A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who battled in the ring and sought peace outside it. An estimated 14,000 people, representing many races and creeds, attended the jenazah, or "funeral" in Arabic, where he was repeatedly feted as "the people's champion." Ali, a three-time heavyweight champion known for his showmanship, political activism and devotion to humanitarian causes, died on Friday of septic shock in an Arizona hospital. He was 74.
Important bouts in the career of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.
Dismissed by the press, disdained by opponents, Cassius Clay kept on winning. And then came the Liston fight: the night when it all changed.
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary defeating Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton by more than 15 percentage points even as the former US secretary of state looks set to secure the party nomination.
The condition of Muhammad Ali has "vastly improved" since he was admitted to the hospital over the weekend with a mild case of pneumonia and doctors hope to discharge the boxing legend soon, a spokesman said on Monday.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized with pneumonia and is expected to recover because the illness was caught early, a spokesman said on Saturday.
American boxing legend Muhammad Ali's brother has revealed that the boxer who was once famous for his lightning speed and even faster tongue is now so ill that he can barely speak.
The good folks at National Geographic list out the most popular dishes that are as popular as the cities where they were invented.
The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of affection and admiration for one of the best-known figures of the 20th century.
'We are going to see relatively soon an executive order that deals with H-1B and other temporary visas.' 'We are also going to see an executive order on undocumented people.' 'Undocumented Indians comprise the largest population growth of all undocumented people in this country.' 'Just because India is not named in this executive order doesn't mean it won't be in the future.'
Tyson confessed in his new book Undisputed Truth that he used a fake penis to fool drug-testers and fought on cocaine.
While the Iranian citizen Hamid Asefi, 67, was sentenced to 23 months, a US citizen Behzad Karimian, (52), also known as "Tony" Karimian who holds a valid Iranian passport and is employed as a Mesaba Airlines Pilot, was sentenced to 52 months in prison on Monday.
Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
More than 60 years ago, a bicycle thief in Louisville, Kentucky, unknowingly set in motion one of the most amazing sports careers in history.
The finalists will present their research findings across 16 branches of science between March 7 and 13 this year.
The 2012 edition of the annual Indo-US naval exercise codenamed Malabar will conclude on Monday. Rediff.com brings you glimpses of the joint exercise.
Notwithstanding fears of a tsunami following a powerful earthquake off Indonesia on Wednesday, the navies of India and the United States carried out their joint exercises off the coast of Chennai.
Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali on his 70th birthday.
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'The challenges of the world are too great for any one religious tradition to address alone... The best way to learn about other religions is not from books, but from people... Go talk to someone from a different faith tradition. Get to know them. Build up some trust.' Dr Katharine Rhodes Henderson, who jointly won Hofstra University's Guru Nanak Prize for inter-faith champions in the United States, discusses religion and the challenges of extremism in this lively interview with Rediff.com's Arthur J Pais.
The manner in which India and Pakistan have pursued atomic weapons has 'upset the balance of nuclear deterrence', United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday, asserting that the US is working hard with both countries to try to limit their number of nuclear stockpiles.
The current Explorer and Explorer Sport Trac models are built at the companys Louisville assembly plant in Kentucky.
India-born Eboo Patel, founder of a group focused on global interfaith youth movement and member of President Barack Obama's faith advisory council, has won the 2010 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion, touted as the world's most prestigious prize in the field.
Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi crashed out of the euro 42,500 ATP Challenger series tournament in Aachen, Germany, after losing a tough quarter-final to the German pair of Andreas Beck and Philipp Petzschner. The Indo-Pakistani duo won the first set but then lost their way as the Germans won 5-7, 6-4, 13-11 to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament.
European Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo was awestruck after he and his 12-man team met boxing great Muhammad Ali at Valhalla Golf Club on Thursday. Ali, a native of Louisville and a former three-times world heavyweight champion, was taken out in a golf cart to greet the Europeans on the first fairway on the last day of official practice.
Those who plotted the deadly attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, are still alive and planning to carry out more terror strikes, a top United States military general has said.
The Institute of Industrial Engineers presented the Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering to Professor Sunderesh S Heragu, the Mary Lee and George F Duthie Chair in Engineering Logistics at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.
Recently, there's been a groundswell of upscale airport bars offering wines with charcuterie, microbrews and even exquisite bourbon.
Mumbai-based Firstsource Solutions, a pure-play business process outsourcing provider, has acquired US-based MedAssist Holding for $330 million (Rs 1,353 crore).
Firstsource Solutions (formerly ICICI OneSource), a business process outsourcing company, on Thursday acquired BPM - a Delaware-based healthcare claims' outsourcing company.
Co-nominated with Ali is Peter Georgi, Ali's former senior humanitarian advisor and co-founder along with Ali of the Children's General Assembly and its launching organisation the Children's Peace Foundation.
Poor infrastructure and unavailability of broadband are major reasons why Indians have not taken to Second Life in a big way. Besides, the time zone of Second Life is more attuned to the US, which is another issue for Indians wanting to hook on to this world.
Mike Tyson tipped the scales at 233 pounds, while his opponent Irishman Kevin McBride weighed 271 pounds, his heaviest weight ever for a fight.
The 38-year-old is believed to have torn the complex lateral meniscus in his left knee during his fight against Danny Williams.
The 38-year-old's fierce aura and savage skills have eroded through inactivity, fighting just twice in the last three years.
The former world champion's trainer said Tyson is tired of training for his July 30 fight against British fighter Danny Williams.
The troubled and broke former-champion meets British heavyweight Danny Williams.
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