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Hamilton not quitting anytime soon

Hamilton not quitting anytime soon

Rediff.com6 Oct 2022

"There's a lot of work that still needs to be done in this sport. "I can't retire now, because I'm only just embarking on helping create a more open and inclusive environment here in this sport and I've got to stay to help that continue." said Hamilton.

PICS: Alcaraz, Tsitsipas to clash in Barcelona final

PICS: Alcaraz, Tsitsipas to clash in Barcelona final

Rediff.com23 Apr 2023

World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tsitsipas in the 2021 US Open and in last year's Miami Masters and Barcelona Open.

Hamilton gracious in F1 title defeat

Hamilton gracious in F1 title defeat

Rediff.com13 Dec 2021

But, even as Max Verstappen celebrated and Lewis Hamilton came to terms with defeat, the Briton's Mercedes team lodged two safety-car related protests.

Diamond League PIX: Richardson is fastest woman in Doha

Diamond League PIX: Richardson is fastest woman in Doha

Rediff.com6 May 2023

A summary of Friday night's action in the season-opening leg of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday.

World Athletics PIX: Rojas claims triple jump title; Jackson wins 200m

World Athletics PIX: Rojas claims triple jump title; Jackson wins 200m

Rediff.com26 Aug 2023

Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday.

Nothing will stop me speaking my mind in F1: Hamilton

Nothing will stop me speaking my mind in F1: Hamilton

Rediff.com16 Feb 2023

Lewis Hamilton vowed to continue speaking out despite Formula One's governing body clamping down on drivers

Queen was the rock on which modern Britain was built: Truss

Queen was the rock on which modern Britain was built: Truss

Rediff.com9 Sep 2022

"Her devotion to duty is an example to us all," Truss, who had an audience with the Queen on Tuesday, said in a statement outside 10 Downing Street.

When Liz Knocked Out Rishi

When Liz Knocked Out Rishi

Rediff.com6 Sep 2022

A newly painted mural in the Belfast city centre, Northern Ireland, soon after Liz was declared the winner.

Former F1 boss Ecclestone arrested in Brazil

Former F1 boss Ecclestone arrested in Brazil

Rediff.com26 May 2022

Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone was arrested in Brazil late on Wednesday for illegally carrying a gun while boarding a private plane to Switzerland.

PIX: Gauff survives scare; Medvedev overcomes Zverev

PIX: Gauff survives scare; Medvedev overcomes Zverev

Rediff.com15 Mar 2023

Coco Gauff rallied from a break down in the final set to beat Swede Rebecca Peterson and reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals for the first time

F1 PIX: Verstappen wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

F1 PIX: Verstappen wins season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Rediff.com20 Nov 2022

Max Verstappen signed off on a dominant 2022 Formula One campaign with a record-extending 15th win of the year

Briton Chisora given indefinite ban by WBC

Briton Chisora given indefinite ban by WBC

Rediff.com29 Feb 2012

British heavyweight Dereck Chisora was banned indefinitely by the World Boxing Council (WBC) on Tuesday for what the organisation called "one of the worst behaviours ever by a professional."

F1 PIX: Verstappen leads Red Bulls to one-two finish in Miami

F1 PIX: Verstappen leads Red Bulls to one-two finish in Miami

Rediff.com8 May 2023

Max Verstappen won the Miami Grand Prix from ninth on the starting grid with a masterful display of tyre management on Sunday.

Bidve murder: 'Psycho' Briton remanded to custody

Bidve murder: 'Psycho' Briton remanded to custody

Rediff.com2 Jan 2012

A 20-year-old British youth, charged for the cold-blooded murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve, shocked everyone on Monday by calling himself a "psycho" in court before being remanded to custody.

US Open PIX: Error-prone Alcaraz into third round; Murray out

US Open PIX: Error-prone Alcaraz into third round; Murray out

Rediff.com1 Sep 2023

IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.

Scheffler wins Players Championship; reclaims top ranking

Scheffler wins Players Championship; reclaims top ranking

Rediff.com13 Mar 2023

Scottie Scheffler becomes just the third player, along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, to hold both the Masters and Players Championship titles at the same time.

Indian Wells: Murray and Raducanu battle to victory

Indian Wells: Murray and Raducanu battle to victory

Rediff.com10 Mar 2023

Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu clinched hard-fought wins in their first round matches at Indian Wells.

Verstappen on pole in Austria as Mercedes crash

Verstappen on pole in Austria as Mercedes crash

Rediff.com9 Jul 2022

Formula One leader Max Verstappen handed his Red Bull team a home pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix after Mercedes rivals Lewis Hamilton and George Russell crashed in qualifying.

World Athletics PIX: Watson wins a thriller to claim 400m gold!

World Athletics PIX: Watson wins a thriller to claim 400m gold!

Rediff.com25 Aug 2023

Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.

Hamilton calls for 'non-biased' F1 stewards

Hamilton calls for 'non-biased' F1 stewards

Rediff.com23 Feb 2022

Hamilton did not specify any incidents where a biased decision had gone against him.

