Hungary's Katinka Hosszu won her fourth gold medal of the event, and broke the world record, in the 200 metres individual medley at the world short-course swimming championships.
'But I suppose that's why I can be quite proud... Going to the well again and delivering a performance like that was pleasing.'
Australia continued their dominance over England with a record-breaking 77-run victory in their one-off Twenty20 match.
The next time the four-time world champion will get behind the wheel will be for first Friday practice at Melbourne's Albert Park on March 23.
The ace India batsman admitted that the hysteria surrounding an India-Pakistan series rubs off on the players
Michael Phelps broke fifth world record in a week to collect his seventh gold medal at the world championships.
Statistical highlights of the Asia Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh played at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, in Fatullah.
Australia took a 48-run lead on the back of some solid batting by Matt Renshaw and Shawn Marsh on Sunday. Statistical highlights on day two of the second cricket Test between India and Australia, in Bengaluru.
Interesting numbers from Day 1 of Bangalore Test.
The 41-year-old has made 640 appearances in Serie A, within striking distance of the 647-game record of AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini. Buffon began his career at Parma before moving to the Turin club in 2001.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli combined to frustrate Australia for an entire session as India held the whip-hand at 215 for two at the close of a grinding opening day of the third Test in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The Indian golfer produced a eye-catching 67 to be placed behind England's Robert Rock after the opening day at the Maybank Malaysian Open.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by.
The Aussie wicketkeeper reached hundred off 57 balls in the third Ashes Test against England on Saturday.
'In my opinion, he's the best, most complete attacker there is at the moment,' said the former West Germany striker.
# Dhoni has registered 196 sixes in ODIs, setting an Indian record, bettering the 195 by Sachin Tendulkar. Statistical highlights of the third ODI between India and New Zealand in Mohali on Sunday.
France coach Raymond Domenech said he was not angry at Zinedine Zidane for his headbutt in the World Cup final.
The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the Royal Observatory's Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 has once more received thousands of outstanding images. The competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, sponsored by Insight Investment and in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, is now in its eleventh year and has broken the record number of entries once more, receiving over 4,600 entries from enthusiastic amateurs and professional photographers, taken from 90 countries across the globe. The winners will be announced on September 12, and an exhibition of the winning images from the past years of the contest will be on show at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from September 13.
Om Puri's friends remember him.
'For the time being, the party to put on hold induction of TMC leaders and focus on strengthening its grassroot level organisation.'
The film has already grossed $26 million from 22 territories, including India.
This was India's 50 victory in ODIs against New Zealand, against whom they have played 100 matches.
Americans Michael Phelps and Brendan Hansen broke their own world records at the Pan Pacific Championships.
After several years of travelling, Guru Nanak settled down at Kartarpur as a farmer. His followers were the first Sikhs of an order that was to prevail for many years to come. A fascinating excerpt from Sikh Heritage: A History of Valour and Devotion.
Tiger Woods withstood a late challenge from Jim Furyk to secure his 50th career title at the Buick Open.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a long sabbatical, is likely to return on April 15 ahead of Congress' proposed Kisan rally in New Delhi on April 19 against the Land Acquisition Bill brought out by the Narendra Modi government.
Alan Shearer broke Newcastle United's goal-scoring record in a 2-0 home win over fellow strugglers Portsmouth.
Records tumbled in the transfer window as Premier League spending totalled 1.165 billion pounds ($1.54 billion), financial analyst Deloitte's Sports Business Group said on Thursday. The outlay represents a 34 percent rise on the previous highest in all windows of 870 million pounds set 12 months ago and means the overall spend by clubs in 2016-17 already represents a record for a single Premier League season.
Liverpool did not reveal the transfer fee but Southampton announced it was "a new world-record for a defender" with English media reporting that it was a 75 million pounds ($100.49 million) deal.
Chelsea have made a British record 32 million pounds ($56.28 million) bid for Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.
Sanju Samson registered the first century of IPL-12 but ended up on the losing side as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets, in Hyderabad, on Friday.
RB Leipzig marked their first appearance in the Champions League knockout round with a deserved 1-0 victory at last season's runners-up Tottenham Hotspur
Check out the statistical highlights of the Cuttack T20I.
They beat Fiji 26-0 in a World Cup qualifying match at Suva, Fiji on Thursday.
India remains at the top with 8,401,253 passengers, a year on year growth of 14.3 per cent compared to 7,347,270 in 2012.
Brazil's women's football team was greeted by hundreds of adoring fans in Manaus on Monday, as their performances and fame all of a sudden eclipsed that of their struggling male counterparts.
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