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Head Goes From 15 To 51 In 7 Balls!
Rediff.com12 Sep 2024A man who boasts a strike rate of 159.22 in the shortest format, Head became the fifth Aussie cricketer to score most runs in an over in T20Is.
Paris Paralympics: MIND-BOGGLING Pix!
Rediff.com6 Sep 2024Images from Day 7 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
Samoa batter Visser breaks Yuvraj Singh's T20 World record
Rediff.com20 Aug 2024Samoa batter Darius Visser blasted six sixes to break the record for most runs from one over in a men's T20 International, against Vanuatu.
India's path to U19 T20 World Cup final
Rediff.com18 Aug 2024India to open campaign against WI in 2025 Women's U19 T20 WC
Biden, Trump sweep Super Tuesday primaries, rematch is on
Rediff.com6 Mar 2024Super Tuesday is an important phase of presidential primaries when the early contests are over, and voters from multiple states cast ballots in primaries timed to occur on the same date. Almost all the results were one-sided in favour of Trump except for Vermont, where the winning difference was about one per cent.
Nikki Haley defeats Trump in Washington DC for 1st primary win
Rediff.com4 Mar 2024Haley, 51, received 1,274 votes (62.9 per cent) against 676 votes (33.2 per cent) received by her main rival and former President Trump.
India dominates Commonwealth weightlifting with 20 medals
Rediff.com16 Jul 2023India won nine gold, as many silver and two bronze medals in total.
PM of Papua New Guinea touches Modi's feet on arrival
Rediff.com21 May 2023The prime minister reached Port Moresby from Japan where he attended the summit of the G7 advanced economies and held bilateral meetings with several world leaders.
Commonwealth Games 2022: Medals Table
Rediff.com8 Aug 2022The medals table of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Weightlifter Lovepreet claims bronze on CWG debut
Rediff.com3 Aug 2022Lovepreet, including a new national record of 192 kg in clean and jerk, to finish third on the podium.
CWG: Weightlifter Thakur strikes silver in men's 96kg
Rediff.com2 Aug 2022Samoa's Don Opeloge 381kg (171kg+210kg) bettered his 2018 silver by clinching gold with a record-breaking performance.
CWG 2022: How India fared on Sunday, July 31
Rediff.com1 Aug 2022Jeremy stamps class on CWG debut, India climb to sixth in medal table
Gold-winning weightlifter Jeremy reveals story about his tattoo
Rediff.com31 Jul 2022Jeremy shared an interesting story behind the tattoo he wears on his left arm.
Mizoram teen Jeremy rewrites two Games record on way to sensational CWG gold
Rediff.com31 Jul 2022Jeremy Lalrinnunga smashed two Games records on his way to a sensational gold medal win
Our Yuva Shakti is creating history: Modi reacts after Jeremy wins CWG gold
Rediff.com31 Jul 2022'At a young age he's brought immense pride and glory'
PIX: Beijing Winter Games open amid criticism, boycotts
Rediff.com4 Feb 2022Held on the first day of Spring by the Chinese calendar, it began with a performance by dancers waving glowing green stalks to convey the vitality of the season, followed by an explosion of white and green fireworks that spelled the word "Spring".
China quietly developing military bases in Pacific islands
Rediff.com25 Nov 2021According to the Singapore Post, Kiribati a Micronesian country is discussing opening up its largest marine reserves to commercial fishing which may serve a dual purpose like a naval base for the Chinese as well.
India gets Swiss bank ac details for 3rd year in row
Rediff.com11 Oct 2021India has received the third set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals under an automatic exchange of information pact with Switzerland, as part of an annual exercise under which the European nation has shared the particulars of nearly 33 lakh financial accounts with 96 countries.
Fans evicted for hurling racist abuse at Ross Taylor
Rediff.com23 Jun 2021Two spectators were ejected from the ground on the fifth day of the WTC
NZ lifter will be first transgender athlete to participate at Olympics
Rediff.com21 Jun 2021Save Women's Sport Australasia, a group opposed to transgender women competing in women's sports, said Hubbard's selection was allowed by "flawed policy from the IOC".
This weightlifter is set to become 1st transgender Olympian
Rediff.com6 May 2021Hubbard, 43, competed in men's weightlifting competitions before transitioning in 2013.
Indian-origin MP in New Zealand takes oath in Sanskrit
Rediff.com25 Nov 2020Dr Gaurav Sharma, 33, hailing from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur, was recently elected as the Member of Parliament from the Labour Party for Hamilton West in New Zealand.
