Former world number one Pat Rafter has been named Australia's Davis Cup coach and is tasked with leading the once-great tennis nation back to the pinnacle of the sport.
Sighting the pink ball during the twilight period will be a challenge not only for batsmen but also umpires, says retired Australian umpire Simon Taufel.
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic showed flashes of the form that took her to the pinnacle of tennis as she upset ninth seed Victoria Azarenka 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters on Monday.
In the face of tough Dutch opposition, Spain were unable to produce the eye-pleasing soccer that has been the hallmark of their rise to the pinnacle of the game but kept their cool to take their first World Cup title with yet another 1-0 win.
India's tennis star Sania Mirza retained her numero uno status in women's doubles for the second consecutive year, despite failing to defend the WTA Finals Singapore title with partner Martina Hingis. Defending champions Sania and Hingis had lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals Singapore on Saturday.
The top two teams with most points as of April 30, 2021 will then contest in the WTC final in June 2021 in the UK.
India has achieved the numero uno status in ICC Test ranking mainly because of their batting consistency and now the bowlers also have to prove their mettle to ensure the country doesn't get toppled from the pinnacle, feels former paceman Manoj Prabhakar.
'We know the reason behind it. We also know who is behind the curtain (in prompting Kasab to withdraw his confessional statement), says Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam.
Virat Kohli retained the top spot among batsmen while India were placed third among ODI teams in the latest ICC Rankings issued on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic sat out last year's U.S. Open to rest an elbow injury that eventually required surgery, but that pain and frustration felt like a distant memory on Friday when the Serb completed his march to the New York final with authority.
Rahul Dravid has no qualms conceding that he wouldn't have survived international cricket of today by batting at the pace he did at his prime but neither does he believe that defensive technique will become redundant even though the "value is decreasing". Dravid said the likes of Virat kohli and Rohit Sharma "have blown the ODI paradigm to an all new level" but someone like Cheteshwar Pujara will also always be needed in Test cricket. As for himself, he doesn't mind being called defensive as he always wanted to be a Test player.
'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.'
Young players like Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma lack the "all-consuming" desperation to do well in Test cricket because they have other options, feels former India captain Rahul Dravid.
Swiss skier, Didier Defago, flew out of the shadows of his more illustrious team-mates to win his country's first men's Olympic downhill title for 22 years on Monday.
After a successful stint in the one-day internationals, Suresh Raina hopes to make his Test selection count.
Test matches have witnessed a decline in attendances in recent years, throwing the door open to a number of means to engage fans, including the introduction of day-night Tests.
Ranjan was nominated to the board of ICICI Bank on April 7
The 2017 Women's World Cup will see a 10 times increase in prize money to $2 million with every ball of the tournament broadcast live, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.
World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius with the ball, but his demons almost destroyed him.
The life of 97-year-old Gangubai, born in a family of boatmen, was an incredible saga of struggle to reach the pinnacle of a musical career, dotted with poignant incidents of battling financial woes, ridicule by casteist neighbours and a constant battle between staving off hunger and delivering sublime music.
The International Cricket Council is considering four-day tests as part of a series of innovations to keep the oldest form of the sport exciting to spectators in the wake of Twenty20's growing popularity.
Former New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond has made himself available for international selection again after cutting ties with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League. The 34-year-old said he would be available for all three forms of international cricket including Tests, which he blamed for many of the injuries that blighted his 17-Test, 67 one-day international career.
Former World No 1 Greg Norman has said he feels sorry for Tiger Woods' position as a fallen idol.
Both Raju and Gelli symbolised the so-called 'Telugu pride' in the corporate world and were considered visionaries in their respective fields of operation. They were heralded as institution-builders, but in the end their fall too was equally swift due to a set of financial frauds. Incidentally, PricewaterhouseCoopers was the auditors of both the institutions.
Fifty Dead Men Walking, written and directed by Kari Skogland, is a loose adaptation of Martin McGartland's 1997 autobiography, also called Fifty Dead Men Walking.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh asserted that the much awaited World T20 match between India and Pakistan, slated to be played on March 19, should not be held in Dharamshala.
Immoral behaviour really does leave a 'bad taste in the mouth', claims a new study, which found that disgust over an unfair social situation is hard-wired into the human body as strongly as the reaction to a foul taste.The University of Toronto study shows a link between moral disgust and more primitive forms of disgust related to poison and disease.The study has been published in Science.
Sachin Tendulkar, who tasted success at an early age, admitted he too had moments when he could have "got carried away" and said it was hard work and resolve that helped him reach the pinnacle of success.
Twenty-one of the 30 MPs below the age of 35 belong to families who are in Indian politics or have been MPs or legislators in the past.
Graeme Smith may have led South Africa to the pinnacle in the limited overs cricket but he is still comfortable with Shane Warne in the forefront of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League.
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
"It has been an amazing year. One year ago, for sure I never dreamed about being World No. 1 again at the end of the season. It's something that means a lot to me. But the season is not over."
Khadim Hussain Rizvi is now gone. But the mass appeal of fundamentalism among Pakistan's burgeoning, young, illiterate, unemployed and angry population isn't, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer believes the 1983 World Cup victory must rank among the country's top achievements.
Indian Davis Cupper Somdev Dev Varman set a new record for NCAA singles championship wins with a 14th career tournament victory. Virginia's 24-year-old Chennai-born defending champion defeated Clancy Shields of Boise State 6-4, 7-5 to attain the milestone. The second round victory was his 40th singles win of the season.
Zardari assumes Pakistan's presidency at a time when the very survival of the nation is at stake. There is nothing in his past to suggest that he will be successful in overcoming the challenges that Pakistan faces and there is every likelihood that a fresh round of political instability is just round the corner. India should hope for the best but get ready to face the worst in Pakistan in the coming months.
The pinnacle of a market economy is when the consumer feels like king. Never before have Indians had such a vast choice and for the icing on the cake, prices from kitchen goods to cars started falling in 2008.
Tim Seifert says the Indian speedster's subtle variations have been difficult to pick
New ICC chief Haroon Lorgat said it was important that the expanding Twenty20 format did not dominate the Test and 50-over game.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori confirmed he would play in the first Test against England at Lord's on Thursday
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