It is dubbed the 'greatest show on Earth' with thousands of sparkling Brazilian dancers ignoring sweltering heat to put on a spectacular samba parade. Welcome to the Brazilian carnival!
Breakdancing, considered one of the pillars of hip-hop culture, will also make its Asian Games bow in 2022, two years before it features in the Olympics for the first time in Paris.
A team of refugees that will compete at this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics could number as many as 10 athletes, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Wednesday.
Perez, who vaulted to fourth in the overall standings after Sunday's race, is the first Mexican driver to win a race since Pedro Rodriguez took victory in the 1970 Belgian Grand Prix.
Heavy security has also been put in place at the Chepauk area ahead of the protest as protesters proposed to lay siege to the Secretariat and the District Collector's office against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Listen to Javed Akhtar's poem dedicated to Mumbai. And Amitabh Bachchan on Oneness.
Images from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, at the National Stadium, on Friday.
World number two Rory McIlroy has said he still resents the Olympic Games for forcing him to choose between Britain and Ireland and revealed that Tiger Woods sends him texts in the early hours.
The Indian Army will showcase the main battle tank T-90 Bhishma, infantry combat vehicle BMP-II-Sarath, mobile autonomous launcher of the Brahmos missile system, multi-launcher rocket system Pinaka, electronic warfare system Samvijay among others during the parade on Tuesday, the Defence ministry noted.
A 25-year-old man fired two rounds in the air in the southeast Delhi locality, triggering a panic on Saturday evening. The man was later taken into custody and no one was injured in the incident.
The 78-year-old veteran Democrat leader was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts at the West Front of the Capitol -- the traditional location for presidential inaugural ceremonies where the deadly violence took place just two weeks ago.
Best vs Best. Tiger vs Tiger. Star India, BCCI team up for a high decibel campaign for the cricket jamboree.
As the Indian national anthem reverberated across the St Jakobshalle stadium, Sindhu stood at the podium with moist eyes.
Lady Gaga will perform the national anthem. There will be a musical performance by Lopez, who has used her voice during the coronavirus pandemic to speak out against its disproportionate toll on minority communities.
1997: Sukanya Verma offers a recap of its memorable imagery.
Mary Kom has been named as the brand ambassador of the upcoming 10th edition of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women World Championship.
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday unveiled a plaque at Ra'anana in northern Israel in the memory of Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the battle of Tabsor during World War I.
Russian athletes are cleared to compete at next year's summer Olympics will do so without their country's flag and anthem.
Images for Sunday's closing ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics.
A lifeless MCG pitch received a 'poor' rating from the governing International Cricket Council in 2017
Maya Dominic lists her favourite Rihanna numbers.
'For a very long time, we have felt the need for another anthem song that binds that whole nation together,' Baabul Supriyo says.
Justice Misra will remain in office till October 2, 2018.
Arsenal might be struggling in the Premier League but they are 100 per cent in Group B of the Europa League
In a joint memorandum, the leaders raised their concerns over the probe into the riots being conducted by the Delhi Police. The Delhi Police has set up Special Investigation Teams (SIT) and its Special Cell is also probing the aspect of conspiracy behind the Delhi riots in which 53 people lost their lives.
The Pro Kabaddi season 2 final proved to be a star studded affair, with Bollywood stars like Alia Bhatt, Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif cheering for U Mumba.
Nishant Kollu a resident of New Jersey has produced an anthem -- 'Balle Mataram' --dedicated to the Indian cricket team.
'But what the hell! Do it because it is brilliant.'
After completing a 3-0 Test series whitewash against Sri Lanka, the Indian men's cricket team celebrated the occasion of 70th Independence Day by hoisting the national flag in Kandy.
'Patriotism isn't (or shouldn't) be an unquestioning love for one's nation.' 'It is love for a nation in throes of change, love with a heart full of questions,' says Geetanjali Krishna.
Makhaya Ntini said he used to avoid travelling in the team bus and preferred running to the stadium to deal with the isolation.
Denizens of the fast-paced financial capital, who value their time over everything else, came out to protest against the controversial legislation.
'Daniel Craig was my first choice but he requested if we could allow some time as he was also being considered to be the next James Bond.'
Trump, without offering evidence, said in a post on Twitter that the sportswear company was "getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts."
'He's done a lot for the African American community, and it's cost him a lot. It's sad' 'To be compared to Ali or Jordan, I really have no words'
Novak Djokovic launched his bid to stay on course for a Golden Slam with a clinical 6-2, 6-2 win over 139th-ranked Hugo Dellien of Bolivia on Saturday, as sweltering conditions in Tokyo took a toll on the players on the opening day of tennis at the Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency banned Russia from the world's top sporting events for four years, a period that includes the next summer and winter Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, for tampering with doping-related laboratory data. The sanctions against Russia, the host of last year's soccer World Cup, also bar it from hosting major sporting events for a four-year period or applying to host new events in that period.
Fans offered prayers at 'Sangam' in Varanasi and also laid a 'chaadar' at the dargah
Swiss court rejects Russia's appeal against Olympic doping ban. The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said the sanctions, which also bar Russia from hosting or bidding for major sporting events during a two-year period, would come into force on Thursday and end on December 16, 2022.
Some of the big moments of the sporting world from 2010-2019!
