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PHOTOS: Cuba's athletes invent home workouts amid lockdown
Rediff.com18 Apr 2020A triathlete swims in a tiny above-ground pool on her rooftop, her waist attached to the wall with resistance bands, while a baseball player bats into a car tire and a boxer throws his punches into a bag of rice hanging from a mango tree. In cash-strapped Cuba, famed for its resourcefulness as well as its sporting prowess, professional athletes are inventing ways to work out and practice despite the closure of common training grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.
When the Olympics was boycotted or cancelled
Rediff.com24 Mar 2020Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if the Games went ahead as scheduled in July and August this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a list of previous cancellations, boycotts and changes of venues of the Summer and Winter games.
Canada pulls out of 2020 Games as Japan, IOC consider postponement options
Rediff.com23 Mar 2020The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) said on Sunday that Team Canada will not participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020 due to concerns about the outbreak of the coronavirus.
UNHCHR action on CAA is illegal, violates UN norms
Rediff.com6 Mar 2020Interestingly, India had objected to the establishment of a UNHCHR when it was proposed by the US at the Vienna Conference on Human Rights in July 1993 and the whole proposal was remitted to the General Assembly in New York because India and others said that the whole issue should be examined in detail, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who had led the Indian delegation for negotiating the terms of the HCHR.
Why do economists like Raghuram Rajan leave India?
Rediff.com4 Mar 2020The ones who came more recently were clutching the green cards that gave them an escape hatch through which to return to green pastures: Arvind Panagariya, Raghuram Rajan, Arvind Subramanian and other perfectly honourable gentlemen like them, points out T N Ninan.
Nadal, Gauff nominated for Laureus awards
Rediff.com15 Jan 2020Rafael Nadal is in contention for the 'World Sportsman of the Year' award alongside six-time Formula 1 World champion Lewis Hamilton, six-time World MotoGP champion Marc Mrquez and six-time FIFA World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi.
Kochi to Tokyo on a bicycle
Rediff.com16 Dec 2019Three young Indians plan to cycle from Kochi in Kerala to Tokyo in time to attend the Olympics there next year.
Soccer Extras: 'VAR has been a success despite criticism'
Rediff.com12 Nov 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa, Pooja Rani clinch gold
Rediff.com31 Oct 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The nation that crashed to earth
Rediff.com23 Oct 2019oaring crime gave Venezuela the horrific title of being one of the most violent countries on earth. Inflation ran into tens of thousands per cent, impoverishing nearly all of the country's 31 million people.' Yet, says Radha Roy Biswas, she sees hope for the beleaguered nation where she spent her childhood years.
India scores a measly 102 in Global Hunger Index
Rediff.com16 Oct 2019According to the global report, just 9.6 per cent of all children between 6 and 23 months of age are fed a minimum acceptable diet.
Who is a terrorist?
Rediff.com10 Oct 2019'There is no acceptable definition of what terrorism is and who a terrorist is.'
PICS: Muhammad breaks own World mark to win 400m hurdles
Rediff.com5 Oct 2019Images from Friday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships, in Doha.
TOP men to watch for at the World Athletics Championships
Rediff.com27 Sep 2019The eight top men to watch at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, from September 27 to October 6.
Soccer Extras: Maradona to coach Argentine club
Rediff.com6 Sep 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
PHOTOS: Eye-catching moments from the Pan Am Games
Rediff.com8 Aug 2019Despite it all, the participants, from across the American continent, show up as they vie for the medals and glory. Along the way, they give us some moments that are captured for posterity. Here are some eye-catching scenes from the Pan Am Games...
'You cannot say everybody connected with modern medicine is a doctor'
Rediff.com1 Aug 2019'We are warning that if you get these 3.5 lakh additional non-medical people with licence, our infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will deteriorate'.
When iPhone photos become works of art
Rediff.com31 Jul 2019In the hands of skilled photographers, smartphones are capable of producing works of art - as these stunning images show. Now in its twelfth year, the iPhone Photography Awards competition aims to find the best photographs taken using just an iPhone. Every year since it was founded in 2007, the IPPAWARDS has selected the very best shots among thousands submitted by iPhone photographers from more than 140 countries around the world. This year's grand prize went to Gabriella Cigliano for a mesmerising image shot on an iPhone X of two young girls in Tanzania. Scroll down to take a look at the stunning photos that made the cut.
