BCCI announced cash awards of Rs 15 lakhs per match for each of the playing eleven that featured in India's maiden Test series win on Australian soil.
The actor raised the temperature in white!
Pop-art prince Jeff Koons unveiled his latest public art installation, "Seated Ballerina," a 45-foot inflatable sculpture at the busy center and it will preside over the Midtown landmark until June 2.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said on Monday it could not assemble a team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak and that its athletes should prepare for the Games to be postponed to 2021.
Hardik Pandya said he had always focused more on the process rather than the end result.
The Sydney Test, apart from being an enthralling battle between the ball and the bat, drew attention for Indian players facing racists remarks.
Australia coach Justin Langer called it a shame and one of his greatest "pet hates" after some spectators directed racial abuse at India's players during the third Test and were expelled from the Sydney Cricket Ground for their behaviour.
"He (Harris) is the in-form player of the competition and has an outstanding record over the last two years. I would have liked to have got (Matt) Renshaw in there, but he hasn't scored enough runs," Lehmann told Macquarie Sports Radio.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground was kept on standby to host back-to back matches against India, who won the traditional Boxing Day Test at the MCG by eight wickets on Tuesday.
'With Virat it is a funny one, we love to hate him but we also love to watch him bat as cricket fans. He certainly is polarising in that type of scenario. We love watching him bat, but we don't like seeing him score too many runs'
Petra Kvitova takes on Naomi Osaka in Saturday's Australian Open final with one of them set to emerge as a fresh champion at Melbourne Park.
Bhavna Pandit, 43, writes about her favourite book.
Australian cricket officials were put on alert after the number of cases in the northern beaches outbreak in Sydney reached 28 on Friday.
There's a new top dinosaur in town: The 122-foot-long Titanosaur.
Despite the recent injury setbacks, senior off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes that the current Australian team is the 'tightest group' that he has been a part of and is certainly in a much better space than what it was two years back, when India triumphed 1-2 in Tests.
Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with a throw of 87.86m at the ACNE League meeting in Potchefstroom, South Africa, making an impressive return after recovering from an elbow injury. The 22-year-old Indian, who missed the entire 2019 season due to the injury, breached the Olympic qualification mark of 85m in his fourth attempt and secured the top place at the international event on Tuesday.
Melbourne will host the traditional Boxing Day Test before the final match is played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3.
In Warner's absence, Shikhar Dhawan being a certainty in the playing eleven and the senior-most player in the set-up is likely to lead the side.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 2nd Test at Perth on Monday
South African flag-bearer Caster Semenya powered to the 1,500 metres title at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, keeping her bid for a golden double at the Gold Coast intact.
Ravindra Jadeja has taken 56 wickets against Australia, the most by a left-arm spinner from the subcontinent in his first 10 Tests against Australia, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
No one deserves the title thespian more than Dilip Kumar, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The Bharat Army showed up in all their splendour at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Day 1 of the 4th Test in Sydney on Thursday.
The actress, who turns 35 on July 18, will celebrate the big day with her family and friends in Mumbai.
Captain Steve Smith frustrated England with a fighting half-century and pushed Australia to 165 for four at the close of a see-sawing day two, rescuing the hosts after a top order collapse in the series-opening Ashes Test in Brisbane on Friday.
Sukanya Verma makes her predictions for the top awards at the 90th Academy Awards.
India lost the crucial wicket of opener Murali Vijay after Steven Smith led Australia's fightback with a magnificent century on his captaincy debut. He received able support from Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc, who both scored half-centuries. At close of play on Day 3 in the second Test , India were 71 for one in their second innings. Check out some images from the day's play.
India play five Tests that are part of the inaugural World Test Championship
The Serbian won 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to claim his 15th Grand Slam title.
In a rematch of their tumultuous 2018 US Open decider, Osaka underlined her status as the new queen of women's tennis and soaked up the cheers from the Rod Laver Arena crowd as fans returned to the Grand Slam after a five-day lockdown.
Japan's Nishikori was the first man representing an Asian country to break through to a Grand Slam final at the 2014 tournament before Marin Cilic stopped him in the title match.
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Wednesday.
Shikhar Dhawan's return to form may have given sleepless nights to KL Rahul, but ask the youngster and he would he shares a "good relationship" with the southpaw and the competition for opening slot is good for the team.
Austria's Dominic Thiem strained every sinew trying to cling on to the 32-year-old Spaniard and at times even gained a precarious foothold in his first Grand Slam final. But it ultimately proved a futile mission as, just like in all but two of Nadal's previous 87 matches here, the relentless Spaniard proved insurmountable, winning 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
The 42-metre-high sandstone monument, sometimes compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris was laid down by Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught.
The actor, who is taking the west by storm these days with his upcoming film Victoria & Abdul, was a surprise showstopper on Day 4 of Lakme Fashhion Week.
Manjrekar agreed that match referee David Boon had no option but to allow India a concussion substitute.
Kohli was full of praise for all his players but singled out Jadeja and Chahal for their efforts.
Bad light and intermittent rain led to substantial loss of play with only 25.3 overs bowled on day four.