US Open PIX: Alcaraz holds off Evans; Pegula in last 16

US Open PIX: Alcaraz holds off Evans; Pegula in last 16

Rediff.com3 Sep 2023

IMAGES from Day 6 of the 2023 US Open on Saturday.

Briton stoned to death in Dharamshala

Briton stoned to death in Dharamshala

Rediff.com7 Dec 2006

The body of Michael Blakey, 23, was discovered partly concealed beneath a pile of stones in a ditch near a small church on the outskirts of Dharamsala.

Briton Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Booker Prize

Briton Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Booker Prize

Rediff.com13 Oct 2010

British author Howard Jacobsen won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book The Finkler Question.

Tunnel reaching Red Fort found at Delhi Assembly

Tunnel reaching Red Fort found at Delhi Assembly

Rediff.com3 Sep 2021

Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the legislative assembly to Red Fort and was used by the Britons to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters.

Britons top India's tourist arrival list

Britons top India's tourist arrival list

Rediff.com7 Mar 2006

Immigration Bureau figures put Nepalis at the bottom of the country-wise tourist arrival list, with 72,031 people visiting India from the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom.

Murray beats Daniel for 700th career win; Raducanu and Halep rise

Murray beats Daniel for 700th career win; Raducanu and Halep rise

Rediff.com12 Mar 2022

Andy Murray overcame a slow start and a third set service break to beat Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of Indian Wells on Friday and notch his 700th career win.

Will build a Britain where our kids can light Diyas: Sunak

Will build a Britain where our kids can light Diyas: Sunak

Rediff.com27 Oct 2022

Extending Diwali greetings to everyone, Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed that he will do everything to build a Britain where children and grandchildren can light their diyas and look to the future with hope.

Verstappen denies Hamilton Saudi practice clean sweep

Verstappen denies Hamilton Saudi practice clean sweep

Rediff.com4 Dec 2021

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is the penultimate race on this year's Formula One calendar

Injured Murray targets Wimbledon return

Injured Murray targets Wimbledon return

Rediff.com21 Jun 2022

Andy Murray said he remains on course to play at Wimbledon even though he is still being hampered by an abdominal injury

Delhi: 'Plane spotting' Britons to be booked

Delhi: 'Plane spotting' Britons to be booked

Rediff.com16 Feb 2010

Two British nationals were detained in New Delhi for allegedly recording the conversation between pilots and Air Traffic Control prompting government to explore the possibility of booking the duo under a suitable law.When confronted about the recording, the sources said, the duo told interrogators that it was their hobby which is known as "plane spotting".

UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous' murder of Briton by ISIL

UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous' murder of Briton by ISIL

Rediff.com15 Sep 2014

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the "heinous and cowardly" murder of British humanitarian aid worker David Haines by the Islamic State terror group, saying the outfit must be defeated and violence it adopts "stamped out."

Briton, five Germans charged with running doping lab for athletes

Briton, five Germans charged with running doping lab for athletes

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

A British man and five Germans have been charged with producing significant amounts of doping substances for athletes in an underground laboratory and distributing the drugs across Germany, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

World Athletics PIX: Duplantis vaults to pole position; Kipyegon triumphs

Rediff.com27 Aug 2023

Images from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday.

PHOTOS: Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Rybakina through to last 16

PHOTOS: Tsitsipas, Berrettini, Rybakina through to last 16

Rediff.com9 Jul 2023

How sweet it is: Eubanks's climb up the ranks is 'icing on the cake'

Queen At Buckingham Palace One Last Time

Queen At Buckingham Palace One Last Time

Rediff.com14 Sep 2022

On Tuesday night, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II stayed at Buckingham Palace in London, where she lived almost all her life, for one last time.

Rishi Sunak Charms The Tory Faithful

Rishi Sunak Charms The Tory Faithful

Rediff.com28 Jul 2022

Rishi Sunak, one of the finalists in the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative party and Britain's prime minister, is campaigning hard to win over the Tory faithful who will vote from today, July 28, to August 31 to elect their next leader.

Britain And The World Mourn The Queen

Britain And The World Mourn The Queen

Rediff.com9 Sep 2022

The first inclination we had that Queen Elizabeth II had passed into the ages was a glimpse of the Union Jack flying at half mast over Buckingham Palace during the BBC's sterling non-stop coverage after her doctors stated their concerns on the British monarch's health on Thursday.

French Open PIX: Gauff, Jabeur race into quarters

French Open PIX: Gauff, Jabeur race into quarters

Rediff.com6 Jun 2023

Images from Day 9 of the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.

Abu Dhabi GP was 'manipulated', Hamilton told team on radio

Abu Dhabi GP was 'manipulated', Hamilton told team on radio

Rediff.com14 Dec 2021

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton said on his team radio, "This has been manipulated," after the Briton was passed by Max Verstappen on the final lap of Sunday's controversial season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.