Greenpeace activists staged a protest demanding an end to deep sea mining outside the ministry of industry in Prague, Czech Republic, last week.

Images from the Europa League semi-final first leg matches on Thursday.

A title match requires months of preparation and pulling out of other events, putting together a team of seconds, etc. Carlsen just says he lacks the motivation to do this again.

Dulquer has a busy schedule... Shefali's work mode is on... Karan's Fabulous night out...

Winter wardrobe tips.

Glimpses from Liz's truncated reign as prime minister.

Do you know the differences between the cheetah and the leopard?

A summary of Saturday's action in the UEFA Nations League.

Following the attack on Friday, questions were raised about the security precautions -- or lack thereof -- at the host institution, which sits in a rural lake resort about 110 km south of Buffalo, New York.

It's a small world and Bollywood knows that only too well. That's why they're always on the move!

Anand decided not to participate this time but he will be guiding the Indian team at the showpiece event to be held from July 28 to August 10.

The Gray Man is mindless fun, worth your monthly Netflix subscription, notes Aseem Chhabra.

A peek inside the Ice Pub in Prague.

Roger Federer said he is "definitely" intending to return to top-level tennis in 2023, but added that he had not made any concrete plans beyond his scheduled appearances at the Laver Cup and his home tournament in Basel later this year.

Poland's red-hot world number one Iga Swiatek did not drop a game in her Saturday singles match against Romania's Andreea Prisacariu, sending Poland through to November's Billie Jean King Cup finals in decisive fashion.

'I am greedy to have my eggs in different baskets.'

The three Premier League and three La Liga clubs in the last eight avoided each other, with Manchester City up against Atletico Madrid and Liverpool to face Portuguese side Benfica.

"A NATO summit took place today. It was a weak summit, a confused summit, a summit that shows that not everyone considers the fight for freedom in Europe the number one goal," Zelenskyy said in a video message, as quoted by Russia's Sputnik.

Earlier in the day, Russia was banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup titles but its players will still be allowed to compete at the Grand Slams and in regular tour events.

Whether it liked it or not, the Ukraine crisis forced India to choose between the aggressor Russia and the US-led free world, a decision it hated to make, Virendra Kapoor points out. In the end, it abstained from the vote in the Security Council.

IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.

Sonali is back shooting... Sunny goes traditional... Sushmita takes a carelfie...

Barcelona were held 1-1 at home by Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff

'To be part of Team Europe together is great and if we're able to possibly share the court one more time as a doubles pairing then this would be a truly special experience for us both at this stage in our careers.'

While some B-town celebs kept it simple and spent the New Year's Eve with their fam jam, some went holidaying in exotic locations.

Rashmika completes five years in showboz... Parineeti thanks 2021... Sonakshi gets to chat with Thor...

Glimpses from Tomsk in Russia, Prague in the Czech Republic and Brighton in England.

In the third-tier Europa Conference League, English Premier League club Leicester City will face Danish side Randers and Scottish club Celtic will take on Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt in the knockout playoff round.

Russia took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Croatia in the Davis Cup final in Madrid on Sunday to secure their third title and first in 15 years, as Daniil Medvedev outlasted Croatian Marin Cilic 7-6(7), 6-2.

Images from action in the Europa League matches on Thursday.

Napoli kept alive their hopes of advancing from Group C after Lorenzo Insigne, Victor Osimhen and Matteo Politano secured a 3-0 home win over Legia Warsaw.

Images from Europa League matches played on Thursday.

A summary of Thursday's matches in the Europa League.

Fancy your chops are a designer? Skoda Auto India has a challenge for you. Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com brings us the lowdown.

Olympics-related cases rose by 19, organisers said, bringing the total number of disclosed cases to 106.

Two athletes residing in the Olympic village tested positive for COVID-19.

Ondrej Perusic has returned a positive COVID-19 test at the Games Village in Tokyo, the country's Olympic Committee said

Portugal will look to their Euro 2020 opener with Hungary to get a head start

Former Bayern Munich coach Flick takes over Germany to 2024

IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.