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Olympics: Golfer Aditi misses medal by whisker
Rediff.com7 Aug 2021In the final round, she fired five birdies -- on the 5th, 6th, 8th, 13th and 14th holes -- against two bogeys on the 9th and 11th.
Tokyo Olympics: Check out India's schedule on August 7
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on August 7, 2021.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Friday, August 6
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Friday, August 6.
Olympics Golf: India's Ashok in contention for silver
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021The 23-year-old rolled in five birdies to be placed second on twelve-under 201 ahead of a New Zealander, an Australian, a Japanese, and a Danish golfer (203) -- who all are tied on third place. The Indian finished round three with 68 (-3) for Day 3.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Thursday, August 5
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.
Tokyo Olympics: Check out India's schedule on August 6
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021A look at India's schedule at the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021.
Olympics: Golfer Aditi stays in medal hunt
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021Aditi kept herself in prime position of delivering a first-ever medal in golf for India with birdies on Hole Nos. 2, 5, 15, 17 and 18.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Wednesday, August 4
Rediff.com4 Aug 2021A summary of the country's athletes performed at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, August 4.
Hrithik, Aamir, Ranveer refused Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Rediff.com2 Aug 2021When the top stars refused to play Milkha Singh, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra went down another route. A riveting excerpt from the director's memoir The Stranger In The Mirror.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Sunday, August 1
Rediff.com1 Aug 2021A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, August 1.
Lahiri finishes Tied-42; Schauffele takes golf gold
Rediff.com1 Aug 2021The experienced Indian golfer, who began the week with a superb 67 and was inside the Top-10, slid down the ladder thereafter with rounds of 72-68-72 over the next three days for a total of 5-under 283.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Saturday, July 31
Rediff.com31 Jul 2021A summary of the country's athletes' showing at the Games on Saturday, July 31.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Friday, July 30
Rediff.com30 Jul 2021A look at the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, July 30.
Olympics Golf: Lahiri slips on weather-hit second day, lies 20th
Rediff.com30 Jul 2021India's golfer Anirban Lahiri endured an erratic day at the course and was even-par after 16 holes in second round of the Tokyo Olympics, which was suspended due to persistent thunderstorms over the east course of the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo on Friday.
Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Thursday, July 29
Rediff.com29 Jul 2021a look at the country's athletes' showing at the Tokyo Games on Thursday.
Olympics Golf: Lahiri placed 8th after good start
Rediff.com29 Jul 2021India's Anirban Lahiri, playing in his second Olympics, got off to a solid start, carding a 4-under 67 in the first round and was placed tied 8th at the weather-hit Games' golf competition, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Tokyo, on Thursday.
Golfer Diksha gets late call to Tokyo Olympics
Rediff.com29 Jul 2021Diksha, who was born with a hearing impairment, will now have the unique honour of having represented India at both the Deaf Olympics in 2017, where she finished second for a silver medal, and the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Who is Basavaraj Bommai, Karnataka's new CM
Rediff.com27 Jul 2021The 61 year-old leader was the Minister for Home Affairs, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislature in Yediyurappa's council of ministers that was dissolved on Monday and was also the Minister in-charge of Haveri and Udupi Districts.
Covid impact: Imports of digital thermometers rise 2,410%
Rediff.com27 Jul 2021From Covid-19 essentials, such as Vitamin C supplements and thermometers, to bicycles, laptops, and personal weighing scales, demand for certain items galloped during last financial year as the pandemic altered what Indians used on a day-to-day basis. Imports of outdoor sports equipment, handbags for women, and dentures, among others, plummeted. With outdoor activities coming to a halt last year and schools functioning virtually, imports of sports goods witnessed a decline, while inbound shipments of laptops and battery chargers saw a sharp uptick, according to the import data for the financial year 2020-21.
Check out schedule of Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics
Rediff.com22 Jul 2021Check out the complete schedule of Indian athletes at the Tokyo Olympics
Howrah Bridge lit up to wish Indians for Tokyo Olympics
Rediff.com20 Jul 2021Tokyo Olympics will run from July 23 to August 8. The mega event was slated to be held last year, but it had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ice-cool Morikawa wins blazing hot British Open
Rediff.com19 Jul 2021Morikawa barely missed a fairway all day as he made four birdies and dropped no shots, showing incredible composure
Black swimmers still under-represented in the pool
Rediff.com15 Jul 2021When it comes to diversity, swimming has a way to go.
Golfer Mane qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
Rediff.com6 Jul 2021Udayan Mane on Tuesday qualified for his maiden Olympic Games, becoming the second Indian male golfer after Anirban Lahiri to make it to the mega-event, starting in Tokyo from July 23.
Clubhouse's Challenge to Facebook/Twitter
Rediff.com3 Jul 2021Like the other platforms, the Clubhouse will have more users in India than anywhere else because of the interest we have in knowing what others are doing and in letting others know about our activities, predicts T P Sreenivasan.
Tokyo will be India's BEST-EVER Olympics
Rediff.com30 Jun 2021Will India finally reach the elusive double-digit mark? Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, for one, is willing to stick his neck out on the possibility.
Aditi Ashok qualifies for her second successive Olympics
Rediff.com29 Jun 2021Aditi qualified in 45th place and will now play in her second Olympics.
India golfer Lahiri keen to make Tokyo 'gift' count
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021Lahiri squeezed himself into the top 60 as the final qualifier on the list published by the International Golf Federation on Tuesday.
Public parks, gardens to open in Delhi from Monday
Rediff.com20 Jun 2021The Delhi government has allowed reopening of bars, public parks and gardens from Monday under a phased easing of restrictions, which were imposed due to the second Covid wave.
Milkha Singh on the Race of his Life
Rediff.com19 Jun 2021'Somehow the Flying Sikh has endured in people's memory.'
Indian origin golfer Megha steals the show at US Open
Rediff.com7 Jun 2021New Jersey high school student Megha Ganne, who won the hearts of golf fans everywhere with her breakout performance at this week's US Women's Open, said she was thrilled to show she could hold her own alongside the game's best.
Saso triumphs in playoff to win US Women's Open golf
Rediff.com7 Jun 2021Yuka Saso battled back from a horrid start to best Japan's Nasa Hataoka in the third hole of a sudden death playoff to win the 76th US Women's Open golf championship at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on Sunday.
Indian origin golfer Megha in surprise lead at US Open
Rediff.com5 Jun 2021Megha Ganne, a 17-year-old American amateur with Indian parentage, shocked the big names in women's golf by taking the lead in the first round of the US Women's Open at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
Fellow athletes rally around Osaka after withdrawal
Rediff.com1 Jun 2021'Take care of yourself and see you back winning soon!'
Bereaved ATK Mohun Bagan keeper is now COVID frontline warrior
Rediff.com26 May 2021Having performed his mother's shraddh ceremony, one of the stars of Indian Super League is now arranging oxygen cylinders, supplying food as a "frontline warrior" for his local club "Atlanta", located in South Kolkata's Golf Road region.
Fabulous at 50: Mickelson defies age to win PGA Championship
Rediff.com24 May 2021Phil Mickelson blocked out the distractions and kept his mind quiet in front of a raucous gallery to win the PGA Championship by two strokes on Sunday and become golf's oldest major winner at the age of 50.
'Madman, racist, sexist pig': Obama's thoughts on Trump
Rediff.com21 May 2021The remarks are reported in Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Donald Trump, by Edward-Isaac Dovere, a staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, which will be published next week.
'Stop Tokyo Olympics' petition submitted to Games OC
Rediff.com14 May 2021Asked about the campaign against the Games, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said she would work towards a "safe and secure" Olympics.