Soccer Extras: Barca's Rakitic unmoved by transfer rumours
Rediff.com23 Jul 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Jaipur gets UNESCO World Heritage tag
Rediff.com6 Jul 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed happiness that the city has been recognised as a World Heritage Site.
The odd, odd world we live in!
Rediff.com26 Jun 2019These 12 images that prove we live in a wonderfully weird world!
Sports Shorts: Alonso takes second Le Mans 24 Hours win
Rediff.com16 Jun 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Plane with 143 on board falls into river in US
Rediff.com4 May 2019No critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said.
Breathtaking sights captured in National Geographic travel photo contest
Rediff.com12 Apr 2019National Geographic's new travel photography competition is entering its third week and is attracting stunning pictures from across the globe. Some of the jaw-dropping pictures show the famous "Firefall" of Yosemite National Park to a sunset at the Taj Mahal. The annual competition is accepting entries until May 3 at 12pm and asks for pictures in three categories: nature, cities and people.
Football Extras: Real-Atletico to play ICC match in USA
Rediff.com28 Mar 2019News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Maradona to legally recognize three children he has in Cuba
Rediff.com9 Mar 2019Diego Maradona, 58, now a technical director at Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa, has five children from other relationships with different women.
Who was Nanaji Deshmukh
Rediff.com25 Jan 2019Nanaji joined the RSS in 1928 as a 12-year-old and later remained a member of Bhartiya Jan Sangh.
#10YearChallenge: Inspiring stories of change and success
Rediff.com25 Jan 2019Rediff readers take the 10 year challenge and tell us what has changed.
Maradona out of hospital after internal bleeding scare
Rediff.com5 Jan 2019Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona was released from hospital after being admitted earlier on Friday with internal bleeding in the stomach which was discovered during routine examinations, his daughter Dalma said.
Congratulate Mary Kom!
Rediff.com24 Nov 2018In front of her home crowd, legendary boxer Mary Kom scripted history by winning a historic sixth gold in the Women's World Championships after defeating Hanna Okhota of Ukraine.
Bajrang in semis at World Championship
Rediff.com21 Oct 2018Star Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia kept himself in the medal race by reaching the semi-finals even as three of his compatriots faded in the men's freestyle competition at the World Championship, in Budapest, on Sunday.
50,000 Indians took US citizenship in 2017: Report
Rediff.com19 Oct 2018This is 4,000 more than 2016's figure of 46,188 Indian naturalisation and 8,000 more than 42,213 Indian citizenship in 2015.
Meet Praveen Chitravel: From humble beginnings to Youth Olympics medallist
Rediff.com17 Oct 2018The 17-year-old Praveen, who hails from a village in Thanjavur district, cleared a distance of 15.68m to finish fifth in the Stage 2 competition on Tuesday night but his good showing in Stage 1, where he was third with a jump of 15.84m, took him to the podium with a combined effort of 31.52m.
Youth Olympics: Triple jumper Chitravel clinches bronze
Rediff.com17 Oct 2018This was India's second athletics medal in these ongoing Games after Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event.
UN report names India among countries where rights activists intimidated
Rediff.com13 Sep 2018The report documents allegations of reprisals and intimidation in 38 countries, some of which are members of the Human Rights Council.
Chess: Anand finishes ninth in St. Louis Rapid
Rediff.com14 Aug 2018Nihal Sarin closes in on final Grandmaster norm
Why Trump has left Obama's legacy in ashes
Rediff.com6 Aug 2018'Trump's desecration of all that Obama represented can be seen at different levels: Personal, political, systemic and structural,' explains Ambassador B S Prakash.
PHOTOS: Obama living his best life
Rediff.com4 Aug 2018Former United States President Barack Obama has been free from the pressures of running the nation for two years now. However, while in office and even out of it, Obama has always enjoyed each moment. As he celebrates his 57th birthday (August 4), here are some of his lighter moments enjoying life.
Sports Shorts: Srikanth is Sportsperson of the Year!
Rediff.com21 Jun 2018A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
US withdraws from 'cesspool' UN human rights council
Rediff.com20 Jun 2018The announcement came barely a day after the UNHRC condemned the Trump administration for its policy of separating children from the families at the US-Mexico border.