Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Indian hockey fans Down Under were in for a rude surprise on Saturday. They turned up in numbers only to see India get mauled by England 6-0 in the women's hockey bronze medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
The indicator, designed to flag turning points in the economic cycle, suggested there was "stable growth momentum" in the bloc of mostly wealthy developed nations, the OECD said.
Sania Mirza was leading 6-1, 2-0 when Alexandra Stevenson retired with a right shoulder strain.
Balasingham passed away at his home in south London on Thursday from bile duct cancer.
The Indan teenage ace beat eighth seed Hannah Collins of Great Britain in the ITF women's tennis event in Hampstead.
The winners of the inaugural ICC Awards will be announced at Tuesday night's gala ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London.
The most outstanding players and teams will be honoured with the inauguration of a series of awards at a gala ceremony in England this September.
The actor passed away on Sunday, December 15 after a prolonged illness.
With 100 votes, the 19-year-old claimed the award ahead of Pakistan's Yasir Hameed (75 votes).
The ICC Player of the Year award will be named in honour of West Indian legend Sir Garfield Sobers.
The former Australian captain joins Ian Botham, Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Holding and Barry Richards on the five-man selection panel.
But fancied players Alexandra Kosteniuk and Alisa Galliamova were knocked out on a disastrous day for seasoned campaigners at the World Women's Chess Championship.\n\n
The Indian GM was the only player to go undefeated in the event that featured the cream of women's chess.
Indian eves came up with yet another emphatic performance in the 10th round of the women's section of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
High-flying with his superman-cap, overnight joint leader Grandmaster Gupta ran out of steam and surrendered to Nakamura on a day when B Adhiban also did well to hold Levon Aronian of Armenia to a creditable draw.
As the ownership of the rare diamond continues to exercise Indians, here are some interesting facts about it.
As Barbie is set to turn 60 on March 9, we take a trip down memory lane and look at some interesting creations.
The second seed defeated Sarah Raab of Germany in a tough second round match.
Manchester United will travel to third-tier MK Dons in the Capital One Cup second round following the draw on Wednesday, the first time they have been involved at this stage of the competition for 19 years.
'There is room for cautious optimism following the Harris anointment that America will return this year to more normal politics after the aberration of the Trump presidency,' points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went through several anxious moments before getting past Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova in their opening doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. The reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions prevailed 7-6(4), 6-2.
Maria Sharapova destroyed Zarina Diyas 6-1, 6-1 to charge into the Australian Open fourth round on Friday.
The real head turners at Met Gala 2019.
The hits and misses of the week.
Industry fears tougher US stance on IP after President Donald Trump asserted that foreign countries must pay a fair share for drug development costs. Aneesh Phadnis reports.
Only a miracle can save this ship from sinking unnoticed, unlamented at the Box Office for the film and its lead actors leave no stone unturned to let it sink at Emerald Bay.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
These models have inherited their celebrity parents' good looks and genes.
Nicole Scherzinger showed off her curves and Jourdan Dunn almost suffered a wardrobe malfunction.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
The hits and misses of the week.
Images from Day 10 of the 2020 French Open, at Roland Garros, in Paris.
Salman Khan's big Eid release Tubelight is also a major loser.
