Sachin Tendulkar was the guest of honour at the grand inauguration of the newly renovated Shivaji Park Gymkhana along with MNS chief chief Raj Thackeray.
From the USA to UAE, Canada to Italy, Indian-origin cricketers will represent associate nations at the T20 World Cup. Meet the Desis chasing global glory at a home away from home.
The event marked Coach Achrekar's birth anniversary.
It was amazing to see how he used to hoodwink batsmen with subtle changes in flight, loop and deliver his doomsday ball -- the dangerous armer.
Padmakar Shivalkar was distinctly unlucky that his best days in the 1970s coincided with that of Bishan Singh Bedi's prime.
Tushar Deshpande held his nerve to help fashion a 13-run victory for Delhi Capitals against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday night.
Under intense scrutiny, Iyer looked rusty at the start of the IPL and got out for a two-ball duck in their opener against SRH. He had some significant contributions later on but his efforts were all overshadowed by Narine and Salt's explosive batting.
One would be spoilt for choice if asked to make a favourite pick from the following memorabilia: signed boxing gloves by Muhammad Ali, a guitar signed by Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, a bat autographed by none other than Sir Don Bradman. But ask Sachin Tendulkar and the answer will be the coins he earned from his childhood coach, Ramakant Achrekar, after those rigorous training sessions at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana ground.
Indian second seed Isha Lakhani was given a scare by Australian rival Renee Binnie before winning their second round clash to enter the quarter-finals of the USD 10,000 ITF Women's Futures Tennis Tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Geet Sethi and Devendra Joshi moved into the billiards final of the All India Open Invitation tournament in Mumbai
Shreyas Iyer's father Santosh has a unique WhatsApp DP: his son donning the whites and holding the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Top seed Manisha Malhotra and second seed Rushmi Chakravarthi however made the grade easily, in the ITF Futures tournament.
Both scored fluent victories in the quarter-finals of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana Open billiards tournament.
The second seed fell to compatriot Geeta Manohar 1-6, 1-6 in the first round of the Mumbai ITF
The second seed demolished qualifier Minori Takemoto of Japan in the ITF Women's Futures tournament.
Manan Chandra overcame maestro Geet Sethi 5-3 to win the snooker title of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana All India Open Invitation tournament
The victory got him a place in the snooker semi-final of the All India Open Invitation tournament on Saturday.
Top seed Ankita Bhambri of India set up a title clash with qualifier Ito Kazusa of Japan at the Mumbai ITF tournament
The third seeded Indian beat Thailand's Thassha Vitayaviroj in the ITF-Shivaji Park Gymkhana tournament.
The duo will meet in the semis in the ITF Futures tournament.
The sixth seeded Indian was beaten by unseeded Diana Julianto of Indonesia in the first round in the ITF Futures tournament.
The Mumbai round of the Scorpio Speedster contest will be held at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana grounds, in Mumbai, on Saturday.
Top seed Chia-Jing Chuang and India's No. 2 seed Rushmi Chakravarthi crashed to lesser-known opponents in the quarter-finals of the ITF Women's Futures tournament.
\n\nNo. 6 seed Sonal Phadke was shocked in the first round in the Mother's Recipe-ITF Women's Futures tournament.
Both made the grade in the ITF Futures tournament with contrasting wins.
The unseeded Chinese lass beat the fourth seeded Thai to set up a meeting with Melanie South in the ITF Futures final.
The victory saw the Indian wild card enter the second round in the Mother's Recipe-ITF Women's Futures tournament.
The sixth seeded Indian beaten by unseeded Wing-Yau Chan in the second round of the ITF-Shivaji Park Gymkhana tournament.
Tendulkar and his elder brother Ajit have time and again recalled how Achrekar would stand behind trees and watch Tendulkar bat to let him play freely.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
Sachin Tendulkar was among the many who paid their last respects to the cricketer, coach-manager and administrator.
Sachin Tendulkar said that he doesn't have his first car with him anymore and appealed to those who bought it to get in touch.
The renaming will take place on September 12 at a function where a stand at the Kotla will be named after India captain Virat Kohli as announced earlier.
Sachin Tendulkar has no doubts in his mind that Dean Jones would have been one of the "most sought after batsmen" if he were to be part of the T20 generation and called him a player well ahead of his time.
Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and former India batsmen Vinod Kambli and Pravin Amre on Thursday fondly recalled the memories of their childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar at a condolence meeting in Mumbai.
My captain no more, but will always be with me, says Sunil Gavaskar
It was on August 14, 1990, that Tendulkar scored the first of his 100 international centuries, a majestic 119 not out on a fifth day track to save the Test match for India against England in Manchester.
Cricket legend Ajit Wadekar reflects on cricket's journey.
Kunal Purandare recounts the first time a skinny lad named Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar met his eventual guru Ramakant Achrekar.
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