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F1 PICS: Perez wins Azerbaijan GP after Verstappen crashes
Rediff.com6 Jun 2021IMAGES from the Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix held at Baku City Circuit on Sunday
Azerbaijan GP: Ferrari's Leclerc on pole after crash-hit qualifying
Rediff.com5 Jun 2021The pole was Charles Leclerc's second in a row
Hamilton hails 'brave' Osaka, says young athletes need help
Rediff.com3 Jun 2021Seven times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton called on Thursday for more support for young athletes and lauded tennis player Naomi Osaka for being 'incredibly brave' for her stance on mental health.
Turkey drops off F1 calendar, Austria gets second race
Rediff.com14 May 2021Formula One said Turkish GP organisers had asked the sport to consider holding the race later in the season, should that be possible.
Hima Das gets first jab of COVID-19 vaccine
Rediff.com7 May 2021Hima Das is the first top track and field athlete to have received the vaccine.
Why Pak army chief is talking about peace...
Rediff.com9 Apr 2021'The picture only looks worse from where Bajwa sits.' 'He sees a domineering India to the east, an unravelling Afghanistan and a complex Iran to the west, an overbearing China on the north and a US which is no longer an ally,' observes Shekhar Gupta.
Ibra to make acting debut in new 'Asterix and Obelix' film
Rediff.com9 Apr 2021The 39-year-old appeared at Italy's Sanremo festival in March, where he sang a duet with Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic and said he would like to try acting.
WC qualifiers: Belgium hit eight, seven for Dutch
Rediff.com31 Mar 2021Top-ranked Belgium slammed eight goals against Belarus and the Netherlands crashed seven past Gibraltar
WC qualifiers: Ronaldo storms off as Portugal denied winner; Belgium held
Rediff.com28 Mar 2021Ronaldo threw off the captain's armband and headed for the tunnel when his effort was cleared by Serbia defender Stefan Mitrovic after it had crossed the line
World Cup qualifiers: France held, Turkey stun Netherlands
Rediff.com25 Mar 2021Holders France got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a disappointing start with a 1-1 draw at home to Ukraine
PIX: Check out F1's fastest and longest street circuit
Rediff.com18 Mar 2021Formula One unveiled its longest and fastest street circuit on Thursday, predicting top speeds of 322kph and wheel-to-wheel racing when Saudi Arabia hosts a race for the first time in Jeddah in December.
Solanki in last eight of Bosphorus boxing
Rediff.com17 Mar 2021World Championships bronze medallist Sonia Lather also kickstarted her campaign on a winning note. The Haryana pugilist dominated Rosorio Milogros of Argentina for a 5-0 victory in the women's 57 kg category.
Your OTT Guide for the week
Rediff.com16 Feb 2021From Westerns to pastries, the OTT spectrum is looking wide and versatile this week. Sukanya Verma lists them out.
Formula One postpones Australian GP, China uncertain
Rediff.com12 Jan 2021Australia was given a new date of Nov. 21 for the race in Melbourne.
Heavy Chinese missile deployment in Ladakh: IAF chief
Rediff.com29 Dec 2020The IAF chief also said Pakistan has become a pawn of Chinese policy and its dependence on China would increase further in future. He said India needs to understand the interplay of some major events in its vicinity that would impact the security scenario of the region.
Sports Shorts: India assured four medals at boxing WC
Rediff.com17 Dec 2020Sports Ministry formally recognises yogasana as competitive sport.
Kamala Harris chooses all-women team for chief of staff, NSA, domestic policy advisor
Rediff.com4 Dec 2020United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named her Chief of Staff, Domestic Policy Advisor and National Security Advisor -- an all-women team -- which she said has the experience to hit the ground from day one.
India-China escalation can be misused by other players: Russia
Rediff.com12 Nov 2020'Russia remains in a unique position since it has special strategic relations with both India and China and these relationships are independent in nature'
The truth about India's ease of doing business claim
Rediff.com15 Sep 2020'The recalculated ranking showed India should have had a higher ranking earlier (113 in 2012 instead of 132) and lower ranking later (114 in 2018 instead of 100).' 'This would mean that there has been no change in India's climate of doing business across two regimes.' 'This is exactly consistent with the reality on the ground,' observes Debashis Basu.
