Dominic Rains

Max Verstappen continued his dominant form at the Spanish Grand Prix by topping all three practice sessions, despite rainy conditions, on Saturday. The defending double world champion set the pace in a mostly inconsequential session, outpacing his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez by 0.250 seconds.

Ajinkya Rahane's brilliant 159 anchored Mumbai's first innings to 406 for eight against Chhattisgarh in a rain-hit Ranji Trophy match. Despite interruptions, Mumbai built a strong total, showcasing Rahane's class and resilience. Other matches saw Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, and Hyderabad dominate their respective opponents.

Bollywood actress Radhika Apte has bagged the best actress in an international narrative feature honour at this year's Tribeca Film Festival for her performance in anthology film 'Madly'.

Joe Root's masterful unbeaten 168 has put England in firm control of the first Test against Sri Lanka as they closed a rain-hit second day on 320 for four, a first innings lead of 185 over their struggling hosts.

Rohit Sharma grabbed the opportunity to open the innings with both hands as he struck a blistering hundred on the rain-hit opening day of the first Test against South Africa in Vizag on Wednesday. Rohit's opening partner Mayank Agarwal was also unbeaten on 84 as India scored 202/0. Bad light first forced early tea, then heavy rain made umpires to call of day's play after just 59.1 overs.

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As Rohit Sharma showed signs of fitting into 'Virender Sehwag Model' with a hundred in his first Test as an opener, Tendulkar spoke about the bigger picture. "There are guys, who want to be aggressive but to able to use that ammunition (aggression) consistently is something that Sehwag had been able to do...One needs to wait and see how it pans out (for Rohit)," he said.