A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Nick Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic gave Australia an unwanted reputation as a breeding ground for tennis brats during a tempestuous 2015 and the pair will be firmly under the spotlight in front of home crowds at Melbourne Park. With former world number one Lleyton Hewitt set to retire and the last of his two grand slam titles at the 2002 Wimbledon championships a distant memory, Australia has long yearned for a new force in men's tennis to challenge at the majors. Tomic, 23, and Kyrgios, 20, have both been tagged as the future of the sport in the country but the excitement generated by their undeniable talent gave way to dismay last season as the pair hogged the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Rediff.com brings you the second instalment of the Best Sports Photos of the Year!
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
List of French Open men's singles champions:
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
A Harry Potter walking tour in Edinburgh takes Veenu Sandhu to places that may have inspired the characters.
A quick look at the Oscar 2016 nominations.
Images from matches played on Day 7 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Sunday
Images from Day 5 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.
Images from Day 6 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Saturday.
The 2nd major of the year, the French Open will start on the weekend. With the clay-court grand slam starting on Sunday, here is the list of French Open champions over the years
Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky continued to swipe past the seeds at the Wuhan Open on Wednesday by dumping World No 4 Maria Sharapova from the hard court tournament with a 7-6(3), 7-5 victory.
Dani Alves has blamed the media for Brazil's unsuccessful World Cup campaign but conceded that the team did not prepare properly ahead of the humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany in the semi-final.
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