Citizen Kane fails to make the top 10 while The Fountain and Superman Returns make surprise appearances further down Empire's top 500 film poll.
India's chances of a medal went up in smoke as the team crashed to a heavy loss against Georgia in the seventh round of the World Women's Team Chess Championship in Chengdu, China.
As Ashish Nehra gets set to quit international cricket after the first T20I game against New Zealand in New Delhi this evening, Rajneesh Gupta presents the mighty fast bowler's top five performances.
Australia beat India by four wickets in a nail-biting finish after wicket-keeper Brad Haddin and James Faulkner held their nerves to help Australia go past India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Earlier, paceman Mitchell Starc captured a career-best 6-43 and Rohit Sharma hit a century as India put up a total of 267 for 8. Check out the images from the match...
Hosts India drew curtains to their disastrous campaign at the Hero Junior Men's Hockey World Cup by finishing a disappointing 10th after losing to arch-rivals Pakistan in a classification match at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on Sunday.
Indian media and public had developed negative feelings about Pakistan after the incident in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
Vanquished England skipper Alastair Cook blamed missed chances and lack of spin-bowling options for losing the fourth Test by an innings and 36 runs and with that the five-match series, in Mumbai on Monday.
The unorthodox spinner has been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the army after his match-winning exploits at the Asia Cup.
India brought in Murali Kartik in place of Virender Sehwag while left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman replaced Rao Ifthikar Anjum in the Pakistan team.
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"I said that about the captain Morgan and everybody went mad, but maybe England aren't either."
Bangladesh is set to beat India's garment exports in the wake of an appreciating rupee.
England were "desperate" to win the second Test against New Zealand to end an eight-match streak without a victory, captain Michael Vaughan said on Monday.
Captain Paresh Shivalkar's goal in the 62nd minute gave the Mumbai team victory in the I-League match.
Australian batsman George Bailey has claimed that his side's World Cup squad has played consistently since the past 12 or 18 months, despite injuries, inexperience and the pressure of a home tournament bearing down on them.
The Australian captain asked his batsmen to take a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar's batting if they want to beat India in the second tri-series final.
The fast bowler took five for 58 to follow up on Ricky Ponting's brilliant century as Australia beat India by 18 runs.
Glenn Maxwell earned the nickname 'Big Show' for his exciting but often irresponsible shot-making and was often criticised for throwing away his wicket while going for boundaries too early in his innings.
Lost in transition, defending champions Sri Lanka will look to come out of the rut and start well against a spirited Afghanistan in their World Twenty20 Super 10 opener at Eden Gardens on Thursday. The defending champions, who were also runners-up in 2009 and 2012, have managed to win only four of their 14 matches since they beat India to win the 2014 edition in Mirpur. They are in the middle of a transition phase after Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene's exit. The build-up to the tournament was also forgettable with series defeats in New Zealand and India followed by an early ouster in Asia Cup. To add to the misery, their 2014 WT20 winning skipper Lasith Malinga has stepped down as leader of the team, following concern over his slow recovery from a knee injury. Now Test and ODI skipper Angelo Mathews' task is cutout. Having joined the squad on Tuesday, Malinga is a doubtful starter for the match. His presence in the team would impact the team a lot.
Pakistan youngsters are keen to make an impression against the arch-rivals in their opening fixture at the Adelaide Oval.
Zimbabwe's stand-in cricket captain Sikander Raza praised his teammates for upstaging India in the second T20 International.
Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf's record 168-run partnership was the turning point as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in the fifth and final ODI in Jaipur.
New coach Geoff Lawson has described India vs Pakistan as the mother of all battles in cricket.
Australia beat India by 48 runs in a thrilling end to the first Test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, with Nathan Lyon picking up seven wickets after Virat Kohli scored an inspired century for the visitors.
Yuvraj Singh's brilliant 121 was in vain as India went down by 47 runs in the third ODI.
The 21-year-old came up with a fine all-round performance to help England beat India by three wickets in the fourth ODI.
'It is very difficult to pick one team to win the World Cup but there is going to a whole lot of pressure on the teams in the knock-out stage'
The victory kept alive the Central Asians' hopes of making the final in the Nehru Cup football tournament.
Alastair Cook and Ian Bell scored maiden centuries as England beat India by 104 runs in the first ODI.
Ravindra Jadeja made a memorable comeback to Test cricket with a five-wicket haul as India scored a resounding 108-run victory against South Africa in a low scoring Test match. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 3 of the first Test match, in Mohali, on Saturday.
Hanging on to fourth spot on the points table, a loss tomorrow will shatter India's semi-final hopes.
Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lost their singles matches before scoring a consolation victory in the mixed doubles which followed.
It may be Kumar Sangakkara's farewell game but the Indian team is all focused on previous match's centurion Dinesh Chandimal with leg-spinner Amit Mishra vowing not to allow a repeat show by the Sri Lanka batman in the second Test, starting in Colombo on Wednesday.
Steve Smith and George Bailey's brilliant knocks overshadowed Rohit Sharma's magnificent 171 as Australia beat India by five wickets in the first ODI of the five-match series in Perth on Tuesday.
Carolina Marin broke Indian hearts as the World No.1 beat second seed Saina Nehwal in straight game to lift the World Championships title in Jakarta.
Australia 'A' batsmen again showed their prowess in tackling spin on a difficult track as they comfortably beat India by three wickets to enter the final of the tri-series tournament, in Chennai, on Monday.
India lost 0-1 at home and suffered their second straight defeat in the Olympic football qualifier.
Kumar Sangakkarra scored a superb century as the visitors beat India by five runs in the second ODI of the series.
The West Indies included pacemen Corey Collymore and Fidel Edwards for Ian Bradshaw and Dwayne Smith in the team for the match against England.
West Indies captain Brian Lara said there will be no room for experimenting in Saturday's Champions Trophy match despite his team qualifying for the semi-finals.
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