Defending champions Brazil advanced to the quarter-finals of the men's Olympic soccer tournament after a 3-1 victory over Saudi Arabia on Wednesday helped them top Group D, while Ivory Coast booked their berth by sending Germany home.

Afghanistan witnessed a series of terror attacks in the last few weeks as the US aimed to complete the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan by August-end, ending a nearly two-decade of its military presence in the war-ravaged country.

Life, history, adventure, Sukanya Verma offers a rather feverish schedule on OTT this week.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a perfect hat-trick inside 32 minutes as Juventus bounced back from their midweek Champions League exit by beating Cagliari 3-1 away in Serie A on Sunday.

Murthy, who currently is the top Indian-American advisor to President-elect Joe Biden on COVID-19, is a potential pick for the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services and Stanford University Professor Arun Majumdar for the post of Secretary of Energy, The Washington Post and Politico said in their reports on Tuesday that mentions a list of potential picks for various Cabinet-level positions in the Biden administration.

The new records for extreme lightning bursts, or 'megaflashes', during 2019, are more than double the size and duration of the previous record flashes.

'I don't sense that China wants that kind of conflict or would support that'

From Hurricane Dorian to Hong Kong protests to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mega event in Houston, Texas, United States -- these are the big moments that shaped the month of September.

List of major transfers in the top Premier League ahead of the 2019-20 season (all transfer fees as reported by British media):

When Vinoo Mankad ran out Bill Brown, he created cricketing history -- and eternal controversy.

Airfares in Indian market are unsustainable, says a senior Boeing official.

According to Boeing, India would need 1,940 single-aisle planes worth $220 billion and 350 wide-body aircraft valued at $100 billion.

If indeed we want the board to manage the RBI, probably the government should take a close look at the US Federal Reserve system which has a two-part structure - a central authority in Washington, DC, and a decentralised network of 12 Federal Reserve Banks located throughout the country, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

Hurricane Florence hammered the Carolinas in America with damaging winds, storm surge and catastrophic flooding. The damage is so catastrophic that experts are pegging property damage and disruption from Hurricane Florence to total at least $17 billion to $22 billion. Additionally, the storm has claimed 32 deaths as of Monday, most of them in North Carolina, a number that had nearly doubled since a day earlier. Dogs, domestic animals and livestock took a hit from the record-breaking rainfall, surging floodwaters and brutal winds. Here are some of the most heart-warming images from the rescue.

Rajneesh Gupta salutes Tamim Iqbal's courage in the Asia Cup's opening game on Saturday and lists instances where cricketers braved injuries to battle it out for their teams.

Hurricane Florence reaches the Carolinas, America pays tribute to 9/11 victims, Russia's Putin meets China's Xi Jinping and much more...

'Ludicrous they might be, but they are not without threats -- much like letters that appear suddenly in homes of those opposing the government.' 'One must exercise some caution before believing in them,' says Uttaran Das Gupta.

'T20 cricket is popular because everything is faster and people want things quicker.' 'Test cricket is going to battle, but I would like to think that it is going to be around and stay around because if you ask Virat Kohli what gives him ultimate pleasure, it would be playing Test cricket for India.'

Today, apologies by CEOs of global corporations have become so common that you get case studies on the subject.

Sofia Goggia carved up the Jeongseon slope 'like a Samurai' to win the women's downhill on Wednesday and leave American Lindsey Vonn with a bronze medal in her final run in the marquee event of Olympic Alpine skiing.

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison on Monday for molesting young female gymnasts, capping weeks of horrifying testimony from nearly 200 victims about his decades of abuse.

He was nearly within striking distance of Nassar before court guards tackled him roughly to the ground in front of his shocked daughters.

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday

Janna Bakeer, a girl who attends Timpview High School in Provo City, Utah, tried to ride a bus home when the bus driver used the bus's intercom system and said, "Hey you with the blue hair thingie, get off the bus, you don't belong here," according Randall Spencer, the family's lawyer.

The company wants to make F 16-Block 70 "for India, from India and export to the world".

8 CEOs on the list are female, and they far outpace the median pay for the Equilar 100 as a whole

'A vote for Hillary means a vote for endless wars of trying to overthrow governments and rebuilding foreign countries.' 'A vote for Bernie Sanders means an end to these interventionist wars, and instead spending our money and precious resources rebuilding our own country,' Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, the only Hindu-American in the United States Congress, tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com

Former United States President George W Bush campaigned for his younger brother for the first time on Monday night.

Janet Yellen is guiding the Federal Reserve towards its first rate rise in a decade armed with traditional economic models that some economists worry could fail her in a world of massive money printing and near zero rates.

The White House and the Pentagon have denounced Republican presidential aspirant Donal Trump's call for a ban on the entry of Muslims into the United States, saying the anti-Muslim rhetoric undermines America's national security.

A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by.

Model Kate Moss believes she was a stripper in her past life and more fashion news

Apple Inc unveiled a new TV set top box that responds to voice commands and fresh iPhones that sense the pressure of a finger tap, changes which underwhelmed many social media commenters and investors.

Twitter users were generally impressed with Apple TV, with some people joking that they would have to buy a TV to use the Siri remote and app store.

The Charleston police identified the gunman as Dylann Roof of Lexington, South Carolina. They arrested him from neighbouring North Carolina.

A baffled Usain Bolt ran his worst turn ever as he barely won the 200 metres at the Adidas Grand Prix meet in a sluggish 20.29 seconds on a warm, windy day at Randall's Island in New York, on Saturday.

Usain Bolt says he is not yet ready for a duel with Justin Gatlin.

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Following the demise of Ankit Keshri here other instances when cricketers died while playing a match.

Apple's stock market value rose beyond $700 billion.