Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic has agreed a new four-year contract with the Spanish champions until 2021, the club said a day after they reached the Champions League quarter-finals by thrashing Paris St Germain 6-1.
Serena Williams beat Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine 7-5, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals in Stuttgart.
'I'm pretty sure all the fans across various teams are quite excited and looking forward to this tournament. And also as players (we) can't wait to get started.'
'The accumulation of the games, I never had that'
The T20 format has always favoured batters, and that has gone to a 'whole new level' in this Indian Premier League, feels Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins.
Australian and RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell expressed that his franchise cricket teammate and Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli is the "most clutch player" he has played against.
A few days ago, when young England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir saw a missed call from a New Zealand dialling code number, he ignored it thinking it could be from "anyone random".
The Indian hockey team's former technical adviser and current Australia coach Ric Charlesworth lambasted the Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers, calling them "crazy" and "disrespectful" for scheduling matches in the middle of the day.
Pacer Yash Dayal kept his cool in a tense final over to seal a 27-run win against Chennai Super Kings and send RCB through to the play-offs.
Australia's two-time World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting believes India will have to over some mental demons to win an elusive ICC trophy.
'I'm better now. A ceramic pot fell on me while rehearsing for a next scene to shoot. And I got a deep cut on my right-hand knuckle.'
The growing relationship between Afghanistan and India has been driving the Pakistanis crazy and mounts their concern of being "surrounded," a former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency's Pakistan station has said, warning that Pakistan was unlikely to change its policy towards India.
'When Bad Newz was given to me to direct, the first thing I did was go back to my childhood.' 'It's an ode to Hindi cinema.'
More than 157 million Indians watched at least one film in the theatre in 2023.
Mhambrey further said Kohli's work ethics have rubbed on the young cricketers in Indian team.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday.
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took pole position for a third straight year at the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday, with Sergio Perez qualifying a close second to ensure a Red Bull front-row lockout.
In Seoul, Nikhil Lakshman discovers, fears about North Korea and its bizarre ways are never far away.
Subramaniam has no reason to believe that the man would hang up his boots anytime soon.
Once a K-drama buff, always a K-drama buff.
The actor has a low-effort formula to dial up any outfit.
The triumph entitles Gukesh a clash against reigning world champion Ding Liren of China in the last quarter of the year.
'In our profession, the most important thing is patience.'
'There were days when I wondered what I was doing.'
Football was not very close to Sunil Chhetri's heart during his days as a bubbly teenager with proclivity for pranks. He was only looking to use the sport as a vehicle to gain entry to a reputed college and continue his education.
'After Lagaan, Aamir would sit up the whole night and drink an entire bottle of Bacardi.'
Some pretty candid confessions from Emraan Hashmi at the trailer launch of his new Web series, Showtime.
Indian CEOs need to be "crazy" in order to keep pace with the rapidly-changing economy, according to Shoji Shiba, visiting professor at MIT, professor of business administration and dean of the School of Applied International Studies, Tokiwa University, Japan.
'He is a phenomenal guy.' 'The clarity with which he does his work and the way he wants to present it to the rest of India, I'm amazed at it.'
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
The MNS chief started his speech with the name of Nehru, then paused. After a few tense seconds, he resumed: "After Nehru, here is the only politician who will be PM for the third term."
'What I am today as a cricketer because of the learning that I have had and that has all happened at Wankhede.'
After getting married fairy-tale style in Udaipur, Parineeti Chopra and AAP MP Raghav Chadha returned to the latter's home in New Delhi.
Intermittent fasting, when not carried out under professional guidance, comes with its fair share of woes and health issues, warns Jashan Vij, a health coach and fat loss expert.
Chris Gayle, the dynamic former West Indian batter will captain Telangana Tigers in the first edition of the inaugural edition of the much-anticipated Indian Veteran Premier League (IVPL).
Off late, some engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu have been taking 'discipline' too seriously!
Images from English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Idan Amedi, 35, was fighting as an IDF reservist. He was airlifted to a hospital on Monday where he was sedated and received treatment.
With the finale inching closer, everyone is beginning to feel the heat inside Bigg Boss 13 -- including Shehnaaz Gill, who had been entertaining everyone with her crazy antics since Day One.
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