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African Nations Cup: Malawi stun Algeria 3-0

African Nations Cup: Malawi stun Algeria 3-0

Rediff.com12 Jan 2010

Malawi, making their first African Nations Cup appearance for 26 years and only their second overall, stunned World Cup qualifiers Algeria 3-0 in their opening Group A match on Monday.

Rahman is headline act at famed Sydney Festival

Rahman is headline act at famed Sydney Festival

Rediff.com12 Nov 2009

Rahman's two-and-a-half hour free and exclusive music-dance performance will include over 40 Bollywood dancers, singers, and musicians at outdoor Parramatta Park near Sydney.

Anurag Kashyap's thriller with Kalki

Anurag Kashyap's thriller with Kalki

Rediff.com10 Nov 2009

Anurag Kashyap, now firmly installed in the A-list of Bollywood directors, discusses his craft.

Higuain leads Real to victory as Barca are held

Higuain leads Real to victory as Barca are held

Rediff.com1 Nov 2009

Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain scored twice for 10-man Real Madrid in a 2-0 home win over Getafe on Saturday that eased the pressure on coach Manuel Pellegrini. Real have 22 points from nine games and are one point behind La Liga leaders Barcelona after the champions were held to a 1-1 draw at Osasuna, Gerard Pique scoring in his own net in the last minute.

Messi double helps Barcelona rout Atletico

Messi double helps Barcelona rout Atletico

Rediff.com20 Sep 2009

Champions Barcelona turned on the style to hammer Atletico Madrid 5-2 and consolidate their position at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday. The visitors, who were thumped 6-1 in the same fixture last season, have yet to win a game in the new campaign but came out with an ambitious attacking lineup.

Ghana overcome odds to qualify for WC finals

Ghana overcome odds to qualify for WC finals

Rediff.com7 Sep 2009

Ghana have overcome the hurdle of a captain without a club and the lack of a proven goal scorer to romp to easy World Cup qualification, the first country to book their place from the African qualifiers.

Watch And Once Again for the players

Watch And Once Again for the players

Rediff.com20 Aug 2010

If romantic melodramas are your cup of tea, this film is perfect for you.

Ibrahimovic opens Barcelona account

Ibrahimovic opens Barcelona account

Rediff.com1 Sep 2009

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored with an acrobatic header on his La Liga debut to seal Barcelona's 3-0 win over Sporting Gijon as they opened their title defence in style on Monday.

Real Madrid struggling to sell players

Real Madrid struggling to sell players

Rediff.com24 Jul 2009

Real Madrid are finding it hard to negotiate the sale of the five or six players they need to offload to raise cash to fund more purchases, director general Jorge Valdano said on Thursday.

ICC chief Pawar knows little about cricket: Speed

ICC chief Pawar knows little about cricket: Speed

Rediff.com1 Jul 2010

If John Howard was rejected for inexperience then even Sharad Pawar does not qualify to be the International Cricket Council (ICC) president as he knows "little about cricket administration", said former ICC CEO Malcolm Speed describing the snub to the ex-Australian Prime Minister a "disgrace".

First Look: Ram Gopal Varma's new girl

First Look: Ram Gopal Varma's new girl

Rediff.com21 Apr 2008

After Urmila Matondkar, Antara Mali and Nisha Kothari, Ram Gopal Varma has found another heroine, Amruta Khanvilkar. The actress will star in not one but two RGV films -- Contract and Phoonk.

Fierce fighting rages in eastern Libya

Fierce fighting rages in eastern Libya

Rediff.com9 Apr 2011

Libyan rebel forces in besieged Misurata on Saturday pushed back the advancing Gaddafi troops amid fierce battle for the control of the key eastern town of Ajdabiya as African Union leaders embarked on a diplomatic mission to end the conflict.

South Africa restore relations with Zimbabwe

South Africa restore relations with Zimbabwe

Rediff.com23 May 2009

South Africa have restored cricket relations with Zimbabwe, Cricket South Africa said on Friday. A CSA statement said the decision had been made at a board meeting attended by Zimbabwe Cricket Union president Peter Chingoka and chief executive officer Ozias Bvute. Last year CSA decided to suspend bilateral relations with the ZCU because of the deteriorating political and economic situation in the country.

Stopping Messi main concern for Chelsea's Hiddink

Stopping Messi main concern for Chelsea's Hiddink

Rediff.com27 Apr 2009

Devising a strategy to thwart Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is Chelsea coach Guus Hiddink's main concern ahead of his side's Champions League semi-final first leg at the Nou Camp on Tuesday. The Argentina international is the top scorer in this season's competition with eight goals and Chelsea's task of preventing him from adding to his tally has been complicated by the suspension of left back Ashley Cole.

