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Sydney/ New Delhi, Nov 27 : Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland on Friday said that cricketer Phil Hughes, who passed away today following a head injury that he received on Tuesday, was a rising star who will be remembered forever.

"National selectors had identified him as having a long future in the game. He was a rising star; he will be remembered forever," Sutherland told a press conference.

Meanwhile, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) general manager (game development) Ratnakar Shetty said that Hughes' death was a great loss to the game.

Washington, Nov 27 : Jennifer Aniston has revealed how her prankster finace Justin Theroux loves to scare her out of the blue.

During her appearance on 'The Talk', the 45-year-old 'Cake' actress said that only days back Theroux, 43, who makes her laugh all the time, had hid in the closet for 20 minutes, literally, the E! Online reported.

She continued that it was when they were shutting down the house at night before going to bed, she got caught up in cleaning up, and when she finally came to the bedroom after 25 minutes, he jumped out of a closet.

London, Nov 27 : Britain number one Andy Murray's agent has confirmed that the Scot has got engaged to his long-term girlfriend Kim Sears.

Murray and Sears have been a couple since 2005 and she regularly watches his matches. It is being speculated that the Wimbledon champion popped the question to Sears last Wednesday.

Earlier this year Murray, from Dunblane in Perthshire, joked during a question and answer session with fans that he was getting married after Wimbledon, The BBC reported.

Washington, Nov 27 : A new research has found that the two donuts of seething radiation that surround Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts, protects Earth from the fastest and most energetic electrons.

The discovery of the drain that acts as a barrier within the belts was made using NASA's Van Allen Probes, launched in August 2012 to study the region.

First author Dan Baker from the University of Colorado said that this barrier for the ultra-fast electrons is a remarkable feature of the belts and they are able to study it for the first time, because they never had such accurate measurements of these high-energy electrons before.

New Delhi, Nov 27 : Cricketers and fans together took to Twitter to show their support and empathy for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes passed away on Thursday.

Hughes succumbed to injuries he endured when he was hit by a bouncer at the SCG on Tuesday. The 25-year-old South Australian batsman, who was pushing for a Test recall against India in Brisbane next week, was knocked out after the ball made impact under his helmet, behind his left ear.

Fans and cricketers took to social media to show their sympathy for the deceased cricketer and his family and friends.

Mumbai - The rupee strengthened by 4 paise to 61.80 against the dollar in early trade on Thursday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid sustained foreign capital inflows.

Forex dealers said besides increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks, dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.

A higher opening in the domestic equity market too helped the local currency to rise, they added. The rupee edged up by two paise to close at 61.84 against the greenback yesterday on stray dollar selling by exporters.