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Mirabai Chanu's return further delayed
Rediff.com12 Dec 2023Injured Mirabai Chanu's return to the weightlifting arena has been further delayed as the Olympic silver medallist is set to miss the Asian Championships in February next year.
Asiad on mind, Mirabai won't lift at World C'ships
Rediff.com29 Aug 2023"There is very less time between the Asian Games and the World Championships. Since there is compulsory participation at the World Championships, we have decided that Mirabai only travel to Riyadh and give the body weight.
'So many people in F1 owe so much to Mateschitz'
Rediff.com23 Oct 2022Formula One and the championship-leading Red Bull team mourned the death of the energy drink company's Austrian founder Dietrich Mateschitz on Saturday at the age of 78.
Seema Punia books ticket to Tokyo Games
Rediff.com30 Jun 2021She threw a distance of 63.72m in the women's discus throw at the National Inter-State #Athletics Championship to punch her ticket to the Games.
Hamilton's raised fist revives memories of Mexico 1968
Rediff.com13 Jul 2020'It is going to be a lifelong thing for me.'
The odd, odd world we live in!
Rediff.com26 Jun 2019These 12 images that prove we live in a wonderfully weird world!
Sports Shorts: 'Neeraj recovering without complications'
Rediff.com16 May 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
F3 driver Floersch fractures spine after huge airborne crash
Rediff.com19 Nov 2018FIA promises probe into Macau aerial crash
Dutee to participate at World C'ships after CAS nod
Rediff.com29 Jul 2017In her 'gender case' before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, the world's top sports tribunal has suspended IAAF's Hyperandrogenism Policy, under which the AFI suspended Dutee from competitions in 2014.
Sports Shorts: Manpreet suspended for doping; Kashyap knocks out top seed
Rediff.com20 Jul 2017Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap knocked out top seed Lee Hyun Il of Korea in the men's singles opening round of the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Anaheim, United States.
Indonesia title much-needed boost ahead of World C'ship: Srikanth
Rediff.com18 Jun 2017'I think it was a fantastic game for me. I started off really well in the first game but he was playing well in the second game, leading 11-6 at the break and fighting it out. But overall, I think my game was going great, my attack was going well for me'
BAI finally gives shuttlers pending prize money for 2014 Commonwealth Games!
Rediff.com5 May 2017Saina was awarded a cheque of Rs 25 lakhs for her title-winning performance at the Australia Super Series in 2016, besides becoming the first Indian to become the World No. 1 and reaching the finals at All England champion in 2015.
PM Modi leads tributes to BAI chief Das Gupta after demise
Rediff.com12 Apr 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes that poured in for Badminton Association of India president Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta, who passed away in Lucknow after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday.
ISSF WC: Indo-US pair claims bronze, hosts end on a high
Rediff.com3 Mar 2017The duo of Hayden Stewart and triple Olympic champion and skeet legend Kimberly Rhode of the USA won the top prize in the event defeating Argentine siblings Federico and Melisa Gill 29-26 in the gold-medal match.
Fresh injury has Kashyap fighting time for Rio qualification
Rediff.com4 Mar 2016Ace Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap suffered a major blow to his Olympic qualification hopes when he retired hurt midway through the German Open pre-quarterfinals at Mulheim an der Ruhr on Thursday.
Beyonce flaunts her curves
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015The 34-year-old Grammy-award winning singer even went topless as she was photographed in a swimming pool.
F1: Mallya's Force India battles with McLaren for 5th spot
Rediff.com7 Oct 2014Force India Formula One team boss Vijay Mallya feels beating McLaren for fifth spot in the team standings will be a 'big task' in the remaining four races of the season.
Sports Shorts: F1 boss Ecclestone denies bribery at German trial
Rediff.com24 Apr 2014Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone denied bribery allegations on Thursday when he went on trial in Germany in a case that threatens to break the Briton's decades-long dominance of the motor sport.
UK judge finds 'untruthful' Ecclestone paid bribes
Rediff.com20 Feb 2014A British judge found on Thursday that Bernie Ecclestone had paid bribes to a German banker as part of a "corrupt agreement" linked to the 2005 sale of a stake in Formula One - an issue at the heart of Ecclestone's forthcoming bribery trial in Germany.
