Statistical highlights at the end of second day's play in the first cricket Test between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Friday.

# Virender Sehwag, for the third time in a calendar year, has aggregated 1,000 runs or more -- the first two instances were -- 1141 at an average of 63.38 in 12 Tests in 2004 and 1462 at 56.23 in 14 Tests in 2008.

English champions Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season but Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid were held 0-0 at Real Mallorca and German champions Bayern suffered a shock defeat to Kaiserslautern.

India recorded their biggest defeat to New Zealand in terms of runs, surpassing the 108-run loss at Dunedin on March 1, 1990.

Statistical highlights on the fifth day of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday.

Since December 2009, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has lost seven tosses. Virender Sehwag, in Dhoni's absence, led India in the Chittagong Test in January 2010, and lost the toss. India have now lost eight tosses in a row since December 2009.

Statistical highlights on the third day of the first Test between India and Sri Lanka at Galle on Tuesday.

Bayern Munich all but secured the Bundesliga title with victory over VfL Bochum. The English Premier League contest will go to the wire next Sunday as leaders Chelsea and second-placed Manchester United both won. Inter's 2-0 win at Lazio was cheered by both sets of fans because it meant the home team's bitter city rivals AS Roma dropped back to second.

We invited readers to shares their travel pics. Here we present some of the photos we received. Share yours!

Kripalu Maharaj, whose ashram witnessed a stampede killing 63 people, fled from the complex two hours after the tragedy and is untraceable, a district official said on Friday.

The unbroken seventh-wicket 259-run partnership between Laxman and Dhoni is India's highest for the seventh wicket in Tests, surpassing the 235 between Ravi Shastri and Syed Kirmani against England at Mumbai in November 1984.

Dale Steyn's figures of seven for 51 are his best ever in Test cricket, bettering the six for 49 he took against New Zealand at Centurion in November 2007.

Following are the statistical highlights at the end of the second and final India-Bangladesh Test at Mirpur on Wednesday.

Following are the statistical highlights of the opening day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Mirpur.

After attacking and racially abusing an Indian taxi driver, an Australian man tried to break his own finger to avoid being interrogated by the police, a Geelong court has heard. The Victoria police told the Geelong Magistrate's Court how Madden tried to break his own finger and took a large bite from his hand to avoid being interviewed by the police.Melis said the taxi driver was 'clearly terrified and horrified' after being punched, threatened and racially abused.

India's magnificent win by seven wickets is their third in a row at the Barabati Stadium, having won their previous two games -- by 20 runs against West Indies on January 24, 2007 and by six wickets against England on November 26, 2008.

Statistical highlights of the fifth day's play in the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka.

Following are the statistical highlights of day four of the third and final India-Sri Lanka Test match in Mumbai.

Sehwag, with 491 runs, at an average of 122.75 in four innings, including two hundreds and one fifty, is the leading run-getter in the present series, a record for India against Sri Lanka in a Test series.

Statistical highlights on the fifth and final day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad.

Statistical highlights of the third day's play in the first Test between India and Sri lanka in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

Statistical highlights of the first India-Australia ODI in Vadodara.

Following are the statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy final match between Australia and New Zealand at Centurion.

Statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy Group B match between New Zealand and England on Tuesday.

Statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy Group B match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Statistical highlights of the Champions Trophy Group B match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

Statistical highlights of the ODI tri-series final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo.

Is your love life under pressure? Are you troubled by your relationship? Get Ahead's Love Guru hosted a chat with readers on July 9 to help them deal with love problems. For those of you who missed it, here's the transcript.

Everything you wanted to know about 'Sunny' Gavaskar.

Deccan Chargers won the IPL Trophy with a superb six-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. Last year they had finished bottom in the eight-team tournament. Adam Gilchrist was adjudged the Player of the Tournament, thanks to his brilliant captaincy, 495 runs (ave.30.93) in 16 matches as batsman and 18 dismissals as wicketkeeper.

Despite not claiming a single wicket in the semi-final, Anil Kumble is still the top wicket-taker for Bangalore in the IPL 2009, scalping 17 at 19.47 runs apiece.

Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist (85 off 35 balls) registered the fastest IPL fifty. With his 17-ball half-century, Gilchrist surpassed the 21-ball 50s registered by Yusuf Pathan (2008) and Brendon McCullum (2009). Gilchrist's 17-ball half-century is the fifth fastest in Twenty20.

Statistical highlights of the IPL match between Deccan Chargers and Rajasthan Royals. Yusuf is the fourth batsman to amass 600 runs in the IPL, joining Gilchrist (646), Suresh Raina (621) and Shanu Marsh (616).

With 23 wickets at 19.43 runs apiece, Shane Warne has surpassed Sohail Tanvir's tally of 22 at an average of 12.09. Warne is now the leading wicket-taker in the IPL.

A federal lawsuit in Iowa alleges that two men orchestrated a scheme to underpay workers who came into the country on H-1B visas

Statistical highlights of the first one-day international match between India and Sri lanka in Dambulla on Wednesday.

Statistical highlights on the fourth day of the second and final cricket Test between India and England in Mohali on Monday.

Statistical highlights on the fourth day of the first Test between India and England inj Chennai on Sunday.

From a hard core Leftist in the late 1960s to being the liberal face, Palaniappan Chidambaram combines in him the qualities of a bold reformer, experienced administrator and a taskmaster in whatever assignment is given to him.

India celebrated their 700th One-Day International with a 19-run victory, their 20th against England in India in 33 games.