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Wenger hints at Arsenal end game

Wenger hints at Arsenal end game

Rediff.com19 Mar 2017

A downbeat Arsene Wenger said he has decided on his Arsenal future and would reveal all soon after his side slumped to a dismal 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

Indian bowlers struggle as practice match ended in a draw

Indian bowlers struggle as practice match ended in a draw

Rediff.com29 Jun 2014

Indian bowlers struggled even under favourable conditions on a rain-hit third day as the visitor's three-day practice match against Leicestershire ended in a draw.

Factbox - Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal

Factbox - Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal

Rediff.com19 May 2014

A factbox on new Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal.

Brit Konta one among many 'local' exports shining under Melbourne sun

Brit Konta one among many 'local' exports shining under Melbourne sun

Rediff.com23 Jan 2016

Johanna Konta spurned the country of her birth to play tennis for Britain but the Sydney-born 24-year-old has enjoyed huge support from the MelbournePark crowds during her run to the Australian Open fourth round.

Euro 2016: Bold Hodgson reaps reward as Wales sit back

Euro 2016: Bold Hodgson reaps reward as Wales sit back

Rediff.com16 Jun 2016

If England coach Roy Hodgson's two halftime substitutions proved decisive in turning the tide in their 2-1 victory over Wales on Thursday, he still risked a charge of not having made them before the game rather than midway through. As usual, however, the result was all and a win enabled the normally conservative Hodgson to claim justification for his strategy. Others will question whether his loyalty to Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, both poor for the second successive match, might have been costly in terms of both England's qualification and, after that, his own job prospects.

Sports Shorts: Sania-Cara make it through to WTA Finals semis

Sports Shorts: Sania-Cara make it through to WTA Finals semis

Rediff.com23 Oct 2014

Making their first appearance in the WTA Finals in Singapore, Sania Mirza and Cara Black outplayed Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in their opening match to book their semi-finals berth on Thursday.

Finally, England are playing like a Premier League team

Finally, England are playing like a Premier League team

Rediff.com25 Jun 2018

Southgate's formation and tactics have been hailed as progressive and modern, there is also something traditionally English about the team's strengths.

Trott returns to England squad for West Indies Tests

Trott returns to England squad for West Indies Tests

Rediff.com18 Mar 2015

The South Africa-born 33-year-old has not played for the senior England team since the first Test in Brisbane 18 months ago, after which he returned home with stress-related problems.

Meet the surprise package of Euro 2016

Meet the surprise package of Euro 2016

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

Wales enjoyed their greatest day in football for more than half a century by overwhelming Russia 3-0 in Toulouse on Monday to win Group B at Euro 2016 ahead of their oldest rivals England.

Sehwag to lead MCC in four-day match against Durham

Sehwag to lead MCC in four-day match against Durham

Rediff.com20 Feb 2014

India Test discard Virender Sehwag has been roped in to captain the Marylebone Cricket Club squad in a four-day Champion County match against Durham, starting March 23, in Abu Dhabi.

20 photos you won't believe were taken on an iPhone

20 photos you won't believe were taken on an iPhone

Rediff.com24 Jul 2018

The best camera is the one you have in your pocket. Ever since the release of the first iPhone, the iPhone Photography Awards, now in its 11th year, highlights the best of the best. This year's winners were selected from thousands of entries and from photographers in 140 countries. The winning image, taken by Jashish Salam of Bangladesh and titled "Displaced," shows a crowded refugee camp with Rohingya children watching a film about sanitation. Other awards included prizes for photographer of the year and 18 other categories like Nature, Children and Travel. Check out the winning images.

How England's young lions match up with the heroes of 1990

How England's young lions match up with the heroes of 1990

Rediff.com11 Jul 2018

England's World Cup 2018 team, and remarkable similarities emerge between the XI expected to start the semi-final against Croatia

Wimbledon 1969 champion Jones gets CBE in Queen's honours

Wimbledon 1969 champion Jones gets CBE in Queen's honours

Rediff.com31 Dec 2013

Former Wimbledon champion Anne Jones was among British sports personalities included in the United Kingdom's New Year's honours list on Monday.

