India need to dominate Test matches and players cannot be content with just looking to improve, captain Virat Kohli said after the tourists thrashed West Indies by an innings and 92 runs in the first Test in Antigua on Saturday.
Roger Federer faced down local battler John Millman 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8) in a five-set thriller on Friday night to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open. Defending champion Novak Djokovic thumped Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday to stay on course for a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park. Images from Day 5 of the 2020 Australian Open.
The hits and misses of the week.
Former England cricket captain Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff, whose image as a heavy, fun-loving drinker was sealed by his animated victory celebrations, has opened up about now being teetotal as part of his battle with depression.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Ernie Terrell, best known for his punishing loss to Muhammad Ali in the famed "What's My Name?" fight in 1967, has died at the age of 75, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Wednesday.
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Film music flourished in the 1970s. Some old masters did some great work, but it was also the decade of new composers.
An exclusive extract from an interview with Sabyasachi Mukherjee that appears in GQ India's November 2014 issue.
From her thoughts on a black woman becoming First Lady to marital struggles with her husband Barack, Michelle Obama hasn't held back in her memoir, which is being praised as honest and telling, Becoming.
Goals from Curtis Davies and Robert Koren earned HullCity a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 replay win at home to Brighton and Hove Albion on Monday.
Akshay Kumar is King of the box office!
On his 90th birthday, Sukanya Verma highlights a fraction of the legend's marvelous versatility in this curated list of his 25 unique moods.
Thousands of cosplayers came together in the southern California desert to celebrate the Wasteland Weekend.
'If somebody says a certain superstar's film is not good, I would not go to watch it.' 'But if the word-of-mouth is good, I don't miss a film.' 'When Badhaai Ho released, we immediately ran to theatres to watch it.'
'The biggest success of Andhadhun is that viewers are thinking and debating about it. I didn't expect it,' Sriram Raghavan tells Ronjita Kulkarni/Rediff.com.
Meanwhile, Pakistan said the terrorist attack in Pulwama district is "a matter of grave concern" even as it strongly rejected Indian media and government's allegations of the country's link to the strike "without" probe.
England coach Trevor Bayliss defended India's much-criticised preparation for the ongoing Test series, saying the beleaguered visitors couldn't have fit in more practice than what they did before the disastrous first two games.
'I'd rather do a great role in any language than do mediocre stuff in Hindi.'
'Ranbir has been doing coming-of-age films a lot. He needs to grow up.'
A look at the hits and misses of the week.
Bombay Velvet spends too much time on period details and loses focus, notes Aseem Chhabra.
The Lone Ranger does provide more than a handful laughs but takes too long to get to the point, making you wish you'd left it alone.
Bhaiyya Bhaiyya does provide a few chuckles, but nothing substantial.
A look at the week's hits and misses.
Sin City 2 doesn't quite illicit the same response as the film film, says Paloma Sharma.
West Indies leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo has said that the pitch at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a batting friendly where the bowlers need to be patient in order to get wickets.
'Jack Sparrow's rum-swigging, goofball pirate has gone from subversive to stereotype.' 'The bar's slipped so low that even "decent" seems like a significant upgrade from status quo.' Sukanya Verma doesn't know about you, but she is seasick of it all.
UK-based Diageo paid Rs 3,030 for a share of United Spirits Ltd, more than double of Rs 1,440 it offered in the previous bid last year.
Top-class goals from Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero took Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League in a 2-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
Sebi issued final observations, necessary for the offer and the deal as a whole to go through, on May 21.
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'He would dance and I would give him marks.' 'If I gave him five on 10, he would get disappointed.' 'So I would ask him to do better, and he would try and do better.'
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