Ecclestone rejects German firm's claims of corrupt F1 sale
Rediff.com31 Oct 2013A firm's claim for more than $100 million in damages from Bernie Ecclestone is far-fetched and relies on confessions from a jailed banker who is a "fantasist", a lawyer for the Formula One boss argued on Wednesday.
Indonesia Open: Saina enters final
Rediff.com16 Jun 2012Two-time champion Saina Nehwal demolished Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in straight games to storm into the final of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton tournament for the fourth consecutive year in Jakarta on Saturday.
Monaco GP: Force India pick 10 points
Rediff.com27 May 2012Sahara Force India recorded their best finish of the season with Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg securing seventh and eighth position respectively at the Monaco Grand Prix in Monaco on Sunday.
Sutil still clueless about his future with Force India
Rediff.com12 Nov 2011He was supposed to know his fate with Force India by now but Adrian Sutil is still clueless as to whether he would be competing for it next season and the German driver has no idea why it is taking so long for the outfit to decide.
China issues stapled visa to 2 Arunachal residents
Rediff.com12 Jan 2011In spite of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's assurance that his nation will take serious note of India's concerns over the issue of stapled visas, the handing over of such documents to two Arunchalees prevented them from flying to Beijing on Wednesday.
Karthikeyan back in Formula 1
Rediff.com7 Jan 2011After a hiatus of five years, Narain Karthikeyan is all set to make his long-awaited comeback in the Formula One circuit after he earned a race driver's seat with the Hispania Racing Team (HRT) for the 2011 F1 season.
Saina receives Khel Ratna from Gill
Rediff.com8 Nov 2010Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award from Sports Minister M S Gill after missing out on the August 29 ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan due to the World Championships in Paris.
Amitav Ghosh wins prestigious Dan David Prize
Rediff.com28 Apr 2010Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms.
I would like to see Schumi beat Hamilton: Chandok
Rediff.com12 Mar 2010India's Formula One debutant Karun Chandhok, who got his super licence on Sunday, says he'd like to see seven-times champion Michael Schumacher beat Hamilton this season.
Track and field goes nuts over Bolt
Rediff.com25 Aug 2009When Usain Bolt blazed to glory at the Beijing Olympics, he was feted as the hero his tainted sport had been crying out for. Now, having repeated them in Berlin, he can consider himself the saviour of the world championships. When the event was changed from four-yearly to biennial it lost much of its lustre, and to many fans became just another, slightly more glamorous extension of the Grand Prix circuit.
Force India's main goal is reliability: Sutil
Rediff.com25 Mar 2009'I am ready pleased with the new car and it feels much better. It already gives more grip than the last year,' says Force India driver Adrian Sutil.
Bravo Fisichella, Force India!
Rediff.com7 Apr 2008Felipe Massa and Ferrari won the race and deservedly so but we were clapping for India. And it felt incredible.
Profile: Dr Vijay Mallya
Rediff.com13 Mar 2008Mallya is the first Indian ever to become the owner of a Formula One Team. The Netherlands-based Mol Family and Mallya have formed a consortium that is now the joint owner of Force India Formula One, which is also India's first-ever Formula One Team and represents India's first, truly global sports foray.
Mallya to keep trying for F1 race
Rediff.com15 Jun 2007Any race that has to be run in India has to be run under the banner of the recognised affiliate, says the FMCI chairman.
Great cars, bikes at India's biggest auto show
Rediff.com14 Jan 2006Delhi gears up for World Half Marathon
Rediff.com2 Oct 2004F1 track not a priority with AP govt.
Rediff.com6 Jun 2004Hewitt bids to salvage season
Rediff.com13 Aug 2003Lleyton Hewitt's two-year reign as world number one was partly built on his unrivalled will to win.
'F1 in India not before 2007-2008'
Rediff.com28 Jul 2003FMSCI president Vicky Chandhok reveals his plans to stage a Formula One race in the country.
Anil Kumar to lead athletics team
Rediff.com31 May 2003The Asian Games discuss throw bronze medallist will lead a 17-member Indian team in the 2nd leg of the Asian Athetics GP in Colombo.