Terror suspects take lie-detector test

Terror suspects take lie-detector test

Rediff.com19 Feb 2008

Terror suspects Mohammad Asif and Shakeel Mali were subjected to polygraph (lie-detector) test at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Bangalore on Tuesday, FSL sources said.

New trends in Qaeda terror: Local targets, easy missions

New trends in Qaeda terror: Local targets, easy missions

Rediff.com12 Sep 2012

After the Afghan and Pakistani Talibans, the LeT and the LeJ, the most capable and lethal terrorist organisation today is the Al Qaeda of Arabian Peninsula, says B Raman

Orissa Govt meets 8 Maoist demands

Orissa Govt meets 8 Maoist demands

Rediff.com22 Feb 2011

Conceding eight of the 14 demands of the Maoists on the second day of talks with the rebel-chosen mediators, the Orissa government said it was confident of securing early release of abducted Malkangiri Collector R V Krishna and a junior engineer.

Modi's financial bunglings under probe

Modi's financial bunglings under probe

Rediff.com17 Mar 2009

The newly elected Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has set up a three member committee, headed by a retired IAS Mahendra Surana, to probe the alleged "financial irregularities" during the tenure of former president Lalit Modi.

Sevilla win, Valencia lose

Sevilla win, Valencia lose

Rediff.com9 Mar 2009

Frederic Kanoute scored one goal and created another for Renato to help Sevilla to a 2-1 home win over Andalusian rivals Almeria in the Primera Liga on Sunday.

Economic crisis to hit the poor hard: UNESCO

Economic crisis to hit the poor hard: UNESCO

Rediff.com4 Mar 2009

The global financial crisis sweeping through Wall Street and European banking sector will touch the lives of the world's most vulnerable, push millions into deeper poverty and lead to the deaths of thousands of children, a new United Nations study said.

Real hammer Sporting Gijon 4-0

Real hammer Sporting Gijon 4-0

Rediff.com16 Feb 2009

Striker Raul set a club scoring record as Real Madrid swept aside Sporting Gijon 4-0 away on Sunday to cut Barcelona's lead at the top of the Primera Liga to 10 points.

Real Madrid edge past Racing

Real Madrid edge past Racing

Rediff.com8 Feb 2009

A clinical finish by Gonzalo Higuain gave Real Madrid a 1-0 home win over Racing Santander on Saturday and a seventh successive Primera Liga victory that trimmed Barcelona's lead at the top to nine points. Third-placed Sevilla lost further ground on Real after goals from Sergio Garcia and new signing Ricardo Oliveira gave Real Betis a 2-1 win at the Sanchez Pizjuan and condemned their city rivals to a third consecutive league defeat.

King's Cup: Sevilla on track for final

King's Cup: Sevilla on track for final

Rediff.com5 Feb 2009

Argentine striker Lautaro Acosta scored an injury-time winner to give Sevilla a 2-1 victory at home to Athletic Bilbao in their King's Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday.

Primera Liga: Sevilla go second

Primera Liga: Sevilla go second

Rediff.com11 Jan 2009

Ten-man Sevilla climbed to second in the Primera Liga with a 3-1 comeback win at Deportivo Coruna on Saturday, moving above Valencia who were held to a 3-3 draw at home by Villarreal.

Togo hope to join African Nations Cup later

Togo hope to join African Nations Cup later

Rediff.com11 Jan 2010

Togo's soccer team flew home on Sunday after the deadly ambush of their team bus but the sports minister said they hoped to return to Angola, where Africa's biggest sports tournament got underway.

Togo team to return from Africa Cup: Adebayor

Togo team to return from Africa Cup: Adebayor

Rediff.com10 Jan 2010

Togo's national team will return home and not compete in Africa's biggest soccer tournament, captain Emmanuel Adebayor said on Sunday, after gunmen killed a squad coach and press officer in an ambush.

Henry helps runaway Barca extend lead at top

Henry helps runaway Barca extend lead at top

Rediff.com22 Dec 2008

Thierry Henry scored the winner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 away and go 10 points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday.

Ashok Gehlot sworn in as Rajasthan Chief Minister

Ashok Gehlot sworn in as Rajasthan Chief Minister

Rediff.com13 Dec 2008

Ashok Gehlot, who spearheaded the Congress campaign and brought it back to power in the assembly elections in Rajasthan, was on Saturday sworn in as chief minister for a second term in office.Gehlot, 57, who was the chief minister between 1998 and 2003, was sworn in at a public ceremony in front of a large number of Congressmen by Governor S K Singh. He was the only one to take oath today.