India enters semis after Armenia withdraws following rejection of appeal
Rediff.com28 Aug 2020The Armenians protested for a long time delaying the start of the second round of matches before withdrawing following rejection of their appeal.
F1 scraps American races due to COVID-19
Rediff.com24 Jul 2020Formula One scrapped all four of this season's races in the Americas due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday and added three European rounds, including old favourites Imola and the Nuerburgring, to the calendar. While previously scheduled Grands Prix in Canada, Texas, Mexico and Brazil were cancelled, Formula One said in a statement that Portugal's Portimao will host a race for the first time.
COVID-19: F1s new norms post resumption
Rediff.com13 Jun 2020The delayed season is due to start in Austria on July 5 behind closed doors.
Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japan GPs cancelled for 2020
Rediff.com12 Jun 2020Japan's round of the MotoGP championship, which was due to take place on October 18 at Motegi after the F1 race at Suzuka on October 11, had already been cancelled due to the expected extension of a travel ban.
Football's back! All you need to know post COVID-19
Rediff.com7 Jun 2020All you must know about soccer's return to action after coronavirus
All you must know about European soccer's return after COVID-19
Rediff.com7 May 2020Professional soccer leagues around Europe are gearing up for a return to action following the novel coronavirus stoppage, but some are more advanced than others.
Coronavirus: Austria to host delayed season's first F1 race
Rediff.com27 Apr 2020The first race at the Red Bull Ring would be on the July 3-5 weekend.
On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup
Rediff.com13 Apr 2020Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of grandmasters made history. He became a grandmaster at 17 and world champion at 22 in 1985 when the charismatic youngster beat Soviet establishment hero Anatoly Karpov.
Shooting Word Cup in Delhi cancelled due to coronavirus
Rediff.com6 Apr 2020The shooting World Cup scheduled to be held in two parts in New Delhi in May was on Monday cancelled owing to the coronavirus pandemic. The World Cup, originally scheduled to be held from March 15-26, was postponed to May barely four days before the start of the event.
Will Formula One race at all in 2020?
Rediff.com24 Mar 2020Formula One expects to run a shortened season of 15-18 Grands Prix once racing can resume after the coronavirus pandemic, hopefully during the European summer, chairman and chief executive Chase Carey said on Monday. The original 2020 calendar had a record 22 races but the season has yet to start with the first eight postponed or cancelled and more likely to be called off.
Coronavirus forces postponement of Azerbaijan F1 race
Rediff.com23 Mar 2020The coronavirus pandemic has taken down another victim, with the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix being the latest sporting event to fall prey to the global pandemic. Postponement of the race in Baku leaves Azerbaijan without a major sporting event in a year that had promised plenty of action as they were four games of Euro 2020 that has now been postponed to 2021.
As tourist traffic grows, airlines plan more India-Russia flights
Rediff.com23 Feb 2020The new flights come against the backdrop of the Indian government's move to boost air connectivity with Central Asia and tap the interest of Russian investors in India.
'Indian team' in Pakistan for World Kabaddi C'ships kicks up controversy
Rediff.com9 Feb 2020A sport ministry source said the government has not granted permission to any athlete to travel to Pakistan for the event.
Shorts: Coach Gopichand rues lack of preparation time for Olympics
Rediff.com19 Dec 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
PICS, Euro qualifiers: Ramsey sends Wales through
Rediff.com20 Nov 2019The Welsh, who reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals, finished runners-up on 14 points from eight games, three behind Croatia who sealed their berth on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Slovakia.
PIX: Germany, Croatia clinch Euro 2020 spots
Rediff.com17 Nov 2019A round-up of Saturday's qualifying matches for the Euro 2020 Finals.
Extras: City's appeal against financial probe thrown out
Rediff.com15 Nov 2019News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Under-23 World Wrestling C'ships: Pooja wins silver; Sajan aims for bronze
Rediff.com2 Nov 2019Gehlot lost 0-2 to Okuno in the summit clash to emulate Ravinder (61kg), who also won a silver earlier this week.
Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa, six others enter semis of Olympic Test event
Rediff.com29 Oct 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Sports Shorts: ATK pump in five past Hyderabad in ISL
Rediff.com25 Oct 2019A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
Explained: How India can resurrect NAM
Rediff.com25 Oct 2019'Instead of writing NAM's obituary, India should reinvent it,' suggests Dr Rup Narayan Das.