With the year sprinting to a close, we bring you, in pictures, some of the best action from the sports world.
He was joined by seven star kids who modelled Chanel's latest collection.
Check out some of the up-and-comers who could cause an upset at Wimbledon this year.
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
The last 10 Slams have all been won by Djokovic, Federer or Nadal. Will this Wimbledon be different, asks Dhruv Munjal.
She is the second Swiss player to win the tournament after Martina Hingis won the inaugural edition in 2001.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said they were detained on suspicion of theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi on Tuesday, less than two months after their release from prison under an amnesty.
Fourteen photos from events that defined the world in the week gone by.
Images from Day 1 of the Wimbledon Championships.
They have inherited their parents' good genes.
The 87th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India take on the West Indies in the first of the two-match Test series at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Rajneesh Gupta presents the statistics in Test matches involving the two teams.
From the Syrian civil war to the Ukrainian crisis to the terror unleashed by the dreaded Islamic State, there was no lack of news in 2014. In this five-part series,rediff.com presents a selection of the year's most enduring moments year from around the world.
Kanu Behl's Titli is one of the best films from India in recent years, says Aseem Chhabra from the Zurich film festival.
Check out the gold medallists on Day 15 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday:
Only reforms that accelerate economic growth can generate the revenues to finance expenditure on social infrastructure for the poor, not the other way round, insists Jagdish Bhagwati.