50th anniversary of WC win leaves English football with mixed feelings

50th anniversary of WC win leaves English football with mixed feelings

Rediff.com30 Jul 2016

Fifty years on from the greatest day in the history of English football, pessimists fear that the prospect of becoming world champions again is as remote as it has ever been.

Sangakkara ton helps Sri Lanka avoid follow-on

Sangakkara ton helps Sri Lanka avoid follow-on

Rediff.com14 Jun 2014

The evergreen Kumar Sangakkara struck his 36th Test century, and first at Lord's, as he guided Sri Lanka past the follow-on mark to finish on 415 for seven on the third day of the first Test against England on Saturday.

Van Gaal terms former understudy Mourinho 'very Special One'

Van Gaal terms former understudy Mourinho 'very Special One'

Rediff.com25 Oct 2014

Louis van Gaal says the visit of Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea side to Old Trafford on Sunday will be extra special for the Manchester United manager as he greets his "modest" former apprentice.

India four down and facing defeat at Southampton

India four down and facing defeat at Southampton

Rediff.com31 Jul 2014

England need six wickets on the final day to win the third Test against India after a superb bowling performance helped them reduce the tourists to 112-4, still 333 runs short of victory, at the end of day four at Southampton on Wednesday.

Southampton Test: England batsmen dominate on Day One

Southampton Test: England batsmen dominate on Day One

Rediff.com27 Jul 2014

Under-fire captain Alastair Cook at last found his form but fell for 95 as he and century-maker Gary Ballance put England in control at the end of the first day of the third Test against India on Sunday.

England battling to save Lord's Test as India strike

England battling to save Lord's Test as India strike

Rediff.com20 Jul 2014

England face an uphill battle to save the second Test at Lord's after slumping to 105 for four at the close of Sunday's fourth day in pursuit of 319 to beat India.

Sri Lanka fight back after Root double ton hoists England

Sri Lanka fight back after Root double ton hoists England

Rediff.com14 Jun 2014

Sri Lanka's Kaushal Silva and Kumar Sangakkara offered stubborn resistance on the second day of the opening Test after Joe Root put England in control by hitting his maiden Test double ton on Friday.

England moving in the right direction as Ashes loom

England moving in the right direction as Ashes loom

Rediff.com3 Jun 2015

England will head into this year's Ashes series against Australia heartened by their performances against New Zealand but with nagging doubts about key areas in the team.

Talking stops as England brace for Kiwi Test

Talking stops as England brace for Kiwi Test

Rediff.com19 May 2015

With a new cricket director, coach and chairman, England return to the field of play in the first Test against New Zealand on Thursday following an extraordinary period of upheaval.

EPL PHOTOS: Man United stay in touch, Spurs slump at Leicester

EPL PHOTOS: Man United stay in touch, Spurs slump at Leicester

Rediff.com29 Nov 2017

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Tuesday

Euro: Wales thump Russia to top group, enter last sixteen

Euro: Wales thump Russia to top group, enter last sixteen

Rediff.com21 Jun 2016

Wales outplayed Russia 3-0, scoring twice in the opening 20 minutes, as they moved into the round of 16 at Euro 2016 by winning Group B on Monday.

Mourinho faces striking choice in his return to Portuguese roots

Mourinho faces striking choice in his return to Portuguese roots

Rediff.com29 Sep 2014

As Jose Mourinho returns to his Portuguese footballing roots, the Chelsea manager may have to decide which back-up marksman he trusts most to shoot down his old employers at Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Euro 2016: Wales continue their unbeaten run; Iceland stun Dutch

Euro 2016: Wales continue their unbeaten run; Iceland stun Dutch

Rediff.com14 Oct 2014

Wales continued their unbeaten start to the Euro 2016 campaign as a nervy 2-1 triumph over Cyprus, after they had been reduced to 10 men, bolstered the nation's dream of qualifying for a major championship finals for only the second time.

