'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.'
Billed as a 'Celebration of Life' follows a series of remembrances, including a private family funeral earlier this month.
IMAGES from Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Friday
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos suggested after the Barcelona game that the players would not welcome him.
India's pace sensation Jasprit Bumrah believes young cricketers in the team don't want to play Test cricket and are focussing more on the IPL.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is all set to star opposite British actor Richard Madden in Amazon Studios' upcoming thriller series Citadel.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
'Rather than worrying too much about results, it's about trying to stick to a brand of cricket that we want to be proud of playing. I guess that's something that came out in the 2015 World Cup and it's flowed on from there.'
She has emerged as one of the most measured, and perhaps most unanticipated, voices to address racial injustice in America.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 US Open in New York on Sunday.
To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre.
Advait Chandan decodes Aamir Khan.
The video of the youngster, who works at a pizza outlet in Shaheed-e-Milat in Karachi, was uploaded by Abdul Majid Kalwar on Twitter.
Tony Lewis, the former university lecturer better known for one of the most complex rules of cricket -- the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method which is used in rain-affected matches, died at the age of 78.
Former Cricket West Indies boss Dave Cameron has thrown his hat in the ring to succeed India's Shashank Manohar as the next chairman of International Cricket Council.
And what an exciting week it has been, with players returning to packed stadiums, some memorable individual and team performances and a medical incident which had the world on edge.
IM Vijayan lauded Sunil Chhetri for his longevity and urged the youngsters to idolise the 35-year-old's work ethic.
Joginder Tuteja looks at Bollywood's ladies, where they will be calling the shots in their films.
An injury to his preferred horse has jeopardised Fouaad Mirza's qualification chances for the Tokyo Games but the double Asian Games silver medallist is confident of making the cut for the Olympics in the equestrian event.
Panesar feels the concept of WTC is a great advertisement of Test cricket and the former spinner went on to term the summit clash as an encounter similar to arch-rivals India and Pakistan playing a Test match or the Ashes.
Kotla to have Virat Kohli stand soon: DDCA
Karmakar underwent an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery in Mumbai and will not participate in the Thailand meet scheduled from May 18.
Is Shehnaaz evicted? Salman Khan throws a googly ball!
'The way desi food is cooked in our homes makes it so delicious and yummy.' 'It is a great digestive meal.'
Waqar Younis, who has been part of India-Pakistan World Cup clashes on four occasions, said Pakistan did not know how to handle the duo of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul,
Geeta has not competed much since she attempted to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games unsuccessfully.
Images from Day 2 of the India's tour game against Somerset.
Saloni Dhumne and Atreya Raghavan speak to young India to find out who their LGBTQ heroes are.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Naomi Osaka is also the first woman to win a second Slam immediately after her first since Jennifer Capriati in 2001 but her meteoric rise has been followed by a distinct dip ahead of Roland Garros.
Rolex has been masterful at playing the demand-supply game, limiting its issue of coveted and in-demand watches to only one or two pieces per dealership.
The second highest number of coronavirus cases in the country. The worst mortality rate among states. A none too impressive recovery rate. Surely this doesn't speak highly of the famed Gujarat model, so what went wrong?
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between India and New Zealand, in Dubai, on Sunday.
Ramkumar became the first Indian in seven years to advance to the singles final of an ATP World Tour event but missed out on ending India's 20-year title drought when he lost the Hall of Fame final to Steven Johnson on Sunday night.
There are as many as three films and a Web series premiering on October 2.
Eager to keep their semi-final hopes alive, a desperate Bangladesh will have their work cut out when they take on a spirited Afghanistan in a do-or-die World Cup encounter in Southampton on Monday. England's defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka on Friday breathed air into Bangladesh's hopes of securing a semi-final berth and the 'Tigers' will be keen on making the most of the situation starting with a win over the bottom-placed Afghanistan.
A triathlete swims in a tiny above-ground pool on her rooftop, her waist attached to the wall with resistance bands, while a baseball player bats into a car tire and a boxer throws his punches into a bag of rice hanging from a mango tree. In cash-strapped Cuba, famed for its resourcefulness as well as its sporting prowess, professional athletes are inventing ways to work out and practice despite the closure of common training grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Steve Johnson beat first-time ATP finalist Indian Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island on Sunday for his fourth career title and second of 2018.
India registered its first Test win at the Mecca of Cricket.
