Looking at the big winners of the year.
The hits and misses of the week.
Check out the star arrivals.
'Communities, organisations, governments and individuals could change the way children go to school, if they believe in possibilities -- if they try,' says author and activist Lisa Heydlauff.
Young Indian entrepreneurs hope to share some of the limelight too at the Hyderabad event.
She was beaten 32-year-old American Lisa Raymond at the Bausch and Lomb Championships in Florida.
The top-seeded duo battled past the Rodionova sisters of Australia, Anastasia and Arina, 6-7, 6-3, 10-5 in their opening round match of the US $731,000 clay-court event.
Working skirts, Bollywood style!
Before Akshay Kumar takes centrestage in the courtroom this Friday, here's looking at filmi lawyers before him.
Om Puri's friends remember him.
'Clearly, Washington has all but given up hope following US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells's stormy visit to Colombo last month where she read the riot act to Sri Lankan leaders to sign the pending status of forces agreement allowing American troops to use Sri Lanka as a hub for operations in the Indian Ocean,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The United States beat the Netherlands 2-1 to claim their third Hopman Cup title in four years.
The United States rallied to defeat Serbia and Montenegro 2-1 after Lisa Raymond had lost to Ana Ivanovic.
The 18-year-old has teamed up with the Swede in the mixed doubles event at the Wimbledon.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
Venus Williams swept past fellow American Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-1 in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Argentine helmsman Santiago Lange and crew Cecilia Carranza Saroli won gold in the Nacra 17 mixed-sex catamaran class at the Rio 2016 Olympics after a fast medal race that saw wind pick up smartly on the Pao de Acucar course on Guanabara Bay.
The pair beat 14th seeds Elena Dementieva of Russia and Italian Flavia Pennetta in the final at the US Open.
Alice Kim -- who, at 20, is half the Oscar-winning (for Leaving Las Vegas in 1995) actor's age -- first met Nic at the sushi restaurant in Los Angeles where she worked.
Salman Khan's big Eid release Tubelight is also a major loser.
The Swiss outclassed American Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-2 to reach the second round of the French Open.
A shoulder injury will keep the Indian ace out of the Grand Slam that has seen him win four titles.
Salman Khan's much awaited Eid release Tubelight turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. Distributors stand to lose on their investments.
Alicia Molik has pulled out of the Grand Slam due to an inner-ear infection.
As the year draws to a close, we look back at the hottest showstoppers of the year. Don't forget to vote for your favourite at the very end!
The Indian women's recurve team earned Olympic quota for the 2016 Rio Games by entering the final, while the men's trio failed to advance after giving away a handsome lead, at the Archery World Championships, in Copenhagen, on Tuesda
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom entered the final in the 48 kg classs at the Commonwealth Games, beating Sri Lanka's Anusha Dilrukshi , on Wednesday.
The American doubles specialist ended French schoolgirl Tatiana Golovin's amazing Australian Open run with a crushing 6-2 6-0 win in the fourth round.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
Martina Navratilova will have the chance to crown her remarkable career with Olympic gold in August.
