A competitive streak as hard as a diamond gave the 20-year-old the strength to stage a great escape at the French Open.
Excerpt from Dr Mahinder Watsa's book, It's Normal.
Venus Williams unleashed the fastest serve by a woman at a grand slam as the American kept the Stars and Stripes fluttering at the French Open on Wednesday.
Brett Lee has been forced out of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka with an ankle injury.
The Railways off-spinner said he was 'mentally prepared' for the prestigious tour if selected.
Ivanisevic battled through his first match in eight months to beat the Bohdan Ulihrach in the first round of the Milan Indoors.
The former Wimbledon champion will play his first match at the ATP championship in Milan on Tuesday.
No-Punchline humour reminds us how in our daily lives, we all are by turns 'The Corrupt Politician we criticise,' 'The Chauvinist Male we frown upon,' 'The Rule Breaker we deride through our Facebook posts,' 'The Communal Virus we so easily lampoon' and 'The Bad Artist we spoof.' In a land where the aforesaid prototypes are our major sources of 'funny,' is there an audience for the NPL kind of humour, asks Sreehari Nair.
A shoulder injury forced her to withdraw from a semi-final with Justine Henin-Hardenne.
'Power sits lightly on Arun Jaitley's shoulders. Just because earth-shaking election results have brought his party in power, he has not gone recklessly ambitious. "Too soon, too fast" is not what he likes,' says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about Budget 2014.
Serena Williams fought off swirling winds and a bold challenge by Czech Klara Zakopalova to reach the second round of the French Open with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 win on Tuesday.
As the Hindu Mahasabha shockingly threatens to celebrate the death anniversary of the man who murdered the Mahatma, we need to remember Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the ideals he stood for. In this exclusive excerpt from Shobha Warrier's new book, His Days With Bapu: Mahatma Gandhi's Personal Secretary Recalls, V Kalyanam, the Mahatma's personal secretary from 1944 until January 30, 1948, recalls his murder in cold blood.
'When I was in Shrirampur I thought I would make it to the Indian team. There were a series of events that happened, and even if one link was missing, I don't think I would be here.'
In an exclusive interview to PTI, BJP leader and former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh outlines the party's poll strategy.
The promising Indian junior wasted two match-points and went down in the second round in the ITF Satellite tournament.
In spite of being wounded in battle, Lieutenant Colonel A B Tarapore fought for six days before meeting a hero's death on the battlefield in the 1965 war. A legend in the Indian Army, he is the highest ranking officer to be awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
A healthy diet that is low on fat and sugar combined by regular exercise can improve the life of your heart.
The third seed withdrew because of a wrist injury that will sideline him for at least two weeks.
They easily beat Bulgaria's Todor Enev and Russian qualifier Pavel\n\nLobanov respectively in the quarter-finals of the ITF Futures tournament.
The ace leg spinner will captain Victoria in a one-day match against Western Australia, 26 days after dislocating his shoulder.
The former Wimbledon champion has recovered from shoulder surgery and will represent Croatia in the first round tie in February.
An economist from J&K and a popular face from the RSS/BJP sat together to craftily weave an alliance in what is one of the most difficult agenda-setting exercises in recent history.
Surgeons operated on the dislocated shoulder of the leg-spinner on Monday.
Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he was sentenced to death by the Terrorist and Disruptive Actives (Prevention) Act court for criminal conspiracy and financing air tickets to send co-conspirators for arms and RDX training to Pakistan.
Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he was sentenced to death by the Terrorist and Disruptive Actives (Prevention) Act court for criminal conspiracy and financing air tickets to send co-conspirators for arms and RDX training to Pakistan.
Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds on Thursday with victory in the women's 200 meters humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower.
Considering that he is on the tour for just over two months, and started the year ranked out of 1000, Somdev Devvarman's rise to 320 in the ATP rankings is heartening.
Radhika Vachani, Founder of Yogacara Healing Arts takes you through it.
Back in January 2006, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray granted the Sena daily newspaper Saamna Editor Sanjay Raut an interview where he spoke his mind about his nephew Raj's departure from the party.
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