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Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton

Rediff.com3 Nov 2008

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton became Formula One's youngest champion at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday at the age of 23 years and 301 days.

Work hard, party harder: The unbelievably fabulous life of Usain Bolt!

Work hard, party harder: The unbelievably fabulous life of Usain Bolt!

Rediff.com13 Aug 2017

10 photos of the fastest man in the world living it up in the fast lane.

Team India's cup of woes

Team India's cup of woes

Rediff.com17 May 2010

India's debacle at the ICC World Twenty20 raises some crucial questions.

Spinners to take centre stage at World T20

Spinners to take centre stage at World T20

Rediff.com29 Apr 2010

In the Caribbean islands which spawned a conveyor belt of intimidating pacemen in the 1970s and 1980s, spin is poised to dominate the World T20.

Bush seeks Jamaica's help to produce champions

Bush seeks Jamaica's help to produce champions

Rediff.com4 Oct 2008

Jamaica's Prime Minister said that US President George W. Bush asked how the Caribbean island could help the United States churn out more Olympic champions.

Eva Longoria's Desperate again

Eva Longoria's Desperate again

Rediff.com17 Jul 2007

Eva Longoria's 3-week honeymoon is over, and she's back at work.

Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds in Beijing

Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds in Beijing

Rediff.com21 Aug 2008

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.

ICC chief Speed predicts WC logistical problems

ICC chief Speed predicts WC logistical problems

Rediff.com5 Feb 2007

"There will be logistical problems, everyone knows that," Speed told Reuters.

160 dead in Venezuela plane crash

160 dead in Venezuela plane crash

Rediff.com17 Aug 2005

Plane crash in Venezuela kills all 160 on board

Rajnath to lead Indian team at Castro's funeral

Rajnath to lead Indian team at Castro's funeral

Rediff.com28 Nov 2016

The team will leave for Havana on Tuesday and is expected to return on Thursday evening.

Dominica court adjourns Choksi's case hearing till June 25

Dominica court adjourns Choksi's case hearing till June 25

Rediff.com15 Jun 2021

A Dominica Magistrate Court has adjourned till June 25 the hearing into alleged illegal entry of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi into the Caribbean island nation, local media there reported. On Monday, the Magistrate Court was to start hearing the case of Choksi's "illegal entry" into the country on May 23 but he was a "no show", a media website Natureislenews reported. His legal team submitted a medical certificate from the doctors of Dominica China Friendship Hospital, where Choksi is being held, of "mental stress" and elevated blood pressure.

Stanford T-20 match under threat

Stanford T-20 match under threat

Rediff.com8 Oct 2008

The $20 million Twenty20 Stanford match between England and an all-star West Indies team could be in doubt after the Caribbean islands' board lost a High Court case.

Japanese theme park lets you work from a Ferris wheel

Japanese theme park lets you work from a Ferris wheel

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

The day passes are for 1,900 (Rs 1,322)

Fraser leads Jamaican 100m sweep

Fraser leads Jamaican 100m sweep

Rediff.com17 Aug 2008

Shelly-Ann Fraser surged to Jamaica's first Olympic women's 100 metres gold medal on Sunday and led compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart to the event's first national podium sweep.

BoB to invest $8 m in Trinidad arm

BoB to invest $8 m in Trinidad arm

Rediff.com29 Nov 2005

Rupee is set to rock cricket World Cup

Rupee is set to rock cricket World Cup

Rediff.com10 Jan 2007

Rupee is a Barbadian musician, who is the lead composer of the World Cup's official song and will perform at the inaugural ceremony of the event in March.

Renee Zellweger marries country star

Renee Zellweger marries country star

Rediff.com10 May 2005

Riyaz and friends with Irfan Pathan

Riyaz and friends with Irfan Pathan

Rediff.com14 Sep 2006

Check out our new series.

India sent Mehul Choksi deportation papers to Dominica: Antigua PM

India sent Mehul Choksi deportation papers to Dominica: Antigua PM

Rediff.com30 May 2021

The Dominica high court has stayed the removal of Choksi from its soil and put a gag order on the developments till the matter is heard in an open court on June 2.

Trinidad & Tobago snatch Swede draw

Trinidad & Tobago snatch Swede draw

Rediff.com11 Jun 2006

Why Cayman Islands is a big headache for taxmen in India

Why Cayman Islands is a big headache for taxmen in India

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Equity inflows worth $3.7 billion came from the sunny Caribbean jurisdiction in 2019-20, a 267 per cent increase from the $1 billion registered in 2018-19 making it India's 10th largest source of FDI.

Late Henry goal gives France victory

Late Henry goal gives France victory

Rediff.com10 Nov 2005

France needed a late goal from Thierry Henry to snatch a 3-2 win over Costa Roca in a friendly international.

