said he will be more focussed on protecting his legacy than topping his world records.
"I think the Fed is out of control. I think what they're doing is wrong. Under the Obama administration, you had a lot of help because they had very little interest," Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday while responding to questions on the down sliding of the stock market for a second consecutive day.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 5th Ashes Test played between England and Australia on Thursday.
