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

Cristiano Ronaldo won't face Vegas rape charge

• Ronaldo's attorney, Peter Christiansen, wasn't immediately available to comment
• Prosecutor Steve Wolfson said in a statement Monday that after reviewing a new police investigation, he determined that sexual assault claims can't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt and no charge will be filed

Brilliant Pacquiao downs Thurman to capture WBA crown

• Pacquiao floored Thurman with an electrifying combination in the first round and remained on the front foot throughout a pulsating 12-round duel
• Although the bloodied Thurman rallied in the later rounds to narrow Pacquiao's lead, the judges scored it in the Filipino's favour

Watch | Harry Kane scores stoppage time winner from half-way to beat Juventus

• Tottenham Hotspur beat Juventus 3-2 in a pre-season friendly in Singapore
• What must have provided additional satisfaction to Kane was the fact that he scored against former Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny

Ravichandran Ashwin bowls with stationary left arm in TNPL

• The 32-year-old is known for his different bowling actions from time to time and he was at it again in the Tamil Nadu Premier League
• Playing for Dindigul Dragons, Ashwin bowled a ball with his left arm not moving at all and to add to the unpredictability he also bowled the ball with his wrong foot

Dharmasena admits his 'error' on six runs awarded on overthrow in WC final

• Says he did not have the luxury of TV replays at the ground and does not regret the decision he made
• Dharmasena had signalled to add six runs to England's total, instead of five, when Martin Guptill's throw from the deep raced to the boundary ropes after being deflected off a diving Ben Stokes' bat

Bumrah rested for T20Is and ODIs against West Indies; Dhawan, Saha back

• Leg spinner Rahul Chahar is only new face in India's Twenty20 squad for the West Indies tour
• Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Navdeep Saini and Khaleel Ahmed named in India's ODI squad for West Indies tour; Kohli to lead

Not fair to have a result like this: Eoin Morgan on the dramatic World Cup final

• Hosts England lifted their maiden World Cup owing to a superior boundary count to New Zealand
• Morgan has also been in touch with Kane Williamson, with the duo trying to make sense of the drama that transpired at Lord's a week ago

Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

• Sachin Tendulkar became the 6th Indian to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame
• The previous Indian bigwigs into the ICC Hall of Fame are Sunil Gavaskar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid

ICC suspends Zimbabwe Cricket over 'political interference'

• The punishment comes after the Zimbabwe Cricket Board was suspended by the government last month and replaced with an interim committee
• Zimbabwe were due to compete in the men's World T20 qualifiers in October and November

Trevor Bayliss replaces Tom Moody as Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach

• Trevor Bayliss will step down from his current role with the England team after the Ashes beginning next month
• Former Australian all-rounder Moody was in charge of Sunrisers for the past seven years and guided them to the trophy in 2016

With his Wimbledon win, has Djokovic dethroned Federer as the greatest?

In the tricky business of measuring greatness, Novak Djokovic is making a strong case for the title of the greatest men’s tennis player of all time

Home records in one-day internationals are on the up

The notion of home advantage in cricket remains relevant, but it has also ebbed and flowed over the years, in different ways for different sides

Ben Stokes likely to be knighted for his World Cup heroics

• Ben Stokes went on to redeem himself with a superlative performance at the World Cup, amassing 465 runs and claiming seven wickets for England
• Eleven English cricketers have been knighted for services to cricket till now

England wrongly got extra run, says former umpire Simon Taufel

• England ended their 44-year wait for a maiden 50-overs World Cup by beating New Zealand on boundaries after a tied Super Over
• Former umpire Simon Taufel suggested that the umpires had made an “error of judgement

Despite India’s absence, nail-biting World Cup final helps Hotstar score

• Hotstar registered a massive 25.3 million concurrent viewers for the India versus New Zealand semi-final match
• Despite its home team losing to New Zealand in the semi-finals, Indians seem to have watched the match in hordes

"Add up jersey numbers to announce winner with highest total": Twitter mocks ICC

• ICC was the butt of ridicule on the social media platform for letting England lift the World Cup on basis of the number of boundaries scored
• Both former and current players also chimed in over the rule

What Ben Stokes said to Jofra Archer before the start of Super Over

• England set New Zealand a victory target of 16 runs in the Super over after both teams were tied on 241 after 50 overs
• Stokes is no stranger to heartbreak in a high-pressure game, having conceded four successive sixes in the T20 World Cup final loss to the West Indies in Kolkata three years ago

Twitter interaction between ICC and Wimbledon cuts through the tense moments

• Novak Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon title beating Roger Federer in an epic final
• The Twitter interaction between ICC and Wimbledon provided some relief on a day that was mostly spent by fans biting their nails

Why England won the World Cup 2019 despite scores tied after Super Over

• England are the newest World Champions of Cricket after beating New Zealand
• So why is it that despite the scores being tied after Super Over it was England who won the World Cup