World numero uno women's shuttler Saina Nehwal today expressed her willingness to invest her hard-earned money in various business ventures, but wants her father to handle all the financial investments. "I do not know anything about financial management, where to invest, in which businesses to invest. I will leave this good headache to my father. He will decide my financial aspects," Saina told a section of the media here after she was named as the brand ambassador a company here.

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is bowled over by Virat Kohli's exuberance and passion to cricket and compared the Test captain to legendary footballer Diego Maradona. "One of my favourite sportsmen was Diego Maradona and every time I saw him play football you could see the passion in the heart. You see the same thing with Virat Kohli. I love his body language. I am a big fan of Kohli," an avid football follower, Ganguly said.

Petra Kvitova's reign as Wimbledon champion came to a shock end on Saturday as Jelena Jankovic staged a superb fightback to claim a 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 third round victory. Kvitova's exit marks the first time since 2009 that the two-time Wimbledon winner has failed to make at least the quarterfinals at the All England Club. Jankovic looked down and out when she trailed by a set and was 4-2 down in the second against the Czech world number two.

Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos will manage the Delhi Dynamos for the upcoming edition of the Indian Super League. The signing, which was announced on the team's website on Sunday, is one of the biggest in the franchise-based league that saw players like Nicolas Anelka, Alessandro Del Piero, Robert Pires, Luis Garcia and David Trezeguet turn out for different teams in the inaugural edition last year.

Sir Vivian Richards has been an admirer of Virat Kohli's batting abilities and the West Indian legend feels one should not be too critical of the Indian Test captain's on-field aggression as he possesses the quality to match his attitude. Richards also feels Indian cricket is in good hands as Kohli brings in a positive attitude and a lot of vibrancy to the team. "I see nothing wrong in Virat's attitude. He is very different from (MS) Dhoni. I believe if you are showing passion and aggression on the field, you should have the game quality to match that. Virat has the quality.

Shiv Sena will get absolute majority in Maharashtra one day if the people of the state decide to do so, party president Uddhav Thackeray said here on Sunday. "Shiv Sena was not born merely for power. If it is in Maharashtra's destiny, then (one day) people will say that they will give power only to the Shiv Sena," Thackeray said. "That day will come," he said. The Sena leader was speaking at an event organized by his party to distribute vehicles to unemployed Marathi youth, at Sewree in South Mumbai. "People didn't give absolute power to us in the last assembly elections.

Heavy rain pummelled Mumbai and its suburbs in which two persons died of electrocution and bringing normal life to a grinding halt on Friday with several areas waterlogged and local train services cancelled leaving thousands of commuters stranded. As civic authorities described the rainfall in the country's financial capital as "unprecedented", they said 283mm of rain, which is normally received in 10 days, was witnessed in just 24 hours. Mithi river is around the danger mark, according to Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray.

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that India's prestige in the international arena has risen "dramatically" in the last one year, catapulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the top leaders of the world. "It is no mean achievement that in just one year of his tenure, our Prime Minister has emerged as one of the front ranking leaders of the world," Swaraj said here. Swaraj, who is here to participate in programmes to mark completion of Modi government's one year in office, attributed the rise in India's prestige abroad to the "candour" with which the Prime Minister is dealing with neighbouring countries like China and the role played by the country in tackling the crises in Ukraine, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.