Eight franchises will battle to find the right squad composition as a big pool of 578 cricketers, including 360 Indians, will go under the hammer in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction here on Saturday and Sunday.

In a brilliant all-round show, India on Friday thrashed Bangladesh by 131 runs to set-up an ICC U-19 World Cup semi-final against their arch rivals Pakistan.

India posted 49/1 in their second innings at the end of the second day of the third and final cricket Test against South Africa here on Thursday.

South Korea's Hyeon Chung on Wednesday continued his stellar campaign at the Australian Open, bringing an end to American Tennys Sandgren's best run in Melbourne after defeating him 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

India will aim to avoid an embarrassing series whitewash and salvage some pride when they meet a confident South Africa in the third and final Test match which starts at the Wanderers Stadium here on Wednesday.

India's victory over Pakistan in the final of the 5th ODI Blind Cricket World Cup in Sharjah has filled Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Anupam Kher with immense pride.

Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer on Saturday beat France's Richard Gasquet 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 in the third round of the Australian Open.

Both Spanish football giants Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are in La Liga action on Sunday afternoon with both sides having different aims.

Indian football rose three spots in the first FIFA rankings of 2018 which were released by the game's world governing body on Thursday.

Indian stars Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan won their respective matches to enter the the pre-quarterfinals of the men's doubles category at the Australian Open tennis tournament here on Friday.