Dear Mr Spielberg, can we now put to rest this overstretched, bloated dinosaur franchise? asks Aseem Chhabra.
Australia's leg-spinner Bryce McGain will return to Australia from the tour of India after failing to recover sufficiently from a right shoulder injury sustained while playing for Australia A last month. Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said the decision to send McGain home was made after it was determined that the Victorian leg spinner would not be able to bowl for the majority of the four-Test series in India.
Here are some of the most scintillating images from across the globe in the last seven days.
Ahead of the Victoria's Secret show, the model posed in a racy black slip dress on the cover.
Indian women's team was dealt a big blow after vice-captain and premier batswoman Harmanpreet Kaur was ruled out of the upcoming limited overs series against England with an ankle injury.
Two young ski racers training with the US development-level ski team were killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps on Monday.
South Africa returned to overhaul the 192 target with 10 balls to spare, riding on Jonathan Bird's 121-ball 88.
Also a new record for Universal.
The Victoria Bushrangers team for the Champions League T20, which kicks-off in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, September 10.
Dhoni fetches 'Spirit of Cricket' honour.
South Africa's all-time leading scorer Benni McCarthy was one of five players cut from the World Cup hosts' squad on Tuesday as coach Carlos Alberto Parreira settled on his 23 players for the June 11-July tournament. The decision to ditch McCarthy was a major surprise but follows criticism concerning the forward's fitness. Parreira also dropped defender Bryce Moon and goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez in two other surprise cuts.
Julia Gillard was announced on Thursday as Australia's first woman prime minister after Kevin Rudd stepped down in tears as the ruling Labour Party's leader at a ballot meeting.
Australia, thirsting for revenge after their home defeat by South Africa, could include three debutants in the first Test starting on Thursday.
With Jason Krejza failing to convince that he has it in him to trouble the Indian batsmen in the forthcoming Test series, Australia decided to rush in Victorian all-rounder Cameron White as replacement for injured spinner Bryce McGain.
Twenty-year-old Phillip Hughes will replace retired opener Matthew Hayden in Australia's squad for the three-Test tour of South Africa. The squad includes three other uncapped players in fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus, batsman Marcus North and 36-year-old leg-spinner Bryce McGain.
Australia's already depleted spin attack lost more sting on Wednesday with leg-spinner Bryce McGain ruled out of the first Test against India due to a shoulder injury. The 36-year-old picked up the injury while touring India with the Australia A side last month and developed a sore shoulder after Tuesday's practice session in Hyderabad.
A goal in each half from Mancini and Adriano gave Inter Milan a 2-0 win over Panathinaikos in their opening Champions League Group B game on Tuesday.
Predicting a close contest in the upcoming series against India, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said he was keenly looking forward to the tour as it is one of the great places to play cricket.
Legendary spinner Shane Warne on Saturday gave his thumbs-up to the selection of leg-spinner Bryce McGain for the Test tour of India, saying the 36-year-old is Australia's new number one Test spinner. McGain, who has played only 19 first-class matches and taken 57 wickets at 33, on Friday was named as Australia's frontline spinner for the arduous four-Test tour of India and will partner rookie Tasmanian off-spinner Jason Krejza in a 15-man squad.
India discard Mohd. Kaif struck a useful unbeaten half century (68) to help India 'A' recover from a disastrous start as the hosts reached 180 for four on the first day of the three-day match against Australia 'A' in Bangalore on Wednesday.
A woman TV news reporter and a cameraman conducting a live on-air interview were killed on the spot when a "disgruntled station employee" opened fire at a mall in US state of Virginia and fled, shocking viewers who saw the grisly drama on their TVs.
Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V Raman. Jairam Ramesh reveals why he decided to write a book on Edwin Arnold, who wrote The Light of Asia.
Two-time NBA champion LeBron James wed long-time girlfriend Savannah Brinson on Saturday at the exclusive Capella Chapel, at the Grand Del Mar Resort, in San Diego, California. The three-day nuptial celebrations, under a strict 'no phone or camera' policy, began with a welcome barbecue for guests on Friday, and concluded with a farewell brunch on Sunday.
Stunning photographs have captured the Perseid meteor shower that has delighted stargazers across the world.
This year has been the year of the no travel, which has left millions reminiscing on adventure-filled trips abroad. To celebrate the wonder of world travel, thousands of photography enthusiasts entered Agora #Travel2020, sharing the moments they feel captured the true essence of exploration. Octavi Royo, Agora's co-founder and CEO, said: "Thanks to these photos, we can travel to some amazing corners of our planet and see them from the point of view of travel photographers." Scroll down to see our pick of the shortlisted images...
'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is every bit a horror film split into predictable hostility and periodic close calls,' says Sukanya Verma.
Yes, a *lot* happened at the Hollywood Film Awards.
In a breakthrough, an Indian-American scientist at the prestigious MIT has developed a simple, cheap, paper test that could improve cancer diagnosis rates and help people get treated earlier.
'Jurassic World is a perfectly passable blockbuster with a B-movie heart -- but why on earth would you want to watch something so unremarkable when Mad Max: Fury Road is still in theatres and gets better on each viewing?' asks Raja Sen.
Twenty-seven-year-old Cassandra De Pecol has just 15 countries remaining to complete her mission.
The award function was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Australia's search for a successor to Shane Warne is yet to bear fruit nearly a decade after he retired, so Adam Zampa is naturally wary about comparisons with the leg-spinning great.
Australia's Conservative challenger Tony Abbott on Saturday stormed to power with a thumping victory in national polls, as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded defeat ending six years of Labor Party rule.
Hours after Ed Husic became Australia's first ever Muslim minister, he was flooded with online racial abuse for taking oath of office on the Quran.
Cyber espionage operations dated back to at least 2005
Pete's Dragon feels like a rare breath of clean air in the cluttered, loud blockbuster universe, says Raja Sen.
Rediff.com Senior Contributor P Rajendran reports from New York on how the Indian-American researcher's pioneering work may wipe out the visible effect of Alzheimer's disease.
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