From pain to pleasure: Novak Djokovic's rocky road to magnificent seven

• Djokovic is now just two behind Nadal's total of 17 Grand Slams and five shy of Roger Federer's record of 20
• Djokovic's ability to thrive among the greats has never been in doubt, but the size of his heart often led to questions

We have to look for heroes in sports, make them icons: PKL's Anupam Goswami

• In conversation with Anupam Goswami, league commissioner of Pro Kabaddi League and chief executive, Mashal Sports
• Goswami spoke on the evolution of PKL, the reasons behind the decline in viewership, and the future of the league

In IPL, the batsmen have never had it better

In IPL 2008, the average runs per over was 7.98. Ten years on, this has increased to 8.69. And much of that increase is coming from boundary hits

IPL 2019 creates high social media buzz: Report

• RCB captain, Virat Kohli got the maximum number of mentions (501,000) on social media followed by CSK’s MS Dhoni (312,000)
• 80% of the conversations around the IPL were carried out by men and 71% of all conversations originated from within India

I was a little shocked after not being picked for Australia series: Karthik

• Karthik is a happy man and for the next one month, remains focused on captaining KKR in the IPL
• Karthik's selection over the young Rishabh Pant became the talking point after the team was announced on Monday

Selectors play safe, leave out Rishabh Pant from India World Cup 2019 team

• Selectors opt for Dinesh Karthik over Rishabh Pant as stand-in wicketkeeper for MS Dhoni in India's World Cup 2019 squad
• This after Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals) blasted 78 off 27 balls against a bowling attack that included Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians) in IPL 2019

Donald Trump on China trade spat: 'We're going to win either way'

• Trump's administration has slapped tariffs on $250 billion worth of imports of Chinese goods
• The world's two biggest economies are nine months into a trade war that has cost billions of dollars

Donald Trump to award Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom

• The one-stroke win at Augusta National led to an outpouring of support from sports greats and politicians including Trump
• The victory on Sunday was one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, as the 43-year-old ended an 11-year major title drought

Rishabh Pant was almost there, says MSK Prasad after another 'near miss'

• Before the 2017 Champions Trophy in England, Pant was kept on stand-by and once again according MSK Prasad, Pant was 'almost there'
• While Karthik has certainly proved himself as a finisher in the last 18 months, not having Pant on that plane to England is a bigger surprise

Tiger Woods's Masters win a major boost for the brands still with him

• Tiger Woods’s fifth Masters title is also a win for his sponsors
• Woods’s return to the center of golf’s biggest stage will probably drive added interest in pro golf for awhile

Ahead of ICC World Cup 2019, India faces a Kohli-Dhoni conundrum

• With 100 IPL wins, M.S. Dhoni shows he’s the best limited overs captain, but Virat Kohli is having his worst IPL
• ODI captain Virat Kohli, although a good leader, has fallen short in tactics repeatedly over a long period of time

Why teams are preferring to bowl first in IPL

Since 2016, the teams winning the toss have opted to bowl first more than 8 out of 10 times, underscoring a greater conviction in the art of the chase

345 million viewers watched IPL in first two weeks, says Star

• Star said that television viewership delivered 29.8 million average impressions for the first two weeks
• Star said that its regional broadcast push has further fuelled IPL viewership growth with Hindi speaking markets growing by 24%

Pro Kabaddi League auction sees ₹50 crore spent on 200 players

• A total of 173 domestic players and 27 international players will be part of the 13-weeks long league which will be held between 19 July and 9 October
• Telugu Titans picked up raider Siddharth Desai for Rs1.45 crore making him the most expensive player of this season

PKL 2019 auction: Siddharth Desai and Nitin Tomar enter one crore club

• PKL has emerged as a top performing sports league in India after Indian Premier League (IPL)
• Among the top five bids, Rahul Chaudhari was picked up by Tamil Thalaivas for ₹94 lakhs, Monu Goyat was sold to UP Yoddha for ₹93 lakhs while Sandeep Narwal was bought by U Mumba for ₹89 lakhs

GullyLiveFast partners with IPL teams to launch apparel collection

• GullyLiveFast has partnered with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Capitals to launch a limited edition apparel collection
• The brand has used iconic Howrah Bridge in the badges on the jackets of KKR jackets

Formula 1 at 1,000 races: The paradox within

The premier motor-racing series is healthy and ticking. But Formula 1 remains in a state of creative tension on two fronts: inclusion and expansion

How important is a speedy start in the IPL?

For all teams other than Chennai, it has mattered: the better the performance in the first five matches, the better the odds of advancing to the play-offs

Ready, get set, go: India is up and running

The running bug has infected all, from millennials to CXOs, with demand for an event in a new city every weekend

ICC gives green light to name and jersey number in Tests

• The move is aimed at popularising the longest format of the game
• It is widely expected that the Indian team in all likelihood will not use no. 10 and no. 7 jerseys previously worn by Tendulkar and Dhoni