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PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal both won their respective second round matches at the ongoing French Open tournament in Paris

Defending champions India play Sri Lanka at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on January 19 in the ICC Under-19 World Cup. Nigeria, who are also making their ICC event debut will face Australia in Kimberley on January 20 for their opening game

India will host Bangladesh for three T20Is and two Tests. The BCCI selection panel, headed by MSK Prasad, announced the Indian squads for the series

In the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, Karnataka face Tamil Nadu with national players in spotlight. KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and R Ashwin will be part of the big clash

'My goal is to increase the BCCI revenue as what has happened now is that revenues are stable but expenses have gone up. Administrative and legal expenses need to be checked,' Arun Dhumal said

Speaking about his maiden T10 stint, Yuvraj Singh said, 'It is an exciting new format to be part of. I am looking forward to joining forces with some of the world's biggest names in this league and representing team Maratha Arabians'

Lionel Messi opened the scoring after three minutes, beating Slavia goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar with a low left-footed shot to become the first player ever to score at least once in 15 consecutive Champions League seasons

Led by star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh players went on strike over pay and benefits. However, after getting assurance from the country's board that all their demands will be met, they called off the strike

Saina Nehwal entered the second round of the French Open. She defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in straight games 23-21, 21-17. Ngan Yi had an upper hand in the first game, but Saina was able to bounce back to take the win 23-21

FC Goa, the ISL runners-up were a step ahead of their opponents Chennaiyin FC in all areas of the field and were the better team overall. New signing Seiminlen Doungel scored on his debut to break the deadlock in the 30th minute

In the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-finals played on Wednesday (October 23), hosts Karnataka defeated Chhattisgarh by nine wickets at Chinnaswamy Stadium while Tamil Nadu edged Gujarat by five wickets

BCCI's new president Sourav Ganguly spoke to the media after taking charge in Mumbai. Here are 12 important things which he spoke at the BCCI's headquarters

'(Virat) Kohli is the captain of India, he is the most important man in Indian cricket. I will speak to him tomorrow. We will support him,' BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said

Rohit Sharma has held a career-high ranking of second in ODIs (in February 2018) and seventh in T20Is (November 2018). Virat Kohli has been number one in all three formats while Gautam Gambhir has been at the top in Tests and T20Is and eighth in ODIs

Praveen Kumar saw off his Filipino opponent Russel Diaz 2-1 in the men's sanda event of the 15th World Wushu Championships