Ashok Gehlot-the man who rose from the ashes

Ashok Gehlot-the man who rose from the ashes

Rediff.com11 Dec 2008

Self-effacing and a grassroots man, Ashok Gehlot worked untiringly for rebuilding the party from a scratch since 2003 when it was ousted from power in Rajasthan where caste rivalries sought to redraw political equations like never before in the recent past.

Real Madrid lose, slip to fifth

Real Madrid lose, slip to fifth

Rediff.com8 Dec 2008

Renato scored a late winner for Sevilla at the Bernabeu as they survived a spirited fightback from champions Real Madrid to win 4-3 in the Spanish Primera Liga on Sunday. Adriano Correia gave Sevilla a third-minute lead and although Raul pulled one back in the 19th minute, Ndri Romaric and Frederic Kanoute had the visitors 3-1 up at halftime.

Prez's brother refused polygraph in murder case

Prez's brother refused polygraph in murder case

Rediff.com26 Nov 2008

The Central Bureau of Investigation has informed the Bombay high court that G N Patil, brother of President Pratibha Patil, and two others had refused to undergo a lie detector test during the agency's probe into the three-year-old murder of a Congress leader from Jalgaon in Maharashtra

Kanoute blasts Sevilla to win, third place

Kanoute blasts Sevilla to win, third place

Rediff.com14 Dec 2009

Frederic Kanoute's emphatic finish early in the first half fired Sevilla to a 1-0 win at Sporting Gijon in La Liga on Sunday to lift the Andalusians above Valencia into third.

Barcelona stay top despite draw

Barcelona stay top despite draw

Rediff.com24 Nov 2008

Seydou Keita grabbed a second-half equaliser for Barcelona as the leaders were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Getafe in the Spanish Primera Liga on Sunday. Barca have 29 points from 12 games, three points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid and four in front of Villarreal, who both played on Saturday.

Produce all 16 militants, Hubli court to cops

Produce all 16 militants, Hubli court to cops

Rediff.com14 Oct 2008

First Additional District and Sessions Court Judge V G Bopaiah passed the order when nine of the 16 were produced in the Hubli court. The nine who were produced before the judge were: Asadulla Abubaker, Shakeel Ahmed Mali, Allabakhsh Yadawad, Yaha Kammukutti, Syed Sadiq, Mohammad Yasin, Mohammad Ansar, Muroz alias Mulla and P A Shaduli.

BSF foils infiltration bid; militant killed

BSF foils infiltration bid; militant killed

Rediff.com3 Oct 2008

Border Security Force personnel on Friday shot dead a militant trying to infiltrate into India from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir under cover of Pakistani firing, the third ceasefire violation by rangers of the neighbouring country in six days' time.A group of three to four intruders entered into Indian territory along the international border in R S Pura belt of Jammu district. BSF troops fired back resulting in a gunfight. One intruder was shot dead.

Barca thrash Zaragoza to go three points clear

Barca thrash Zaragoza to go three points clear

Rediff.com26 Oct 2009

Seydou Keita hit a hat-trick and Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted twice to lead Barcelona to a 6-1 thrashing of Real Zaragoza and send the La Liga champions three points clear of Real Madrid on Sunday.

Poor Marathas should get reservation: Shiv Sena

Poor Marathas should get reservation: Shiv Sena

Rediff.com19 Sep 2008

The Shiv Sena on Friday came out in support of the demand that the Maratha community be included in the Other Backward Classes category. The Marathas are considered to be the 'ruling caste' of the state, yet a demand for inclusion in OBCs has been gaining strength of late.

Gerrard takes Liverpool home

Gerrard takes Liverpool home

Rediff.com23 Aug 2008

Captain Steven Gerrard scored four minutes into stoppage time to cap a thrilling 2-1 comeback victory over Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Saturday.

View: Tagore never ate 'Kurkure'

View: Tagore never ate 'Kurkure'

Rediff.com14 Sep 2009

Most people would assume there would be a sewage system, a garbage disposal system, a road repair mechanism, and a street light plan which keeps the place going. What they would not know is that this unique university town has no municipal authority.

Hleb completes move to Barcelona

Hleb completes move to Barcelona

Rediff.com17 Jul 2008

Belarus midfielder Aleksandr Hleb signed a four-year contract with Barcelona to complete his move from Arsenal, the Spanish Primera Liga club said on Wednesday. The 27-year-old, a long-term target for Barcelona, flew to Spain on Wednesday to take his medical, arriving just after the club had agreed to sell Brazilian Ronaldinho to AC Milan.