Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
Sealing the match with a thumping serve, the 2014 US Open champion will bid for his second grand slam title against Friday's winner of Roger Federer and South Korea's rising star Chung Hyeon.
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
India's senior golfer Jeev Milkha Singh had a good weekend with rounds of five-under 67 and one-under 71 to finish tied 24th at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championships in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
'She is a star and that has nothing to do with where she was born.' 'I always say about her that, wherever she would have been born and whatever job she would have done, she would have been a star
Mystery shrouds the suicide by a first year student of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur where eight students have ended their lives over the past five years.
This student bagged half a million US dollars in scholarships and educated herself after being left on the road with a baby to look after.
Dada Saheb Phalke Award-winning cinematographer V K Murthy describes his cinematic journey.
'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair. 'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to extend the range of the feminine mystique in Hindi cinema.'
Top seed Rafa Nadal ran hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic ragged in a 7-5, 6-3 victory to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open on Thursday.
Whether in a dramatic rags to riches story or in our daily struggles with our weight or habits, motivation is the factor that makes you work until the desired results are obtained.
'If someone told me (I would end the year as number one) at that time it was looking quite improbable'
'...are the deep ruts and fissures in the rotting fabric of our cities and the incompetence of elected leaders and administrators,' notes Sunil Sethi.
The actress tell us about her favourite on-screen mothers-in-law
World soccer great Diego Armando Maradona, who died on Wednesday less than a month after his 60th birthday, was worshipped like a god for his genius with the ball, but his demons almost destroyed him.
Former world number one Maria Sharapova sounded out a warning to her rivals on Tuesday after demolishing fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 6-1, 6-1 in 54 minutes to advance to the third round of the Italian Open.
Images from Day 7 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
His was the ideal rags-to-riches story. He rose from humble beginnings to found India's largest industrial empire, and, in the process, became one of the world's richest men. He rewrote India's corporate history.
Tennis players need to respect ball boys and ball girls, Roger Federer said in the wake of a row following Fernando Verdasco's rant over a sweaty towel.
When she was 18, Vaishali Shadangule (nee Talankar) walked out of her parents' home in a small town in Madhya Pradesh with no money. Today, the fashion designer runs a fashion brand in Mumbai that employs 65 people. This is her rags-to-riches tale.
Rajeev Srinivasan on one of the best film festivals in India.
A spirited Ivory Coast ran the Portugal defence ragged before settling for a goalless draw against the 2006 semi-finalists in their Group G match of the FIFA World Cup in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
A Sikh truck driver in the US has alleged that traffic police in Mississippi called him a "terrorist" and a county judge later humiliated him by describing his turban as "that rag."
BCCI President Shashank Manohar on Tuesday flew into the capital to hold discussions with former cricket board chief Sharad Pawar in the wake of the ragging controversy surrounding the cash-awash Indian Premier League.
His journey from rags to untold riches has fired millions of dreams. The common man thinks of him as 'one of us' -- a homegrown genius who became a legend in his own lifetime.
The Indian team management believes the best way for players to switch off from the game is enjoying each other's company off the field.
England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday to leave their World Cup qualification hanging on the final matches.
England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday to leave their World Cup qualification hanging on the final matches.
Rafael Nadal zipped around Court Philippe Chatrier as though he had rockets in his heels on Wednesday during a straight sets quarter-final win over Nicolas Almagro but he was still not quick enough for the umpire.
What has peeved the administration most is the civilian government's lack of control of its border areas and failed peace deals with extremist elements. These failed efforts by Islamabad have led to exponential growth of these jihadis. The mounting evidence of the collusion of Pakistani intelligence with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, in launching attacks against American forces in Afghanistan, is worrying the Bush administration.
Giampaolo Pazzini struck an 89th-minute equaliser on his Levante debut to earn his side a deserved 2-2 draw against struggling giants Real Madrid on Saturday.
'This year, we know the virus. Last year we didn't know anything about it.' 'The best part is that for the Indian population there has been some amount of cross protection.'
Pakistan beat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge on Monday as the World Cup's first centuries from Joe Root and Jos Buttler were not enough to help the hosts and pre-tournament favourites overhaul the huge target of 349 set for them.
It was a scene destined for posterity, and sporting showreels the world over, and one which prompted tears from South Africans on the field and off it.
Images from the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and Netherlands in Johannesburg, on Sunday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday invited Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to campaign in Bihar, a move that is sure to be a red rag to the Janata Dal-United and may revive a bitter clash between the two coalition partners ahead of the assembly elections.
Jolly Days is the remake of Telugu Hit Happy Days by Shekhar Khammula. Director M.D.Sreedhar has remained faithful to the original. Micky J Meyer's song compositions and performances of new artists like Niranan, Keerthi, Aishwarya Nag, Sree Raghav are top class. Go for it.
England enjoyed a triumphant home send-off to the World Cup when an unfamiliar team packed with reserves outmuscled a skillful Mexico side 3-1 in their last home friendly at Wembley on Monday.
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