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As a tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, Valuemart Gold & Jewels and Diamond India would launch special edition silver coins on March 14 in the presence of the legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Rayo Vallecano are finally in a position to dream of La Liga survival. Photograph: Javier Etxezarreta/EPA In the middle of Rayo Vallecano's dark days, when they'd been beaten 15 times in 20 games and the goals were flying in; when they'd let in five from Atlético Madrid, five from Málaga, five from Villarreal, four from Espanyol, four from Sevilla, four from Barcelona, three from Madrid, three from Osasuna, and three from Valladolid; when they plummeted to 19th and stayed there for 11 long weeks; when the only reason they didn't fall further was that Betis were even worse; when even a glimmer of hope, a 4-1 win over Málaga, immediately gave way to a six-goal hammering; and when relegation wasn't an "if" but a "when"; there was a phrase that got repeated over and over: Paco Jémez will die with his ideas. Paco Jémez, though, had other ideas. Not because Rayo's coach was going to back down on his principles - "any club that signs me knows what it's getting," he insisted - but because he didn't have any intention of dying at all. Even when Rayo were a disaster, Jémez had his defenders. Off the pitch, that is. Last season, only two teams in Europe had the ball more than Rayo did: Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Early this season, when Rayo played Barcelona, they had more possession than them, the first team to manage it in 316 games. They threw men into attack, they were fun to watch, and parading the touchline in a dizzying array of multicoloured elbow patches and waistcoats, pink shirts and purple ties, Jémez urged them forward, always. In a country that values the aesthetic, or in which some do, he was eulogised for the way his teams played de tú a tú: as equals. Rayo didn't simply defend - sometimes they didn't defend at all - but instead they went for it. And, mostly, they lost. Rayo took the ball off Barcelona and Jémez declared himself "very proud". But they were beaten 4-0. They went to the Camp Nou where they were praised by Barcelona's

A week ago (as I write this) Manchester United looked imperious and unassailable at the top of the Premier League. Two straight defeats and the story is quite different. While they still hold a lead in the Premier League, a Liverpool win tomorrow would cut that back to one point. The real story is not arithmetical, however, but psychological. Liverpool, on the back of convincing wins against Man United and Real Madrid, will take fresh confidence from their rivals' defeat at Fulham today, and revitalise their belief that they can still win the title. Chelsea, having lost to Tottenham today, failed to capitalise on their opportunity to close the gap.

The start of the 2009-2010 men's college basketball season upon us and as we anxious await for March madness why not get acquainted with some of the best players in the country.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 India vs West Indies match is scheduled to be held on Tuesday 10 March 2015 at the famous WACA, Perth . The match is going to be a clash of the titans. On one side Caribbean Bowlers will come out firing with his fearsome bouncers and on the other hand Indian batsmen like Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan will go all out with their blazing batting.

CA (Cricket Australia) will watch out some new players during this series as some important senior cricketers can also take important rest before the 2016 ICC World T20. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 8th March to 3rd April in India.

The BCCI has selected Shardul Thakur to replace an injured Jasprit Bumrah for the three-match ODI series against England, starting July 12. Bumrah, who was ruled out of the ongoing T20I series after fracturing his thumb, will not play any part in the ODIs as well. Thakur last played for India in the T20I Nidahas Trophy in March, 2018. Here is more.

From 19-21 March iStadia will be running a 'Sports Blogfest' in support of Sport Relief - the BBC's annual charity event that uses sport as a medium to raise money for projects in the Uk and some of the world's poorest countries. Projects aimed, for example, at stamping out malaria and getting street children into education and a safe environment.

15-year-old teenager Cori Gauff, who beat Venus Williams in the first round of Wimbledon 2019, continued her march. The women's singles rising kid, overcame Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets in the second round under Court One's new roof. There is utmost confidence and belief in Cori to go far.

The new-look Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad could be set for a big opening game. As per reports, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is seeking approval from the ICC)to host a game involving the Asia XI and the World XI in March. The match of that caliber would certainly be a boost. Here's more.

Working in a transatlantic company by day, I'm always struck by just how different the American and British cultures are - and nowhere is that much more evident than in sport. Reflecting on that, I thought I'd check how the difference in our sporting cultures played out on the internet by looking at Google Trends. Just how real is the transatlantic divide in sport? Are we really two sporting countries divided by a common language?

A young Google executive who helped ignite Egypt's uprising energized a cheering crowd of hundreds of thousands Tuesday with his first appearance in their midst after being released from 12 days in secret detention. "We won't give up," he promised at one of the biggest protests yet in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Once a behind-the-scenes Internet activist, 30-year-old Wael Ghonim has emerged as an inspiring voice for a movement that has taken pride in being a leaderless "people's revolution." Now, the various activists behind it - including Ghonim - are working to coalesce into representatives to push their demands for President Hosni Mubarak's ouster. With protests invigorated, Vice President Omar Suleiman issued a sharply worded warning, saying of the protests in Tahrir, "We can't bear this for a long time, and there must be an end to this crisis as soon as possible," in a sign of growing impatience with 16 days of mass demonstrations. For the first time, protesters made a foray to Parliament, several blocks away from their camp in the square. Several hundred marched to the legislature and chanted for it to be dissolved.