Olympic Qualifiers: Sakshi, Simranjit advance to quarters
Rediff.com4 Mar 2020Sakshi Chaudhary prevailed in a split verdict against the Asian Games bronze-medallist in an engrossing second-round bout after both the boxers got opening-round byes.
It's between Biden and Sanders in Democratic presidential race
Rediff.com4 Mar 2020The "Super Tuesday", or March 3 presidential primaries, were held in as many as 15 states including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. Biden, 77, registered impressive victories in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Arkansas, propelling him as the frontrunner in the primaries. However, Sanders, 78, by winning big in the State of California -- which sends 415 pledge delegates -- reflected the fight to win Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Donald Trump was not over yet.
This transgender weightlifter continues Tokyo bid in Australia
Rediff.com28 Feb 2020Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, who competed in men's weightlifting competitions before transitioning seven years ago, kept her Olympic hopes alive by winning last month's World Cup in Rome where she lifted 270kg, edging Ukraine's Anastasiia Lysenko by 4kg.
PM grants $12m to Pacific island states, $150m line of credit
Rediff.com25 Sep 2019A release issued by the MEA said the meeting was attended by the heads of delegations of Fiji, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, The Independent State of Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu and Republic of Vanuatu.
Houston trumped, PM arrives in New York for 74th UNGA
Rediff.com23 Sep 2019A total of over 75 Heads of State and Foreign Ministers will be meeting with Modi, external affairs minister S Jaishankar and minister of state for external affairs V Muraleedharan during the week across various platforms.
Pardeep Singh wins gold in Commonwealth C'ship
Rediff.com13 Jul 2019Pardeep, who is competing in the 109kg category, smashed the record in the clean and jerk event by lifting 202 kgs. His earlier successful attempt of 148kg took his total to 350kgs.
Lifter Ajay Singh creates new Commonwealth record
Rediff.com12 Jul 2019Ajay also smashed the national record in the clean and jerk event by lifting more than double his body weight (190kg) to score vital points at the Olympic qualifying event.
Jeremy smashes Youth World record
Rediff.com11 Jul 2019The 16-year-old Indian weightlifter, competing in the 67 kg category, obliterated the Youth World, Asian and Commonwealth records in the snatch category with a lift of 136kgs.
Why Thailand blames Australia for arrest of refugee Bahraini footballer
Rediff.com6 Feb 2019Hakeem Al Araibi's case has drawn international criticism as a Thai court considers an extradition request from Bahrain for him to serve a 10-year sentence related to the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011. He denies the charges.
Tulsi Gabbard announces 2020 presidential run to take on Trump
Rediff.com12 Jan 2019The Iraq war veteran has become the first-ever Hindu to be running for the presidency in the US.
India hockey team embarrass Hong Kong to win by a record 26-0 margin
Rediff.com22 Aug 2018The huge gulf between the two sides was evident as India bettered its 86-year-old record when it defeated USA with a 24-1 margin in Olympics.
Australia's Cahill hoping for a chance to join the 'greats'
Rediff.com14 Jun 2018Tim Cahill would love nothing better than to join the select company of Pele, Uwe Seeler and Miroslav Klose by finding the net in a fourth World Cup over the next few weeks but first the Australian actually needs to get on the pitch.
CWG Medals Tally: India finish 3rd with 26 golds; Australia top
Rediff.com15 Apr 2018Medals tally of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
CWG: Indian women's hockey team enters semis; Hima in 400m final
Rediff.com10 Apr 2018Captain Rani Rampal's clinical strike helped India beat South Africa 1-0 to seal their place in the semi-finals of the women's hockey event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
5 Indians in boxing semis, assured of medals at debut CWG
Rediff.com10 Apr 2018Veteran Manoj Kumar (69kg) assured himself the second Commonwealth Games medal of his career as four Indian boxers entered the semi-finals of the mega-event with contrasting victories in the quarter-finals, in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
CWG 2018: Check out India's schedule on Day 6
Rediff.com9 Apr 2018Check out India's schedule on Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, on Tuesday.
Weightlifter Pardeep misses gold after gallant fight
Rediff.com9 Apr 2018Pardeep Singh came agonizingly close to winning gold, but eventually settled for silver in the men's 105 kg weightlifting competition after a close contest with Samoa's Sanele Mao at the Commonwelth Games on Monday morning.
Indian lifters overcame pain to lord the CWG arena
Rediff.com7 Apr 2018Indian weightlifters remained leaps ahead of their Commonwealth Games competitors, taking their gold medal tally to four