World Cup magic for $30,000

World Cup magic for $30,000

Rediff.com22 Jan 2007

If you have $30,000 (around Rs 13.5 lakh) to spare, you could enjoy the best of cricket and calypso in a cruise to the Caribbean islands this April.

Ben Affleck weds Jennifer

Ben Affleck weds Jennifer

Rediff.com1 Jul 2005

Ben Affleck married his Daredevil co-star Jennifer Garner on Wednesday.

India to press for World Cup money

India to press for World Cup money

Rediff.com28 Oct 2003

The standoff over the World Cup guarantee money will be the most important issue at the ICC's two-day meeting in Barbados.

Team India's day off... and a bonding session to remember!

Team India's day off... and a bonding session to remember!

Rediff.com14 Jul 2016

Rediff.com gives you a peek into Team India's fun-filled bonding session around St Kitts.

Tata Sky beats cricket blues

Tata Sky beats cricket blues

Rediff.com9 Apr 2007

India may be out of the World Cup, but some cricket fans are willing to pay a whopping Rs 29,100 to buy two seats for the final match.

India's Caribbean challenge... to win more than one Test!

India's Caribbean challenge... to win more than one Test!

Rediff.com15 Jul 2016

The challenge for Virat Kohli's team is not just winning the four-Test series, but winning it handsomely.

Believe in what you do: Anju

Believe in what you do: Anju

Rediff.com16 Sep 2003

With that in mind, India's World Athletics championships bronze medallist said victory is a sure possibility.

Aus-WI: The close encounters

Aus-WI: The close encounters

Rediff.com14 May 2003

CBI contacts MEA, Interpol to locate Mehul Choksi's whereabouts

CBI contacts MEA, Interpol to locate Mehul Choksi's whereabouts

Rediff.com25 May 2021

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,5000-crore loan fraud in Punjab National Bank, has gone missing in Antigua and Barbuda where he had been staying since January 2018, the Royal Police Force of the Caribbean island nation said in a statement.

Yearender 2023: So close, yet so far...: India's ICC trophy drought continues

Yearender 2023: So close, yet so far...: India's ICC trophy drought continues

Rediff.com22 Dec 2023

The last time Team India won an ICC World Cup was in 2011 in India. It was a 50-over ODI format that was won under the astute leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Birmingham Buzz: Of 'Gay Village', bhindi masala and more...

Birmingham Buzz: Of 'Gay Village', bhindi masala and more...

Rediff.com29 Jul 2022

Bhindi Masala, quintessential 'Ghar Ka Khaana'

T20 leagues a threat to international game: du Plessis

T20 leagues a threat to international game: du Plessis

Rediff.com7 Jun 2021

The proliferation of domestic Twenty20 leagues poses a threat to international cricket and the game must find a way to balance both, according to South Africa's former captain Faf du Plessis.

Hand over Choksi to India, not us, Antigua PM tells Dominica

Hand over Choksi to India, not us, Antigua PM tells Dominica

Rediff.com27 May 2021

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has asked neighbouring Dominica, where fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi was caught, to hand the diamantaire over to India directly, local media reported.

Dhawan, Smriti recommended for Arjuna awards

Dhawan, Smriti recommended for Arjuna awards

Rediff.com25 Apr 2018

Meanwhile, the Board has given the names of Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik as India's representatives in the World XI team that will play West Indies in a charity Twenty20 match at the Lord's on May 31.

With focus on Tests, Williamson, Boult to skip T20s vs WI

With focus on Tests, Williamson, Boult to skip T20s vs WI

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

'There's no secret we're right in the hunt for the World Test Championship final following our two-nil win over India and having Trent and Kane fully fit and focussed for the upcoming series will be crucial.'

Under-19 team manager recounts harrowing experience

Under-19 team manager recounts harrowing experience

Rediff.com22 Feb 2022

'After we landed at Port-of-Spain, we had to take a charter flight to Guyana, but seven of our boys were stopped as they were not vaccinated. We tried to explain to the immigration officials that India had not started their vaccination yet but they instructed us to take the next flight out of the country'. The ICC had organised the Under-19 World Cup with the help of Cricket West Indies. In a challenging time like this, the Caribbean was not the best place to organise a big event like the U-19 WC, felt Indian team manager Lobzang G. Tenzing.

Indian woman who fell from Singapore cruise ship dies

Indian woman who fell from Singapore cruise ship dies

Rediff.com2 Aug 2023

The Indian couple was on a four-day cruise on the Spectrum of the Seas which was on the way back to Singapore from Penang on Monday morning when the 70-year-old Jakesh woke up to find his wife missing from their room.

West Indies-bound Aus cricketers briefed on Zika virus

West Indies-bound Aus cricketers briefed on Zika virus

Rediff.com16 May 2016

Australia captain Steven Smith and his team have been warned about risks associated with the Zika virus ahead of their tour of the West Indies next month.