Sachin WIshes Roger Federer

It was a meeting of legends and a rare photo op for all when Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar met tennis great Roger Federer at Wimbledon on Saturday.

The Indian legend, a regular at Wimbledon Championships every year, was seen sharing a few thoughts with the World No 2 during their brief meet on day 6 of the Wimbledon championships.

Tendulkar was earlier spotted in the Royal box on Centre Court as he witnessed the match between Australia's Jarmila Gajdosova and world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki. Tendulkar watched as the world No 1 effortlessly outclassed the Australian 6-3, 6-2 in their 3rd round encounter.

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina Runner's French Open

Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic shake hands with Elena Vesnina of Russia and Sania Mirza of India during the women's doubles final match between Sania Mirza of India and Elena Vesnina of Russia Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of Czech Republic on day thirteen of the French Open at Roland Garros on June 3, 2011 in Paris, France.

BCCI awards: Sachin named player of the year

Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar and former all-rounder Salim Durrani bagged top honours, while the World Cup-winning Indian team, led by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni ,was felicitated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, at its annual awards function in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Tendulkar was conferred the Polly Umrigar Award, for India's best cricketer of 2009-10, and received a trophy and cheque for Rs 5 lakh, while Durrani was felicitated with the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for which he received a trophy, a cheque for Rs 15 lakh and a citation.

BCCI president Shashank  and BCCI secretary N Srinivasan felicitated members of the World Cup-winning Indian team and later presented them cheques worth Rs 2 crore each.

The support staff of the team was also presented cheques of Rs 50 lakh each.