Sarjubala, competing in the flyweight 51kg category, defeated Tajikistan's Madina Ghaforova 5-0 in a bout which was more gruelling than what the score-line suggests.
As she turns 70 on September 18, Subhash K Jha picks five classic Shabana performances which you may have missed.
The breakdown in communication between national selectors, led by chairman Chetan Sharma, and the team management comprising skipper Virat Kohli over Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran's contentious selection, is not the first such instance in Indian cricket.
Criticised for being too big, Janette Tirkey is winning hearts on the ramp.
Langer said Smith and Warner's experience made them natural authority figures and that their leadership would be 'crucial' for success on and off the field.
2 States, for all its modern touches, is a very regressive film, deeply rooted in old fashioned values that surely make no sense in the India of 2014.
'It's only in the last seven years, I have taken acting seriously.'
Hyderabad-born Gadde, 45, is Twitter's legal, public policy and trust and safety lead.
Rediff reader Purnendu Shorey, 48, a former captain in merchant navy based out of Mumbai shares some of his learnings.
'A friend of mine said she grew up not liking cricket. She hated cricket.' 'But she said when I was watching your film, I suddenly had a life-altering moment when I thought that if this is what cricket does to you, then have I missed out on a large part of my life?' 'I got tears in my eyes when I read that.'
Children will fall and rise again; that is what life is all about, says Virender Kapoor.
Considering it narrates seven stories about the different facets of life, Zindagi In Short is shockingly lifeless, Joginder Tuteja observes.
'For the likes of Zomato or Swiggy or Foodpanda or similar others, the customer has been sensitised for all times to the perils of the food pack being pilfered.' 'An important matter of trust has been exposed. And that really has been the biggest downer of this entire episode,' points out marketing guru Sandeep Goyal.
Norma Godinho has just about caught her breath after all the action at SW19 on Super Sunday. Here are Norma's memorable moments from this year's Wimbledon.
Joginder Tuteja compares the first six months of 2020 with the first six months in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
New Zealand Cricket has defended the under-fire national team's head coach Gary Stead, who is drawing flak for taking a break in the middle of the ongoing home series against India, saying his "week off was planned six months ago".
Mandira Bedi's Instagram page is definitely one of the favourite celebrity accounts to follow.
India may have not won the third Test, but the team which has turned into an 'injury-ravaged' outfit walked out of the SCG with heads held high. The roar of a jubilant comeback from the Indian side will undoubtedly be echoed in the SCG stands for years to come.
Every year in Bollywood brings its share of good and bad. 2019 did too. Sukanya Verma lists what we learned.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
The incident took place near the venue of Congress leader Harminder Singh Jassi's roadshow.
Relationship problems? Let Love Guru help.
'If a few words from the opposition trouble you,' S Sreesanth tells Harish Kotian/Rediff.com, 'then you shouldn't be playing international cricket.'
'I am particularly happy that an Indian has done such a superb job as the coach because people always talk about foreign coaches, but Shastri has dashed all those views.'
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and young opener Prithvi Shaw are unlikely to be picked for the remaining Tests in Australia as India look to ring in wholesale changes after the batting debacle in Adelaide.
The actor has quite a body of memorable death scenes to boast of.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
Biden alleged that Trump has used everything as a "dog whistle" to try to generate racist hatred and division.
Janhvi Kapoor does well as the girl trying to assert her 'kaabiliyat', observes Sukanya Verma.
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played between Arsenal and Chelsea at Emirates Stadium in London on Sunday.
New Zealand claimed the one World Cup prize that no team sets out to win - third place.
Australians can expect a backlash from the top ranked Test side in the world, according to former captain Ricky Ponting.
'I try to say to myself, 'Don't cry in front of people'. But sometimes I can't help it.'
Mumbai-based Dimple Mehta has been using her Instagram handle to decry fat-shaming.
Ameesha Patel enters the house, Paras Chhabra fights with Asim Riaz.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
The manner in which a large proportion of common people have mortgaged their rationality and questioning spirit to let hatred, prejudice, and bigotry take over their minds is a cause of worry, observes Mohammad Sajjad.
'This virus came in December 2019 and how this virus is going to behave in October and November, we don't know yet.'
'When they were looking for an action girl, I wanted my name to be right on top.'
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