Here's this week of photos that prove we live in a mad world.
Cricket will be part of the 2024 Olympics if Rome wins the bid to host the mega event, Italian cricket board chief Simone Gambino has said.
The NITI Aayog has big plans for Indian sport.
Rome's new mayor, Virginia Raggi, pulled the plug on the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying staging the summer games would bury the Italian capital under mountains of debt and tonnes of cement.
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A Russian medallist at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is suspected of having tested positive for a banned substance, a source at the Games said on Sunday, in a potential major blow to Russia's efforts to emerge from a drug-cheating scandal.
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Conde Nast Traveler's annual readers' choice survey has revealed the friendliest and unfriendliest cities in the world. The survey was based on reviews from the magazine's readers.
Lewis Hamilton heads into Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix fired up to complete a hat-trick of victories and seize the lead in the Formula One title race for the first time this season.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
The British number one will play Croatian Donna Vekic, 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-6(4) victor over Czech Lucie Safarova in the day's second semi-final, in the climax to the Wimbledon warm-up tournament on Sunday.
Paris bid leaders said almost all the city's proposed venues were already built or would be temporary facilities as the French capital on Wednesday unveiled plans to host the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'A production designer could earn Rs 10 lakh per film. It could be Rs 70 lakh for an established designer.'
2016 F1 calendar to feature record 21-race campaign
Hungary's 30-year wait to play on the major championship stage will end in France next year after their 2-1 victory over Norway ensured that one of football's most storied nations qualified for the Euro 2016 finals.
Hungary moved tantalisingly close to a first appearance at a major tournament for nearly 30 years when Laszlo Kleinheisler's goal gave them a 1-0 win in the first leg of a Euro 2016 playoff against Norway in Oslo on Thursday.
Aseem Chhabra picks his favourite films from the recently concluded Berlin Film Festival.
Lonely Planet has also come up with a list of 10 best places to seek silence.
Holding the 2024 Olympics in Hamburg would cost taxpayers a projected 7.4 billion euros ($8.4 billion) with a total overall budget for the world's biggest multi-sports event estimated at 11.2 billion, the candidate city's mayor said on Thursday.
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A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and believes the spread of the virus across South America will not adversely affect the Rio de Janeiro Games in August.
European leaders are searching for solutions as conflicts in Syria and Iraq are sending thousands of refugees on dangerous voyages through the Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the 28-nation European Union. Here are the latest developments on the crisis.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Two treasure hunters claim to have found a mysterious Nazi train which disappeared on its way to Germany from Hungary in 1945 carrying guns, gems and other valuable items, including paintings estimated to be worth $200 million (about Rs 1,300 crore).
The International Olympic Committee remains confident the United States will deliver a bid to host the 2024 Summer Games despite Boston's withdrawal from the race on Monday.
Before the start, Hamilton had spoken of Hungary fast becoming one of his favourite circuits.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel won an emotional Hungarian Grand Prix for Ferrari and the late Jules Bianchi on Sunday after a crazy race that turned into a rare nightmare for champions Mercedes despite Lewis Hamilton increasing his overall lead.
Nico Rosberg was looking for answers in Hungary on Saturday after being out-qualified by Formula One world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton for the ninth time in 10 races.
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