The former Olympian acknowledged that while the PHF's financial situation was challenging and that players had faced delays in their travel allowances and daily subsistence payments, these issues did not justify abandoning the national team and bringing disrepute to the country.
Rediff.com brings you images from the May 9-22 meet. Enjoy the feast your eyes!
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will bid for a record-extending 11th title at Melbourne Park and 25th Grand Slam crown overall.
Hollywood dazzled on the red carpet, as they attended the 95th Annual Academy Awards in California.
A quick look at the winners of the 95th Annual Academy Awards.
Thousands of lives have been lost, large areas in Ukraine have been destroyed, but Vladimir Putin refuses to end a cruel and senseless war.
The Spanish Mediterranean town of Bunol turned red when around 22,000 people gathered to throw 150 tonne of ripe tomatoes at each other during the Tomatina festival -- the world's biggest annual tomato fight.
Dar stood in 145 Tests, 231 ODIs and 72 T20 Internationals in a career spanning from 2000 to 2023.
'I wanted people to know me for who I am, because a lot of times, Ashwin's picking up a wicket and Virat Kohli is all over the place.'
'He's just jumping about, and people very often tend to believe that Ashwin's the one that's absolutely serious and Virat's the one that's having all the fun.'
Ratan Naval Tata, a prominent industrialist, philanthropist, and former Chairman of Tata Sons, has been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, reports Mid-Day newspaper.
Gambhir emphasised the rarity and significance of reaching such a state.
History was made at the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, February 7, 2023
Lyon is just 34 wickets away from surpassing Glenn McGrath to become Australia's second-highest wicket-taker in Tests.
Australia's last series win against India came in 2014-15, and they haven't tasted victory on Indian soil since 2004-05.
Ashwin's legacy, marked by his intellect and dominance on the field, will resonate for years to come.
Alia Bhatt got her Met Gala debut right, as she walked the red carpet in a stunning white Prabal Gurung gown.
Rachin Ravindra will carry along with him that soothing 'home ground' feeling when the New Zealand top-order batter steps on to the field in Bengaluru on Wednesday for the first Test against India.
The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which is observed by Muslims as Ramadan all over the world, makes its presence in India.
Martin Scorsese returns with his two favourite actors Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in his compelling new drama, Killers Of The Flower Moon.
It was more wonderful than you could possibly imagine.
After a sunny photoshoot in Cannes, Mouni Roy walked her first red carpet at the festival with plenty of swag.
A true legend of the game who paved the way and taught so many of us how to be as a player and as a person.
A look at some of India's best victories over Pakistan in ICC tournaments.
Saadet Sendag's son reacts as his mother is rescued after 177 hours at the site of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey.
Russian forces have been attacking Ukrainian troops as part of an offensive to encircle Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
After a dazzling red carpet premiere, Sunny Leone attended a photocall for her new film Kennedy in Cannes.
Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne described wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant as the most "amusing" player in the Indian team, ahead of the upcoming five-match Test series between the fierce rivals.
It's a mixed reality headset -- a combination of AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality).
He then broke into a riff on the Carpenters hit song Top Of The World and sang, 'There was only one wish on my mind... RRR has to win, pride of every Indian... and must put me on the top of the world.'
The Met Gala was also the red carpet for a bunch of lovely-looking pregnant celebs who proudly showed off their baby bumps.
Timely intervention by a loco pilot and locals saved the lives of 40 students after the school bus they were travelling on got stuck on railway tracks at a level crossing in Nagpur, an official said on Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise visit to the UK in his second visit outside Ukraine since the Russian invasion nearly a year ago.
It's the first yellow card issued by a lady referee in the men's World Cup -- Stephanie Frappart is the umpire; Costa Rica's Oscar Duarte is the player -- and it all happened in the 76th minute of the match against Germany.
Robert Cianflone/Getty Images, who was in Nagpur to cover the first India-Australia Test, captures young boys being trained at the Pravin Hinganikar Cricket Academy Cricket Academy in the city.
'Following successful live operation in the Emirates FA Cup, the Premier League will look to implement the system later this season.'
As the 76th Cannes Film Festival commences on May 16, we jog down memory lane and look at some of Bollywood's best fashionable moments at Cannes till date!
NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 mission departed for the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, on March 2, 2023.
Gandhiji asked me if I had sufficient warm clothes in view of the coming cold season. I said yes. But he verified my statement by asking Miraben to search my bag to make sure. Such was Gandhiji.
The 80th Annual Golden Globe awards saw Hollywood's A-set at their glamorous best.
'Indira Gandhi was a very weak person,' Kangana claimed. 'She had many crutches around and was constantly seeking validation.'
