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Australia rest Cummins for Zimbabwe, NZ ODI series

Australia rest Cummins for Zimbabwe, NZ ODI series

Rediff.com18 Jul 2022

Captain Aaron Finch will lead an equally strong batting line-up also featuring the talents of David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne and Glenn Maxwell.

PIX: Family, friends honour Symonds at public memorial

PIX: Family, friends honour Symonds at public memorial

Rediff.com27 May 2022

Family members, former team mates and cricket greats paid tribute at the city's Riverway Stadium, where hundreds gathered to bid farewell to the player nicknamed 'Roy'.

MUST SEE: Two crocodiles fight to the death

MUST SEE: Two crocodiles fight to the death

Rediff.com5 Dec 2015

Photos surfaced of two crocodiles fighting in a dramatic fashion, with the bigger one eventually eating the smaller croc at Rinyirru National Park in North Queensland.

Six Aussie rugby league clubs investigated over doping

Six Aussie rugby league clubs investigated over doping

Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

Anti-doping officials have met with six top-flight Australian rugby league clubs named in a national probe into the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs that has sent shockwaves through the sports-mad country.

Indian cab driver's son tipped to save Aus for Ashes

Indian cab driver's son tipped to save Aus for Ashes

Rediff.com19 Mar 2013

An Indian-origin rookie Australian pace bowler has been tipped as a probable hope for the Ashes after an explosive start to his first-class career and adapting well to the pressures of the Sheffield Shield.

Aus mother arrested in death of eight children

Aus mother arrested in death of eight children

Rediff.com20 Dec 2014

A 37-year-old mother has been arrested on charges of killing eight children, including seven of her own, in the regional city of Cairns in north Queensland in Australia.

PIX: Parineeti's Australian holiday

PIX: Parineeti's Australian holiday

Rediff.com26 Jul 2016

Let's journey with Parineeti Chopra to Australia!

Mother charged with murder of eight children in Australia

Mother charged with murder of eight children in Australia

Rediff.com21 Dec 2014

A 37-year-old mother was on Sunday charged for killing her seven children from five different husbands and her niece, who were found stabbed to death in Cairns city in north Queensland in Australia.

PIX: Parineeti holidays in Australia

PIX: Parineeti holidays in Australia

Rediff.com24 Feb 2016

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.

Oz mine project: Adani to restart talks with stakeholders

Oz mine project: Adani to restart talks with stakeholders

Rediff.com7 Apr 2016

Adani's plan to build one of the world's biggest coal mines has been hampered time and again.

'Adani's expansion of coal port will kill Great Barrier Reef'

'Adani's expansion of coal port will kill Great Barrier Reef'

Rediff.com11 Dec 2013

Australia's green political party on Wednesday warned the government for approving India's Adani group's plan to expand a major coal port on the fragile Great Barrier Reef coast, saying it will hasten the death of the natural wonder, a World Heritage site.

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

WTF News: It's Weird, True and Funny

Rediff.com25 Jul 2016

This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world.

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

Rediff.com18 Jun 2019

The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the Royal Observatory's Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 has once more received thousands of outstanding images. The competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, sponsored by Insight Investment and in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, is now in its eleventh year and has broken the record number of entries once more, receiving over 4,600 entries from enthusiastic amateurs and professional photographers, taken from 90 countries across the globe. The winners will be announced on September 12, and an exhibition of the winning images from the past years of the contest will be on show at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from September 13.

Soccer Extras: AC Milan banned from Europa League

Soccer Extras: AC Milan banned from Europa League

Rediff.com28 Jun 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field