Women's T20 World Cup set for first-time champion as New Zealand-South Africa clash in final
Take a look at the good, bad and ugly style looks of the week.
Pacer Pooja Vastrakar ran riot with a career-best bowling show of 4 for 13 before Smriti Mandhana shone with the bat, scoring an unbeaten half century, as India thrashed South Africa by 10 wickets in the third and final women's T20 International to level the series 1-1, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
No fewer than 14 will be up for grabs as day one promises action across multiple sports: four golds in swimming, two each in cycling, fencing, and judo, and one each in diving, skateboarding, shooting, and rugby sevens.
'It's such a mishmash of wonderful things, so many different cultures, subsections of society and weird histories.'
The players' auction ahead of the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will be held on December 9 in Mumbai, the BCCI announced on Friday.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi produced a sensational performance to take out sixth seed Andrey Rublev and reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday.
Serena took to her Instagram account to share pictures of herself with a visible baby bump
The second edition of the Women's Premier League, beginning in Bengaluru on Friday with a high-profile match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and runners-up Delhi Capitals, will be optimistic about meeting its existential purpose of giving a wider platform to promising home-grown talents.
Also released from the squad are Devika Vaidya, Simran Shaikh and Shivali Shinde.
England forward Chloe Kelly reacted quickest to a loose ball from a corner and poked in the winner.
IMAGES from the Women's T20 World Cup 2nd semi-final between South Africa and England in Cape Town on Friday.
A poor batting performance cost Indian team dear as it suffered defeat in yet another summit clash
Images from the Women's T20 World Cup Final between Australia and South Africa played in Cape Town on Sunday
Beat England to reach maiden Women's T20 World Cup final in Cape Town on Friday.
Family members, former team mates and cricket greats paid tribute at the city's Riverway Stadium, where hundreds gathered to bid farewell to the player nicknamed 'Roy'.
Images from the FIFA Women's World Cup matches played on Tuesday.
Megan Fox rocked a see-through dress at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards.
An extra-time strike from forward Chloe Kelly gave England a 2-1 win over Germany in the women's European Championship final on Sunday to claim their first ever major title in front of a record crowd on home soil.
Spain's captain Olga Carmona -- the scorer of Sunday's deciding goal -- plays for Real Madrid, where the women's team generated revenues of 1.4 million euros in the 2021/22 season, according to Deloitte. That compared with the Real Madrid men's teams revenues of 713.8 million euros in the same season.
The duo progressed following their fine showing in India's victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener.
Mooney struck a match-winning unbeaten 74 as Australia claimed their sixth Women's T20 World Cup title
Earlier in the tournament, Karman had caused an upset by defeating the second seed Robin Anderson (USA) in the first round and Japanese Ena Shibahara, one-half of the French Open 2022 mixed double champions in the second round.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan welcomed two new 'family members' as he adopted two pet dogs. The Delhi batsman named the two pets Chloe and Valentine as he shared their pictures on Twitter.
The manager said she was not in the dressing room, and as a foreign coach would not have been aware of what was sung, even if she had been, but took full responsibility regardless.
Alison Riske-Amritraj will be eager to build on that in the land of her in-laws.
Team-wise list of players during WPL auction
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, on a comeback trail from injury, began her campaign in the tournament with a 7-5. 6-2 win over Joanne Zuger of Switzerland. She was joined in the second round by compatriot and seventh-seed Rebecca Marino.
England dumped Nigeria out of the Women's World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout
Celebs at the 2021 American Music Awards will inspire you to give the cutout silhouette a try!
Shoojit Sircar picks two Oscar-winning, slice-of-life films which say a lot with the minimum of fuss.
Mumbai Indians aim to cap their superb WPL season by defeating Meg Lanning's Delhi Capitals in the final of the inaugural edition of the T20 league on Sunday.
Romance in the nineties, fairytale fights, fables and time travelling between mythological times to modern -- fantasy and reality collide on OTT this week.
The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League, which will get underway in Mumbai on Saturday.
Yami has a visitor on the sets... Mouni keeps you waiting... Esha shares a throwback pic...
The list pays tribute to the most stylish athletes in sport, including stars at the top of their games in tennis, basketball, football, golf and more.
Star paddler Sharath Kamal continued his sensational run to reach the finals of both the men's doubles and mixed doubles events and assure India of at least two more medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmimgham on Saturday.
'When I came into the process, there was a treatment and in the treatment, there are always stories and parts that take place in Mumbai.'
The 78th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. A quick look at the winners.
Catch it all on OTT this week.
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