Former NBA player Lamar Patterson had his French bulldog seized by notoriously strict Australian customs officials who found the animal stashed inside the athlete's hand luggage.
Former all-rounder Andrew Symonds says the infamous "monkeygate" scandal with India a decade ago drove him to drink as he opened up Friday on how his life started spiralling out of control.
Riding high on an emphatic victory in the fifth ODI against West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram, the Indian team celebrated their 3-1 series triumph at the team hotel on Thursday.
"I think the selectors have already addressed this if I'm not wrong. And he's [Dhoni] been spoken to, firstly... So, I don't see any reason why I should be sitting here and explaining that. I think the selectors have come out and explained exactly what happened," said Virat Kohli.
"Virat has developed immensely as a player over the years. I always saw that spark in him and always felt he is going to be one of the leading players in the world, not just of this generation, but one of the leading players of all time," reckoned Sachin Tendulkar.
"If you need another bowler, Jadeja becomes the key there with the team balance," said Virat Kohli in the post-match press conference suggesting even though Jadeja will be in the scheme of things, he may not be the preferred spin option.
Roger Federer reckoned that he felt the love of the French public sweep over him when made a long-awaited return to competitive action in Paris on Thursday to launch his bid for a 100th career title.
South Africa promised not to wind up Australia over ball-tampering Sunday when they meet for the first time since this year's ill-fated Test series, when a cheating scandal plunged Australian cricket into disgrace.
West Indies were bowled out for a paltry 104 in 31.5 overs and India chased down the target in 14.1 overs losing just one wicket finishing the match in just over three-and-a-half-hours and in the process making the threat of possible evening showers irrelevant.
The West Indies players had run out of steam by the fifth ODI, admitted coach Stuart Law after the team's crushing loss here on Thursday.
Even as Hardik finds himself out of the Indian team for the rest of 2018 after suffering a bad back injury during the Asia Cup, there's joy in the Pandya household.
Sprint king Usain Bolt's attempt to become a professional footballer with Australia's Central Coast Mariners collapsed Friday as his trial period was terminated after contract talks failed.
Former Test captain Mark Taylor has downplayed his chances of leading Cricket Australia, with interim chairman Earl Eddings favourite to take over after the organisation was rocked by a ball-tampering scandal.
Kevin De Bruyne suffered an injury scare as League Cup holders Manchester City moved into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win against Fulham on Thursday.
Santiago Solari came through the dress rehearsal with flying colours but now for the real thing.
Anthony Martial may finally be fulfilling his enormous potential amid a turbulent season at Manchester United as Jose Mourinho plots how best to use his attacking resources.
Dele Alli's reaction to signing a new six-year deal with Tottenham this week underlined why Mauricio Pochettino is so valuable to the north London club amid claims the Argentine coach is growing restless.
Handed an unforgiving start as Arsenal's first new manager for nearly a quarter of a century, Unai Emery has quickly put defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea behind him with a 13-game unbeaten run to earn the respect of the Gunners' support.
In what was a mock practice session of sorts, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, wearing punching mitts, was seen helping Mary Kom perfect some of her signature moves. Mary shared a video on Twitter saying, "Seeing is believing. Thank you Hon’ble @Ra_THORe ji for all the support and encouragement.”
In the wake of sexual harassment charges against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, the independent inquiry committee, formed by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), met on Thursday in Mumbai to look into the allegations.
