'If Richie Benaud was born to play cricket and born to lead, he was also born to commentate on the game he graced with his inspirational presence.'
Here's a quick glance at the nominees.
Praising opener Shikhar Dhawan's match-winning century against South Africa, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the left-hander played smart by staying at the crease even after getting his hundred.
Life Of Pi's Suraj Sharma lands a nomination as well.
Australia scored three late tries to beat Scotland 35-15 in their first outing since last year's rugby World Cup final loss to England.
The South African golfer emerged sole leader after the first round in the Indian Open.
Rubbishing the speculations that all is not well in Indian dressing room, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that these imaginary stories that have come out could be made into a movie by Warner brothers.
'Today it is a studio being held to ransom, tomorrow it will be a government, an entire nation. I don't see anyone laughing when that happens,' says Suparn Verma.
The opener hit an unbeaten half century as New Zealand ended a rain-shortened day 1 in the second Test against Pakistan at 151 for five.
Day 4 in the first Test was dominated by Australian performances. First, spinner Nathan Lyon bagged his sixth five-wicket haul as India were dismissed for 444 in the first innings. Then, opener David Warner continued in his sublime form and struck his second century of the match as the home side put up 290 for five in their second innings, an overall lead of 363 runs. Here are images from Friday's play at the Adelaide Oval.
Danny Ellis leads the field after the penultimate round in the six-day Final Qualifying Stage of the US PGA Tour.
The Indian golfing ace catapulted from overnight tied-seventh position to a sole second place finish at the US$300,000 Acer Taiwan Open.
Tiger Woods equalled Byron Nelson's 54-year-old PGA Tour record of 113 consecutive cuts but it is Vijay Singh who leads the Funai Classic.
Two big derbies and an eventful weekend of football awaits us all...
The Emmy nominations for 2018.
Woods overcame Adam Scott of Australia while Toms beat Peter Lonard \n\nin the semi-finals.
The world No. golfer scored an easy third-round victory in the world matchplay event.
Diego Maradona enjoyed a winning start as Argentina coach with victory over Scotland on Wednesday while Marcello Lippi equalled a world record in charge of Italy. Among the pick of the other friendlies in Europe, a late header from captain John Terry earned England a 2-1 win against old foes Germany, European champions Spain swept Chile aside 3-0 and Robin van Persie's brace helped the Netherlands beat Sweden 3-1.
The Chandigarh-based pro was six-under 210 for the tournament at the halfway stage of the six-round event.
If you have kids, or can manage to feel as awestruck as one, this film, starring Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci and directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski, is for you.
Aaron Ramsey scored a hat-trick on Saturday as Arsenal thrashed Everton 5-1 in the Premier League at the Emirates with a display of free-flowing football that the Gunners have sorely lacked away from home this season.
Images from the fourth One-Day International between Australia and India in Canberra, on Wednesday.
The 85th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
Pakistan's Khan Research Laboratories, which was founded by nuclear scientist A Q Khan, had clandestinely supplied centrifuge components to a nuclear plant intended to be installed in Libya, a new book has claimed.
Jyoti Randhawa and Chapchai Nirat are in joint lead after the penultimate round at Indian Open golf.
This edition of the tournament will also witness a qualifying event in Hyderabad from September 19 to 21 followed by the main event from September 23 to October 9.
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Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, with a batting strike-rate of 82.1 and an economy rate of 4.2, was tops.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The 22-year-old British rookie secured his second victory in a row and moved 10 points clear in the Formula One championship.
With nearly a quarter of U.S. energy shares' value wiped out by oil's six-month slide, investors are wondering if the sector has taken enough punishment and whether it is time to pile back in ahead of earnings reports later this month.
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