According to CNN, just before Obama stepped from Air Force One, he sent a message to Cubans through Twitter.
Australian long-distance swimmer Chloe McCardel abandoned her quest to become the first person to make the 103 mile (166 km) swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, after she was severely stung by a jelly fish on Wednesday night.
'Washington bowled well in both the games. Bhuvi is a world-class bowler, everyone knows about it. It is good everybody has contributed to the team whether it is batting or bowling. Overall it is a good team performance'
Should India try out Shreyas Iyer or Manish Pandey at No 4? Who should be the two spinners in the playing XI? Should India include young pacers Khaleel Ahmed and Navdeep Saini?
Hurricane Irma hopscotched up Florida's west coast making two landfalls and driving a wall of water and winds that submerged Miami. Here are some of the most telling images from the ground from Irma's path.
India will need to look for a successor for Rohit Sharma, who turned 35 in April, after the ODI World Cup next year.
India captain Virat Kohli and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will be rested for the limited-overs series against the West Indies, scheduled in the United States and the Caribbean, from August 3. Kohli and Bumrah will, however, be back for the two-Test series, which is a part of the inaugural World Test Championship.
'We are going to be encountering different grounds wherever we are going to be playing, so the challenges are going to be different'
According to CNN, millions of Americans have voted in person or by mail this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is a look at how ballots would be counted in some of the key battleground states across the US.
Captain Virat Kohli described fast bowler Navdeep Saini as a raw talent who has a bright future after he made an impressive India debut in the four-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first T20 International, in Lauderhill, USA, on Saturday.
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Rediff.com gives you a pictorial rewind of all the excitement that unfolded in the sporting world in the week gone by...
Dates like 9/11 should never be allowed to pass by forgotten because terrorism is not to be borne, inhumanity is not to borne.
The 70-year-old reality TV star and the Republican presidential nominee rejected claims by women against him of sexual abuse as "preposterous and ludicrous" allegations that "defy truth, common sense and logic".
'Washington senses that the anchor sheet of India's strategic autonomy lies in its longstanding partnership with Russia, which remains firm and immutable despite the changes in world politics in the post-Cold War era,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.<
Rendered ineffective in the previous match, India's wrist spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal will look to bounce back against 'well-prepared' England batsmen when the two teams clash in the series-deciding third Twenty20 International, in Bristol, on Sunday.
"No leader or policymaker involved will claim to have gotten everything right in the region, Iraq especially," he said.
'There is a Jack Warner or two in every Caribbean parliament today.'
As the year 2016 draws to a close, vote for the best Indian sportsperson of the year.
