Lance Armstrong effectively sealed a record seventh Tour de France victory, by winning the penultimate stage
Galatasaray win 22nd Turkish title after beating closest rival
She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
Milan replaced Gennaro Gattuso with former Sampdoria coach Giampaolo during the close season in a bid to improve on last season's fifth place and to take them back to the Champions League.
Sachin Tendulkar is just a whisker ahead of Yuvraj Singh in the race to be India's most valuable player of the 2007-08 ODI season.
The Indian tennis ace hopes to finish in the top 20 next season.
In other matches, super-sub Messi helped Barca romp past Atletico
On a day when top seed Sloane Stephens survived a scare before beating Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Sakkari showcased supreme court coverage skills throughout her almost two-hour match against Bertens.
JP Duminy and Stephen Cook scored half centuries but four wickets for Suranga Lakmal and two for Rangana Herath restricted South Africa to 267 for six on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Monday. Duminy made 63 and Cook 59 as South Africa threatened to dominate on a dry track at St George's Park but wickets at key moments kept Sri Lanka firmly in the game.
The world No 1 made an emphatic start at the Swiss Indoors, beating Czech qualifier Tomas Zib in the first round.
Here is a lowdown of all the light-hearted, fun news from around the ICC World Cup.
Liverpool failed to muster a single shot on target in a Champions League game for the first time since a 1-0 defeat to Benfica in February 2006.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 French Open at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.
German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win in this year's Tour de France.
Sebastian Vettel continued his imperious march towards a fourth consecutive Formula One world championship by storming to pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday after dominating the two days of practice.
A true global superstar, the depth of Kobe Bryant's popularity quickly surfaced as reports were confirmed that the Los Angeles Lakers great had been killed along with his daughter Gianna and seven others when his helicopter crashed in a remote field near the city of Calabasas.
The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped at all costs. The Eastern Army Commander, in his orders to General Sagat Singh, had reiterated that he did not want the troops of 4 Corps to cross the Meghna river. But General Sagat had other plans to threaten Dacca and ensure that the pressure would make the Pakistani commanders capitulate. This is where the IAF helicopters came in.
Arsenal kept alive their slim hopes of securing a Champions League spot next season with a 2-1 Premier League victory at Middlesbrough on Monday that left the hosts in deep danger of relegation.
Images from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday
A preview of the line-up action in the English Premier League
'What Kamala Harris' rise and rise underscores is that our old ways of identifying the Indian-American Diaspora need to change...' 'None of this detracts from her Indian-American identity, which makes us feel as if we are Americans too,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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India's schedule on the ninth day of the competitions at the Asian Games in Incheon on Sunday.
A summary of Thursday's play at the French Open.
It's a truly bizarre world we live in... These images prove it.
IMAGES from football matches played in the Spain, Germany and Portugal on Wednesday.
When Vijay Mallya plants a kiss on anyone's cheek it makes for a story and picture, more so when the Virat Kohli is the one at the 'receiving end'. Also, when Michael Schumacher's son, Mick, makes his motor sport debut the picture becomes worth a thousand words. Here again, Rediff.com has these and a lot more exciting events from the week gone by snapped right here.
Here are five talking points from the final weekend of the Premier League season:
A round-up of Wednesday's league stage matches in the UEFA Champions League.
The India Test spinner had one wicket to show in 21 overs during Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy Group B match against Madhya Pradesh.
Here's your weekly digest of photographs that prove that it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world out there!
The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
Barcelona's attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as the champions roared back into life in La Liga with a dominant 5-1 victory at promoted Leganes on Saturday. Messi sidefooted in a simple cross from Suarez to strike the opening goal after 15 minutes and returned the favour for the Uruguayan to nudge in the second in the 31st.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Images from 1st ODI between India and West Indies in Chennai on Sunday.
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