Runs continue to leak from Tillakaratne Dilshan's bat as the dashing opener struck a composed 104 to steer Sri Lanka to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the opening match of the tri-series in Mirput on Monday.
'Of all the Superstar Khans, I still believe that Shah Rukh Khan is the one most capable of surprising me,' says Sreehari Nair. 'I always have this feeling that that great Shah Rukh Khan turn that would somehow hold all his vaporously brilliant elements together is just around the corner.'
It was Venus's turn to write the Williams plot line at Wimbledon on Wednesday as she survived a gripping three-set battle with 40-year-old Japanese Kimiko Date-Krumm.
'There is a point near the hill where you kill the engine and park your vehicle in neutral.' 'The vehicle automatically slides a few inches, which the locals believe is due to the magnetic power of the hill.'
Funny People, a comedic drama with Sandler leading the cast had a disappointing opening at the US box office.
'If you batted an eyelid and drifted the vehicle a little, you'd certainly hit the unsteady rocks and meet your end. Or so it seemed.' 'By the way, did I tell you that we were cruising at approximately 12,000 feet and above?'
'As the night wore on, we could hear insects, see fireflies and slowly, the stars took over the naked sky.' 'For those of us who spend the largest part of our lives in a cement jungle and wake up to machine sounds, this was music.'
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
Dinesh Karthik was out on 91 as India ended Day 1 in the third Test against England on 316 for 4.
The defeat at the Lyon indoor tournament means Baghdatis faces a struggle to make the season-ending Masters Cup.
The pay may not be the greatest, but ... location, location, location.
Serena Williams continued her love affair with Melbourne by easing to an emphatic 6-3, 6-4 victory over an in-form Elena Dementieva to advance to a fourth Australian Open final in Melbourne on Thursday. The 27-year-old Williams will meet another Russian in the title match, taking on third seed Dinara Safina, who overpowered compatriot Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-6.
Germany's two-goal match-winner Lukas Podolski said the hosts are growing as a team and in confidence.
Remember the Titans will kick-start the sports movie festival on TEN Sports
Arsenal also suffered a shock defeat when they went down 2-1 at Stoke City and Hull City came from 1-4 down to push Manchester United all the way before losing 4-3 at Old Trafford, in the English Premier League.
Roger Federer and Mareia Sharapova provided proved too strong in gale-force winds to breeze into the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday.
'Of the countless protagonists I encountered at the movies in 2015,' says Sukanya Verma, 'these seven are enduringly unique and notable. They possess that extra something that's not always on paper but earns distinction on the silver screen.'
The famed top order crumbled but Dinesh Karthik's bravura unbeaten 56 and Manoj Tiwary's (36) gutsy cameo enabled Delhi Daredevils eke out a thrilling five-wicket win against Mumbai Indians to cling on to their semi-final hopes in the Indian Premier League on Saturday night. For once, the Daredevils middle order took the onus on itself to pull off an improbable win with Karthik being the architect of the victory that helped them stay afloat in the tournament.
In fact, while IT bellwether Infosys Technologies (his earlier employer) got a drubbing at the bourses for not posting "better than expected" results, iGate stumped investors a couple of days back by announcing it plans to buy back shares from the public and delist from the Indian stock markets, while remaining listed in the US.
New York City's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) showcased The Clock, a meticulous effort showing clocks and watches from thousands of films from the last 100 years of cinema.
Wayamba Elevens defeated Victoria Bushrangers by 15 runs in last Group D match of the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 but it was not enough for the Sri Lankan side to progress to the next stage of the event as they missed out on net run-rate.
Hours after she returned to Earth onboard shuttle Atlantis after a record 195-day stay in space, Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams was chosen Person of the Week by a leading US television network.
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and movies.
It will be powered by a supersonic combustion ramjet (Scramjet) engine that takes oxygen from the atmosphere and burns liquid hydrogen.
Fifteen years after the break up of the Soviet Union and after signing several declarations and partnership pacts, New Delhi and Moscow failed this year to translate their political trust into tangible results in economic interaction and trade.
Tendulkar reveals how his anxiety about the match against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup kept him awake for nights.
Boring batsman, boring bloke. Can Gary Kirsten really be as dull in real life as he is at the crease.
Priyanka Chopra on stereotypes, movies and more.
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