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.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will again be duelling for the title of world's best footballer after their names once again headed the shortlist on Thursday for The Best FIFA Men's Player.
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the very best players from what has been an outstanding tournament.
Bayern Munich thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 5-1, while Barcelona came from behind to beat Valencia 3-1 in LaLiga at Camp Nou on Sunday.
Players at Serie A champions Juventus were among those who returned to training following the coronavirus stoppage on Tuesday. The Italian government on Sunday confirmed that professional athletes in both individual and team sports could start training.
Amitabh Bachchan makes his Hollywood debut with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, out in theatres today.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the Australian Open after registering a comfortable straight sets victory in the men's doubles, on Friday.
Carlo Ancelotti left his job at Paris St Germain because he felt he did not have the full trust of the management, the now Real Madrid coach said on Tuesday.
A round-up of Saturday's action in Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga.
Giorgio Chiellini, famously bitten by Uruguay forward Luis Suarez during a 2014 World Cup match, comes across as a typically bruising centre back but off the field, the Italy defender is a quiet and dignified figure.
Genoa blew away Serie A leaders Juventus on Sunday, scoring three times in an astonishing first half hour on the way to a pulsating 3-1 win.
Each Round of 16 game was entertaining. Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the games to remember.
A fresh look at the Mona Lisa portrait has revealed that artist Leonardo da Vinci has hidden some tiny letters and numbers in the dark paint of the masterpiece pupils.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Former world number one Serena Williams returns to Grand Slam action for the first time in over 15 months, when she goes up against Czech Kristyna Pliskova in the French Open first round.
Paris St Germain lashed out at David Beckham's critics after he cleared all doubts about his conditioning and performance level with an excellent showing for his first start with his new side on Wednesday.
Anupam Kher met up with Leonardo DiCaprio and other Hollywood stars at the pre-Oscar nomination party.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Look who we spotted at the Flushing Meadows this year.
Your dream of having a home surrounded by aquamarine waters in the Caribbean or French Polynesia can turn into reality.
British pair Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot defeated Canadians Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil in four sets in Ottawa to give Britain a 2-1 lead ahead of Sunday's reverse singles.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer stayed on track for a mouth-watering showdown in the BNP Paribas Open quarter-finals after they both advanced to the last 16 on Monday.
Former World No 1 Rafael Nadal breezed through to the semi-finals of the Mexican Open on Thursday, dispatching Argentine Leonardo Mayer in straight sets 6-1, 7-5.
Images from the football matches played across Europe on Wednesday.
Paris St Germain's 2-1 Champions League win at Valencia on Tuesday is proof that the big-spending Ligue 1 club have become a force in Europe but they should not get carried away, according to director of football Leonardo.
Livorno's Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing on the pitch with a cardiac arrest during an Italian second division game at Pescara on Saturday, prompting the soccer federation to postpone this weekend's professional games.
Archaeologists have inched closer to unravelling the secret behind Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile, as they believe to have discovered the skeleton of the model who posed for Da Vinci's masterpiece.
A summary of results from matches played in the Italian Serie A and Ligue 1
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Defender Andrea Ranocchia and forward Mattia Destro were left out of Italy's 23-man Euro 2012 squad on Tuesday but centre back Leonardo Bonucci was included despite the match-fixing crisis engulfing the country.
Alex Ferguson famously described the Premier League title run-in as 'squeaky-bum time' and leaders Leicester City and second-placed Tottenham Hotspur look best-placed to handle the pressure.
The 1972 painting, "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)," broke the record for the most expensive piece of art sold at auction by a living artist.
Her co-stars will be Irrfan and Iranian beauty Golshifteh Farahani.
David Beckham sold himself - or at least the chance to play in a soccer match with him - for 350,000 euros ($390,000).
Hollywood hunk Leonardo DiCaprio's model girlfriend Bar Refaeli has signed on to be the new face of French lingerie label Passionata. Here's a look at her smokin' new campaign!
They coming together for a film about anti-poaching fighters in South Africa
Tie-up with MBDA will have Indian partner as majority shareholder; first product likely in 2 years.
The film opens in theatres this Christmas.
The Big B plays Meyer Wolfsheim in the film that also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire.
