Regarded as the Oscar of sports, the nominations for 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards were finalised following a ballot by the world's sports media.
Stanislas Wawrinka should stop being so modest and put himself on a par with the so-called Big Four.
Chasing a record-extending 10th French Open crown on the back of his worst claycourt season since prevailing for the first time, Rafael Nadal acknowledged another weakness on Tuesday -- his best shot is not that solid.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Images from Day 6 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros in Paris on Friday.
Sukanya Verma lists the 2018 films that impressive her.
International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian-Franco Kasper has warned FIFA against holding the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the same time as the Winter Olympic Games.
Frenchman Benoit lost his temper in the third game of the second set when top seed Tsitsipas halted the match to attend to a broken shoe lace.
'A heavy tanker takes time to move, but when it starts rolling, it's difficult to stop it,' Indian Hotels CEO Puneet Chhatwal tells Shyamal Majumdar.
Travel companies and agencies are offering early bird discounts going up to 40 per cent. Priyadarshini Maji reports
If there is a new member of the grand slam champions' club this weekend, nobody should be surprised -- the conditions at this year's sodden, chilly French Open suit the underdog.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
IMAGES from the UEFA Champions League quarter-final 2nd leg matches played on Tuesday
The comedy is clean, simple, silly. Yet you long for more. And it keeps coming. Remember Andaz Apna Apna?
Rafael Nadal is recovering satisfactorily from appendicitis and will continue a course of antibiotics in a bid to be fit for the remainder of the 2014 season, the World No 2's spokesman said on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
The Ministry of External Affairs has added Divyasha's book to its largest library.
With mind and body both more willing now, the only way for the World No 3 is up, says Dhruv Munjal.
'... and all of the symbolism, history, the colours of his motherland, the earth, the sky, all of that is there and it always remains with him.'
Images from Day 5 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Can 2018 top its predecessor in Sporting Glory?
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The biggest disappointment at the Berlinale is the very small representation of Indian films.'
'... to Imran Khan, that there's not going to be any mediation of any meaningful sort given his (Modi's) special relationship with Trump.'
'The Mughals became completely Indian in every sense and united the vast Indian subcontinent, not only territorially, but also the hearts and minds of people with multiple religio-cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversities' 'The Mughals, arguably, made India an enviable superpower in the then world.' 'Are the Hindutva rulers of today scared of acknowledging Mughal accomplishments?' asks Mohammad Sajjad.
I physically feel very fit. I'm very motivated to keep on playing on a very high level, says Novak Djokovic.
'The truly amazing part is the influence that Washington wields over Modi and the Sangh Parivar,' says M K Bhadrakumar. 'What explains it? The Americans know precisely well which raw nerve to touch and how to make the Sangh Parivar, Modi and this government perform the trapeze act.'
'Unlike Trump, who has an isolationist approach, Bolton would like to roam around the world, trampling upon any sign of dissent,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'All their idealism, intensity of emotions, acute sense of right and wrong, and burning passion for public causes can never serve as justifiable grounds to be touted by students of any country, let alone of India, with all its fragility and vulnerability, to question its unity in the name of freedom of expression,' says B S Raghavan.
The Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court heard that the attacker, Karl Anderson, had 25 convictions for 37 offences, including football-related violence, the BBC reported. The 29-year-old will pay a 100 pound ($134) fine.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The longest immersion process is that of Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja which lasts for 24 hours.
'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Sreehari Nair presents his Top 20 movies of the decade.
Roger Federer said he trusts the anti-doping procedures in tennis despite rival Novak Djokovic's claim that fellow Serb's Victor Troicki's one-year ban was the result of negligence by the authorities.
Here's your weekly digest of bizarre moments from around the world.
'As a child I was very glad to be around him, to breathe his happiness.' 'I was aware that he would focus 100 per cent on whatever he was doing, whether it was playing with me, or going to the bullfights, or painting -- which he seemed to do non-stop,' Pablo's grandson tells Kishore Singh.
Martand Singh, the master of weaves, took India to the world.
Over 50 Indians in Forbes' under 30 list of super achievers.
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