Kenya's Faith Kipyegon won the women's Olympic 1,500 meters on Tuesday after unleashing a devastating second half of the race to leave Ethiopia's world record holder Genzebe Dibaba trailing in her wake.
Defending men's and women's champions Philip Rugut of Kenya (1:03:33 seconds) and Irina Timofeyeva of Russia could only finish fourth.
Shikha Garg was on her way to attend a United Nations Environment Programme meeting.
American Caeleb Dressel will become a global superstar predicts Olympic historian Bill Mallon.
India cannot choose its geography and devise regional strategies to dovetail into the Western Indian Ocean hypothesis conceived in the Pentagon, argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
- Bangladesh are confident of picking up a first overseas victory when they embark on back-to-back one-day international series in Zimbabwe and Kenya later this month.
'I stand here as a helpless father.' A retired soldier awaits the release of his son languishing in a Kenyan prison.
Prime Minister Modi will be visiting Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya from July 7 to July 11.
The terror siege on a shopping mall in an upscale neighbourhood in Nairobi, Kenya entered its fourth day today.
Ethiopian runner Lelisa Desisa finished first in the Boston Marathon reclaiming the top spot in a race he last won two years ago when it was struck by a deadly bombing attack.
Scotland pipped Kenya to secure their third World Cup appearance on Thursday while United Arab Emirates (UAE) also booked their ticket for next year's marquee 50-over tournament in Australia and New Zealand.
Bangladesh chalked up their highest total in one-day internationals, hitting 301 for seven in a 131-run victory over Kenya.
At 235,000 tonnes per annum, Pakistan is the third largest importer of tea in the world as it can't grow tea because of adverse climate conditions. India supplies just about a tenth of tea imported the neighbouring country
Kane Williamson has amassed 410 runs from 10 games, scoring five half-centuries. His highest score has been 84.
Rayyudu will replace Badani in the India-A squad for the Triangular One-day series in Kenya.
The fresh batch of diplomats also includes EU representatives, and their participation assumes significance as the EU Parliament recently initiated to bring a joint draft resolution on the Citizenship Amendment Act and Kashmir, the vote on which was later deferred.
The veteran fast bowler believes Sri Lanka could surprise opposition teams in the round-robin format.
Maggie is among the first set of people contacted in advance by the NHS for the jab based on a pre-determined health risk criteria and will include 87-year-old British Indian grandfather of nine Hari Shukla, who will get his first dose at a hospital in Newcastle.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
The match-fixing scandal that hit Kenyan cricket last year may have led to Sandeep Patil's name being cut out from the India coach shortlist
During his South Africa visit, Modi will meet President Jacob Zuma and also Cyril Ramaphosa, the deputy president.
Waqar said the team's failure in one-day tournaments in Morocco and Kenya in 2001 was purely due to cricketing reasons.
While the first two Champions Trophies were intended to raise the profile of cricket in host nations Bangladesh and Kenya, the seventh and last edition starting in England on Thursday will be a straight shootout between the sport's eight heavyweight nations.
Check out the gold medallists on Day 12 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.
While Tata Motors is looking to set up new assembly facilities through local partners in countries like Tunisia and Kenya, the group's hospitality chain Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is also considering 'proposals from three-four' countries to set up new properties.
West Indies come into their ICC Champions trophy opener with Bangladesh on the back of some dreadful Test form.
Researchers found that fuel-based lighting today provides 150,000 jobs worldwide.
India needs administrative reforms that make it easy for investors to do business in the country. Currently, it is more difficult to do business in India than in Rwanda, Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Pakistan beat Kenya in their Group C Champions Trophy match by seven wickets after dismissing them for 94 runs.
His death puts the species on the very edge of extinction.
A look at the high points of his career during which he also put up a triumphant battle with cancer.
The duo will replace Rohan Gavaskar and Dinesh Karthik who have been picked for the senior Indian team.\n\n
Defending champions Andamlak Belihu and Tsehay Gemechu produced their personal best to retain the men's and women's titles respectively at the 15th Delhi Half Marathon.
In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.
Sandeep Patil, former Kenya cricket coach, is ready to talk to the ICC over the match-fixing scandal in Kenya.
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