England cricket captain Andrew Strauss today received the ICC Test Championship mace for leading the team, which finished on top of the ICC Test Championship table on the annual cut-off date of April 1.

The players appeared jittery, the umpires acted nervously and the administrators were tense. The cloud of the spot-fixing controversy has clearly dampened the mood of the IPL fraternity. Sanjeev Karan Samyal reports.

Roberto Di Matteo is bracing for the toughest managerial challenge of his career as he attempts to lead an injury and suspension-hit Chelsea to Champions League glory over Bayern Munich.

Manchester City has apologized to Alex Ferguson after Carlos Tevez held up a placard taunting the Manchester United manager during the club's Premier League trophy parade.

Britain's world number four Andy Murray celebrated his 25th birthday in Rome on Tuesday with a hard fought 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over veteran Argentinian David Nalbandian to reach the third round of the Rome Masters.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt, who is battling back from foot surgery, was today handed a wildcard into the main draw of this month's French Open.

The rupee plummeted to a record low of 54.51 against the US dollar on Wednesday, raising questions on whether companies unprepared for this would take a currency risk hit that would affect their profits. HT reports. Tracking rupee's tailspin

Ravi Narayan Bastia, who was in 2007 conferred the Padma Shri for finding the energy-hungry nation’s second biggest gas find to date, resigned from RIL last week, industry sources said.

His management style has evolved through years of hands-on experience of leading his company, a style which has filled in nicely for the absence of a management degree on his curriculum vitae.

A majority of successful business leaders, says DLF chairman KP Singh, have a personal stake in the success of their company, which is not just financial but also emotional, though good leaders also need knowledge and charisma. The trailblazing realty tycoon spoke to HT about his leadership style in an interview.