Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was voted Australia's best one-day player.
Key facts on the India squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup.
The draw for the September 19-21 play-offs was announced on Wednesday.
"I really felt for Shafali Verma at the end, it was tough seeing her in tears but she should be very proud of the way she's performed in Australia," Brett Lee wrote in his column for the ICC.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
English footballer Glen Johnson reflects on Liverpool's season thus far, his comeback from injury and England's World Cup prospects in an interview with Manu Shankar.
Thomaz Bellucci helped Brazil draw first blood in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against India, scoring a fighting five-set victory over Rohan Bopanna. The 22-year-old held his nerve to overcome the 30-year-old Indian 6-7 (2), 7-6 (7), 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 in a baseline slugfest that lasted a little less than four-and-a-half hours.
'...then Bangladesh would have been the world champions a long time ago!'
The ICC's decision to award six points to Pakistan after the Indian women's team was deemed to have forfeited each of the three matches of the ICC Women's Championship was a result of non-communication from the BCCI about the team's participation. A well-informed source told PTI that there were multiple e-mail communication from ICC, but there was no response to any of the e-mails to provide reasons for not playing the series against Pakistan, which was scheduled to be held between 1 August and 31 October.
Roger Federer brings down the curtain on his illustrious career later this week but the Swiss maestro has assured his millions of fans that he will not become a tennis ghost.
As the mercurial Messi rings in his 28th birthday, Rediff.com brings you all the exciting moments from the ace footballer's life.
'The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in Grand Slams or on the tour.'
The Bangladesh national team was the south Asian champions as recently as 2003 and even the Sher-e-Bangla stadium, which is now the home of cricket, was the home ground for a local football team.
Relishing the prospect of leading the side in the the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka, India's stand-in skipper Virat Kohli today said the hastily-planned series would be an exciting one, especially with World Cup spots up for grabs.
'You'd also be wrong if you tried to lump me in the same category as Bernard Tomic'
Vanquished captain Shahid Afridi expects a mature reaction from fans in Pakistan when their team returns after going down to arch-rivals India in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.
"I have had a very good Ranji season this year. If you talk about T20 then I have had a very good IPL season for KKR. I am bowling well, letting down 9-10 overs in every match (Vijay Hazare), so things are moving in the right direction. Wickets are coming my way and I am also getting runs, when I am batting.
Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.
John Terry brought his long and often controversial England career to an end on Sunday when the Chelsea defender announced his retirement from international soccer.
The Australia captain is the first recipient of the award, introduced as a counterpart to the traditional 'Five Cricketers of the Year Award'.
At 12 years, seven months and 17 days, Dommaraju Gukesh is the second youngest Grandmaster of all time.
Qualifying Newcastle United for the Champions League was not even in Eddie Howe's thoughts at the start of the season
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
As we celebrate International Women's day on March 8, meet the Indian sportswomen who have made the nation proud with their superlative performances in the sporting arena.
Shillong Lajong FC has signed Trinidad & Tobago international Cornell Glen for a one year deal with the I-League club.
Former South Africa player David Staniforth has been appointed goalkeeping coach and strategic analyst of India's senior and junior men's hockey teams.
A factbox on Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi
South Africa has been perennial favourites but it hasn't helped them.
The Women's World Cup stopped to take a breath on Wednesday following an opening round of games that produced a little bit of everything.
Beaten black and blue by their opponents in the ongoing World Cup, Kenya batsman Tanmay Mishra on Friday vowed that cricket in the country will rise again.
With strong hosts expected to challenge, a highly-fancied South Africa face their demons.
Bob and Mike Bryan crushed Russians Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 to give the Americans an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five match final.
With this bat in hand, Ricky Ponting managed to score two centuries in his 100th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
Sachin Tendulkar revealed that a few Indian players were not feeling comfortable under former coach Greg Chappell after the first couple of tours and he was the one who had persuaded his colleagues to be patient with the Australian and give him more time to get settled.
South Africa do not deserve to go into next year's World Cup with a reputation for choking, fast bowler Dale Steyn told Reuters on Thursday.
Being told not to return home as "losers" by their country's sports minister merely reflects the passionate desire of all South Africans for a maiden World Cup triumph, captain AB de Villiers said on Saturday.