All you need to know about former United manager Louis van Gaal

All you need to know about former United manager Louis van Gaal

Rediff.com24 May 2016

Factbox on Dutchman Louis van Gaal who left his job as Manchester United manager on Monday.

Rampant England seal series in style as India collapse

Rampant England seal series in style as India collapse

Rediff.com17 Aug 2014

England ripped out India for 94 to win the fifth Test by a crushing innings and 244 runs at The Oval on Sunday and clinch the series 3-1.

PHOTOS: Women's World Cup will have its share of parties

PHOTOS: Women's World Cup will have its share of parties

Rediff.com4 Jul 2015

The women's World Cup final between the United States and Japan on Sunday may not rival the Super Bowl, but soccer fans, wild with excitement.

UK pays tributes to Diana on 20th death anniversary

UK pays tributes to Diana on 20th death anniversary

Rediff.com31 Aug 2017

Flowers, posters and images were placed at the gates of Kensington Palace.

Federer seeded seventh for US Open

Federer seeded seventh for US Open

Rediff.com21 Aug 2013

Serbia's Novak Djokovic is the top seed in the men's draw which includes five-times US Open champion and 17-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer as seventh seed - his first time the Swiss has been placed outside the top three in a Grand Slam in over ten years.

FA Cup PHOTOS: Reading keeper errs to help Arsenal make final

FA Cup PHOTOS: Reading keeper errs to help Arsenal make final

Rediff.com19 Apr 2015

FA Cup holders Arsenal were taken to extra time before a horrendous error by Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici brought the Championship side's dream to an end in a 2-1 semi-final defeat on Saturday.

La Liga: Barca's star-studded strikers misfire; drop first points to Malaga

La Liga: Barca's star-studded strikers misfire; drop first points to Malaga

Rediff.com25 Sep 2014

Barcelona dropped their first points of the La Liga season as their star-studded forward line misfired in a 0-0 draw away to Malaga on Wednesday.

EPL: Man City on brink of Champions League spot, Arsenal win

EPL: Man City on brink of Champions League spot, Arsenal win

Rediff.com17 May 2017

Manchester City moved back into third place and almost guaranteed Champions League qualification thanks to a 3-1 home victory against West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday at the Etihad Stadium.

'It's hard to always expect the middle order to get us out of trouble'

'It's hard to always expect the middle order to get us out of trouble'

Rediff.com20 Jul 2015

The selectors have much to ponder after England slumped to a crushing 405-run defeat by Australia in the second Ashes Test at Lord's with calls for change in the top order coming a week after the team were lauded for their first-test victory.

Joe takes root to turn the screw on India

Joe takes root to turn the screw on India

Rediff.com17 Aug 2014

Joe Root passed fifty for the fifth time in the series to lift England to 385 for seven and a lead of 237 runs at the close on the second day of the fifth Test against India at The Oval on Saturday.

Ballance hits century but Bhuvneshwar's strikes put India on top

Ballance hits century but Bhuvneshwar's strikes put India on top

Rediff.com18 Jul 2014

Paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar scalped four wickets as India hit back with two late strikes to wrest the initiative on Day 2 of the second Test against England despite Gary Ballance's gutsy century at Lord's, on Friday.

England recall Stokes for India Test

England recall Stokes for India Test

Rediff.com2 Jul 2014

All-rounder Ben Stokes has been recalled to the England squad for the first Test against India, starting at TrentBridge next Wednesday.

Axed Pietersen sinks boot into struggling England, slams captain Cook

Axed Pietersen sinks boot into struggling England, slams captain Cook

Rediff.com28 Jun 2014

Sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen has put the blow-torch on Alastair Cook's England, saying the team's series defeat to Sri Lanka showed senior players are still shell-shocked from the 5-0 Ashes whitewash.

Root leads new-look England's recovery with unbeaten ton

Root leads new-look England's recovery with unbeaten ton

Rediff.com13 Jun 2014

Joe Root hit an unbeaten 102 and Moeen Ali impressed on his debut as England recovered from the loss of three early wickets to reach 344 for five on the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday.