Sania Mirza became the latest victim of a rampaging Heidi El Tabakh as the unheralded local wild card shut the door on the Indian in Rogers Cup main draw by defeating her in a three-set contest.
Urvashi Vaid dreamed of a common movement for social justice that could address them all: Racism, gender oppression and homophobia. Sandip Roy salutes the memory of Urvashi Vaid, one of America's most prominent LGBT activists, who passed into the ages this month.
He may try to keep it as natural as he can but there's no doubt that he's stolen a piece of everyone's heart, and some of these pictures are proof of that.
Besides lining up Bali, Nairobi and Toronto flights, the airline is also planning flights from Mumbai to Hong Kong. The network expansion will help the national carrier grow its market share and capitalise on the capacity vaccum created by the collapse of Jet Airways.
It was supposed to be a happy journey to London, one that the Imam family had been planning for the past two months. Everything was set - except the visa, which did not arrive in time for one of its members. "Visa was the villain...As a consequence, half of the family of four will be in London today and the other half at home in India and the US, respectively," Sanjar Imam, director of travel firm Panache World, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday.
Winter Games in Beijing has glaring security problems that could expose sensitive data to interception, according to a report
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Yuvraj Singh's first outing after international retirement ended in a bizarre way as he walked off the pitch despite being not out during a Global T20 Canada match.
It is time the BCCI allows IPL teams to play exhibition games overseas in the off-season as it will only strengthen what is already a strong product, said Punjab Kings co-owner Ness Wadia.
Prince Harry launched the third Invictus Games, in Toronto, for disabled or wounded soldiers and veterans as he made his first public appearance with his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.
Smith, playing for the Toronto Nationals, showed few signs of rust in his 41-ball innings of 61, which included eight fours and a six, before being stumped and leaving the field to a standing ovation.
Daniil Medvedev was knocked out in the fourth round of Indian Wells by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday as the world number two's near-flawless start turned nightmarish in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat.
Yuvraj, who retired from international cricket last month, will captain Toronto Nationals in Season 2 of Global T20 Canada, which begins on Thursday.
About 3.2 million people could have died from Covid in India by September last year, six-seven times higher than reported officially, according to a study based on one independent and two government data sources.
Only two Indo-Canadian Members of Parliament -- Conservative Deepak Obhrai and Liberal Yasmeen Ratansi, and one senator, Conservative Vim Kochhar, showed up to greet Kamal Nath, Indian minister for roads, transportation and highways, at a reception organised by the Canada-India Parliamentary Association in Ottawa, on March 24.
Seventeen Indo-Canadians, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, won Canada's parliamentary elections on Tuesday with Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returning to power in the snap polls.
Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open
Smith's career was thrown into turmoil in March for his role in the incident that took place in South Africa and earned the former Australia captain a 12-month ban from national and state teams. However, the suspension does not extend to domestic tournaments outside his home nation.
Find out what Cooking With Stella -- one of the Indian movie which is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival -- is all about.
Brazilian veteran Kaka is the highest paid player in Major League Soccer, with a 2016 guaranteed salary of $7.167 million, according to figures released by the Players' Union on Thursday.
Air India has been directed by a consumer forum to compensate a couple for the inconvenience caused to them.
Bollywood stars have been posting throwback pictures on Instagram, and we love them!
Will Akshay Kumar's Breakaway be the next Bend It Like Beckham?
Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the four-nation Canada Twenty20 tournament on Sunday. In the final they will face Sri Lanka, who edged past Canada by 15 runs.
Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook led the Lakers from 17 points down in the second half. Davis had 30 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while Westbrook supplied 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. Carmelo Anthony added 18 points.
Opelka, Kyrgios included in Team World for Laver Cup.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'His wicked sense of humour, his compassion will be hard to replace.'
The Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Thursday said that the bodies of four people -- two adults, a teen and an infant -- were found on the Canadian side of the US-Canada border near Emerson.
When Ralf Rangnick took over as interim manager of Manchester United he was hailed as the 'Godfather of German coaching'
Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka have long moved on from their tempestuous 2018 US Open title match but that will do nothing to dampen the suspense ahead of their blockbuster Australian Open semi-final on Thursday.
'We are thinking on something like the 'Irrfan Memorial Award' given to the most promising new actor.'
'There are millions of Americans who are doing their best to undo the damage that he (Trump) is doing to the world,' Michael Moore tells Indira Kannan in Toronto.
Konta, Sharapova fall at Rogers Cup in Toronto
Jallikattu, the Malayalam feature film directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery, has been selected as India's official entry for the Oscars.
Oscar winners, festival favourites, massy entertainers, all-time classics, Sukanya Verma offers plenty to pick from on OTT this week.
Here are some of the top moments from his visit to Ottawa and Toronto.
'It is about the fight between two families, why they fight, how they fight and what they feel.'
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