Rafa Nadal made short work of his great rival Roger Federer to win the Italian Open, his sixth trophy of the year, 6-1 6-3 on Sunday.

West Bengal Agriculture Minister Malay Ghatak on Saturday said he has received a letter threatening to kill him and his family unless he resigned from the Cabinet and quit Trinamool Congress.

Amid the uproar over investment fraud in West Bengal, an Inter-Ministerial Group will hold its first meeting this week to suggest ways to deal with such schemes against the backdrop of demands within a Parliamentary Committee for scrapping of chit fund schemes.

Sunrisers Hyderabad snatched the last-available play-offs berth with a tense five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders and in the process knocked Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the Pepsi Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Delhi Daredevils' woeful season ended with yet another disappointing loss, this time by 38 runs to Pune Warriors, to finish at the bottom of the nine-team table in the Pepsi Indian Premier League on Sunday.

Pune Warriors snapped their nine-match losing streak and knocked Kolkata Knight Riders out of the Pepsi Indian Premier League with a thrilling seven-run win on Wednesday.

All-rounder Dwayne Bravo was named as West Indies captain for next month's Champions Trophy, replacing Darren Sammy who stays in charge of the Test and Twenty20 squads.

The cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' on Thursday hit Bangladesh's southern Patuakhali coast with wind speed up to 90 kilometers.

Rejecting the bail plea of Saradha Group promoter Sudipta Sen and one of his close aides, a local court in West Bengal on Saturday remanded them to judicial custody till May 31.

The rupee on Thursday rose by 10 paise to 54.68 against the dollar in morning trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on Thursday on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks.