Austrian test driver Alexander Wurz will replace Mark Webber in the Williams race line-up next season.
Formula One was accused of sending out a mixed message on alcohol at the Monaco Grand Prix on Friday by giving extensive publicity to drinks brands while campaigning for road safety.
Wimbledon will naturally miss an old favourite with Rafael Nadal sidelined by injury yet Garbine Muguruza, armed with her sunny demeanour and blistering talent, seems perfectly happy and equipped to fill the void left by her great Spanish compatriot.
The Serena Williams show continued at the US Open as the world number one moved a step closer to a calendar Grand Slam on Wednesday, while Mardy Fish took a final Flushing Meadows bow as the curtain came down on the American's career.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 15th for Jordan as the highest-ranked of the four men making their Grands Prix debuts in Australia.
The Australian Open has seen many unheralded players punching above their weight. Rediff.com takes a look at a few such unseeded players who went the distance in the new millennium.
Full-back William Xalco will replace the Namdhari defender, who is down with chicken pox, in Indian hockey team at the Commonwealth Games.
Images from Day 1 of the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Monday.
Images from Day 3 of the 2016 Australian Open in Melbourne, on Wednesday
Images from the Australian Open matches played on Tuesday.
The Australian would be favourite to replace Alonso at Renault if the world champions fail to secure Kimi Raikkonen from McLaren.
Sardar Udham sets a great standard which, Utkarsh Mishra believes, would be emulated by other film-makers who want to make movies of this genre.
Narain Karthikeyan finished 17th in Saturday's first qualifying for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
A measured half century from opener Chamu Chibhabha propelled Zimbabwe to their first ever Twenty20 victory over former World champions India by 10 runs, in Harare, on Sunday.
Not many would have bet on unseeded Americans Danielle Collins and Frances Tiafoe making it to the Australian Open quarter-final
Chelsea retained the Premier League title when they crushed second-placed Manchester United 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
An Adani spokesperson said that it was yet another attempt by activists to delay the project.
Britain's Lewis Hamilton became Formula One world champion for the second time after winning the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday.
Who better than India's beloved storyteller to teach you how to spin a yarn?
Perez, who started eighth on the grid, finished ninth after being passed by Kevin Magnussen towards the end of the 56-lap race.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was present at the birth of his boy, who weighs 3.2 kg.
The pole, Vettel's 47th, ended a run of 18 in a row for world champions Mercedes who had Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton right behind the two red cars in third and fourth places.
Nick Ayers, the 36-year-old chief of staff to the vice-president Mike Pence, is Kelly's likely successor.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Lewis Hamilton battled back from an agonisingly slow start to win the Italian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday and slash team mate Nico Rosberg's Formula One championship lead to 22 points.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been ranked as the world's best performing CEO.
Three rookies are set to make their race debuts and Azarbaijan will make it's Formula One debut even as Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg pose to challenge odds on favourite Lewis Hamilton.
A ruthless India demolished Ireland by 143 runs to clinch the series 2-0 as spinners yet again tormented the hosts after authoritative batting show by the visiting batsmen in the second and final Twenty20 International.
In an unusual gesture, the democratic candidate has put off campaigning till the former president's funeral on Friday.
Valtteri Bottas knows he needs to step up his game from last season if he is to have any chance of keeping his place at Mercedes.
The time sheet for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.
Jacob Martin slammed an unbeaten knock of 242 as Baroda cruised to a mammoth 562 for seven against Uttar Pradesh
Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso was pushed off the front row for his home Spanish Grand Prix.
Factbox on the fastest half centuries in Test cricket after Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached the mark in 21 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
Neil Wagner claimed a five-wicket haul from a fiery spell of fast bowling as New Zealand reduced hosts Zimbabwe to 120 for eight at tea on day one of the first Test at Queen's Sports Club on Thursday.
Vettel, 17 points behind Hamilton after a commanding win in Belgium last Sunday, has previously triumphed at Monza with Toro Rosso and Red Bull and will fancy his chances of the hat-trick at the super-fast track outside Milan.
Unlike the Australian GP, where the majority of drivers carried out only one pit-stop, of Sunday's second race of the season, at Sepang, Malaysia, will see at least two, says Raja Sen.
