Sports Shorts: Shetty-Rankireddy pull out of BWF Worlds

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, left, and Chirag Shetty. Photograph: Badminton Association of India/Twitter India's new doubles......

Sports Shorts: Manavaditya Rathore wins silver

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE:   Manavaditya Singh Rathore pose with his silver medal . Photograph:  Manavaditya Singh Rathore/Twitter. The......

VOTE: Who will win FIFA Player of the Year?

IMAGE: Lionel Messi, left, with Cristiano Ronaldo. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will again be duelling for the title of world's best footballer......

PHOTOS: Music, big names light up Ballon d'or Gala night

FC Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi ended Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo's two-year grip on the FIFA Ballon d'Or award, winning the prestigious award for the fifth time.......

PHOTOS: Messi 'grateful to football, fans and family' on claiming fifth Ballon d'Or

IMAGE: FIFA acting president Issa Hayatou (left) congratulates FC Barcelona's and Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 award for the world player of the year at a ceremony......