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Family revels in Sharma's success

Family revels in Sharma's success

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2007

Coming from a modest background, Rohit Sharma has proved a hero for India as well for his family.

Ignore jellybeans incident, play to win: Shah Rukh

Ignore jellybeans incident, play to win: Shah Rukh

Rediff.com   9 Aug 2007

The Bollywood star says Team India should not settle for anything less than triumph, but not at the cost of sportsmanship.

Dungarpur quits as CCI president

Dungarpur quits as CCI president

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2007

Raj Singh Dungarpur has decided to end his 12-year reign at the Cricket Club of India.

Harbhajan shines for Surrey

Harbhajan shines for Surrey

Rediff.com   21 Jul 2007

The Indian off-spinner claimed three wickets for one run off 24 balls against Yorkshire.

Lancashire sign Laxman

Lancashire sign Laxman

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2007

The stylish right-hander will play for the county club for the second half of the season as a replacement for Australia's Brad Hodge.

Somdev stands out in New York

Somdev stands out in New York

Rediff.com   15 Jul 2007

The Indian youngster beat three leading pros before losing to Michael Russel in the final of the Kennedy Funding Invitational tennis tournament

Chance to train at FC Barcelona

Chance to train at FC Barcelona

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2007

Post a one-minute video of your football skills on www.nikefootball.in and you could be the chosen one to visit the Spanish giants and train there.

Brazilian pair set Wimbledon record

Brazilian pair set Wimbledon record

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2007

Brazil's Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa set a new men's doubles record at Wimbledon in terms of games played and most games played in the deciding set.

Paes-Damm in last eight

Paes-Damm in last eight

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2007

The Indo-Czech duo beat the United States pair of Scott Lipsky and David Martin at Wimbledon.

Sania-Shahar fall by the wayside

Sania-Shahar fall by the wayside

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2007

The Indo-Israeli pair was drubbed by top seeds Lisa Raymond of the United States and Australia's Samantha Stosur in the third round at Wimbledon.

BCCI reverts to graded payments

BCCI reverts to graded payments

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2007

The Working Committee, which met in Delhi on Tuesday, decided to have the graded system till September.

Shvedova wins Bangalore Open

Shvedova wins Bangalore Open

Rediff.com   19 Feb 2007

The Russian proved too good for defending champion Mara Santangelo in the final.

Shvedova stops Sania

Shvedova stops Sania

Rediff.com   17 Feb 2007

The unseeded Russian staged a grand rally to shock the second seeded Indian ace in the quarter-finals of the WTA Bangalore Open.

Sania stumbles into last 8

Sania stumbles into last 8

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2007

The Indian ace lost the first set but fought back to beat Belarus' Tatiana Poutchek in the second round of the Bangalore Open.

Rastogi, Shokeen lose reverse singles too

Rastogi, Shokeen lose reverse singles too

Rediff.com   11 Feb 2007

India went down 1-4 to Uzbekistan in the Asia-Oceania Zone Group I Davis Cup match.

Davis Cup: Shokeen, Rastogi lose singles

Davis Cup: Shokeen, Rastogi lose singles

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2007

Debutant Vivek Shokeen lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 to Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin in the opening Davis Cup rubber.

Shokeen, Rastogi to launch Davis campaign

Shokeen, Rastogi to launch Davis campaign

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2007

Leander Paes and sunil Kumar Sipaeya will team up for the doubles in the match against Uzbekistan.

India in forefront of poverty reduction: World Ban

India in forefront of poverty reduction: World Ban

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2006

Impressive advances in the world's most populous countries, India and China, have been at the forefront of the reduction in global poverty, a World Bank panel has said.

IPO scam: Steps taken against erring banks,says FM

IPO scam: Steps taken against erring banks,says FM

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2006

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities and Exchange Board of India have taken up corrective measures in the IPO scam.

L N Mittal buys 13.33% in Indiabulls Infra

L N Mittal buys 13.33% in Indiabulls Infra

Rediff.com   30 Nov 2006

The stake was bought for Rs 447 crore (Rs 4.47 billion).