Here is what you need to know about the year's Australian Open:
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
After becoming the first person to win all three events at three consecutive Olympic Games, Usain Bolt has a surprise for his fans. Bolt, who won 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events in Rio posted pictures of his new assignment.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), reeling from the fallout from the team's withdrawal from the tour of India, is facing fresh pressure from its worried commercial and broadcast partners.
A depleted Indian team, sans senior players Sachin Tendulkar and regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived in the Carbbean for a limited overs series against the West Indies, starting on Saturday.
The $20 million winner-takes-all Twenty20 Stanford match between England and a West Indies team will go ahead in Antigua on Nov. 1, the BBC reported on Thursday. The BBC quoted tournament organisers as saying a dispute between the organisers and the sponsors of West Indies' cricket had been resolved.
The $20 million Twenty20 Stanford match between England and an all-star West Indies team could be in doubt after the Caribbean islands' board lost a High Court case.
The players have now agreed to sign contracts for the Australia tour subject to negotiations.
Lara, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo, who were all among the players sponsored by Cable & Wireless, were named in the squad for the second Test.
West Indies captain Brian Lara is one of seven senior players who will not be selected for the home series because of a sponsorship dispute.
Seven senior players will not be selected for the home series against South Africa and Pakistan because of a sponsorship dispute.\n
The left-hander will head a 14-man squad for a triangular ODI tournament against hosts Australia and Pakistan starting next month.
The first Test starts on March 31 in Guyana but West Indies will be without Lara and six other leading players because of a contract dispute.
Airtel already offers services in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and 17 African countries apart from India.
A select 12 matches will also be broadcast in Malayalam via Asianet Plus.
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