A one-on-one chat with the Master Blaster inspired 21-year-old opener Ibrahim Zadran to become the first player from Afghanistan to record a hundred in a World Cup match.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
The world number nine will play Hong Kong's fifth seed Angus Ng Ka Long in the last eight stage.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Tiger Woods appears to be unmatchable in appeal, even when he does not play well as at this year's Masters.
The organisers of European Masters Series tournaments will meet in Paris on Tuesday to discuss ways to curb the number of withdrawals by leading players.
It went from bad to worse for Viswanathan Anand. The World champion suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in the ninth and penultimate round of fifth Final Chess Masters in Bilbao, Spain. Having drawn the first eight games in the tournament, Anand was expected to hold fort against Carlsen, but the Indian ace cracked under pressure and went on to lose his first game in the tournament.
Carlos Alcaraz swatted aside a swarm of bees and world number six Alexander Zverev to reach the semi-finals at Indian Wells.
A look at the best batters in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Punjab Kings match.
The 43-year-old Bopanna and 35-year-old Ebden, who claimed two doubles titles on the ATP Tour earlier this year, will next face the unseeded British pair of Jacob Fearnley and Johannus Monday on Sunday.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was accorded a rousing reception upon his arrival at the airport in Chennai on Wednesday.
Rohan Bopanna clinched the coveted No. 1 spot in men's doubles at the Australian Open 2024
Leander Paes and his partner Daniel Nestor bowed out of Monte Carlo masters following a close defeat against Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka in Monaco.
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa committed a time-pressure blunder as he suffered defeat at the hands of Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the second round of Prague Masters Chess tournament in Prague.
Rohan Bopanna has set his sight on the Paris Olympics 2024 starting July 26 after winning his maiden men's doubles grand slam.
Novak Djokovic stopped American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to win the Montreal Masters on Sunday, capping his competitive debut as world number one with a record-setting title.
World number eight Rickie Fowler and reigning PGA Championship winner Jimmy Walker are the latest to criticise the controversial rule a day after American Lexi Thompson lost the year's first LPGA major after a surprising penalty.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to arrest their slump in form when they begin their campaign at the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Tuesday.
Roger Federer claimed one of the few titles to have previously eluded him after he overcame a sluggish start to beat injured Frenchman Gilles Simon in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday.
A lower back injury forced the American to miss the season-ending eight-man tournament starting in Shanghai on Sunday.
For the first time in 11 years, opening practice at the Masters was suspended and the merchandise shop can expect a run on umbrellas with more rain forecast for later in the week.
Saina Nehwal's semi-final outing in the China Masters Super Series turned out to be a lopsided affair as the ace Indian shuttler crashed out of the event after suffering a straight-game defeat at hands of her new nemesis Zhou Mi in Changzhou on Saturday.
Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami as well as the ongoing Monte Carlo Masters after suffering the injury he suffered at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer became the latest withdrawal at this week's Paris Masters when he pulled out due to exhaustion.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
In singles, Sumit Nagal was placed at world No. 256 as the top-ranked Indian men's singles player in ATP Rankings, while Asian Games bronze medallist Ankita Raina was the best India women's singles player at world No. 212.
Spain's Carlos Moya pulled out of next week's Paris Masters on Sunday with a shoulder injury, organisers said.
As part of his preparations for the second major of the season, the French Open, world number three Roger Federer will play in next week's Madrid Open, confirmed the tournament officials.
HS Prannoy, who occupies the 8th spot, is the best ranked Indian in the men's singles while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are placed 19th and 20th respectively.
Following a political bandh the tournament has been reduced to a three-day, 54-hold tournament.
Rory McIlroy won for the second time in three weeks and shattered the tournament record when he clinched a seven-stroke victory at the $7.1 million Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday.
Three contenders for the men's singles title at the Australian Open, which starts on Sunday.
World champion Viswanathan Anand's winless streak continued as he played out a tame draw against out-of-form Sergey Karjakin of Russia -- his fourth in as many games -- in the fourth round of fifth Final Masters in Sao Paulo.
Fifth seeds Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek were eliminated from the ATP Cincinnati Masters following their defeat to Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock, in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
The struggle of Indian women shuttlers on the BWF circuit is quite apparent, but Saina Nehwal backs her colleagues by saying that even the strong Chinese players are finding it difficult to dish out strong performances on a consistent basis and expressed hope that the lean patch of the singles players will end soon.
H S Prannoy has revealed that he has been battling a chronic gastrointestinal disorder for the past four months
Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar produced a thrilling performance
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm secured a berth in the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has charted his own path to glory and is closer to greatness than ever.
He is only the second Englishman following three-times champion Nick Faldo to win the coveted Green Jacket
