Russia's interior ministry has confirmed that athletes at the Winter Olympics will be arrested if they breach Russia's controversial gay propaganda laws.
'I'm not surprised with what's happening in India,' 'Tiger' Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji.
With the amendment, firms like EY and Deloitte can work as resolution professionals instead of only their partners enrolling as insolvency professionals.
While the deal would help reduce debt at Jindal Steel, it would also be a boon for State Bank of India, which has been trying to broker an agreement between the companies
The world was in for a blockbuster on Sunday night when a total lunar eclipse shared the stage with a supermoon on Sunday night.
The United States on Friday opened its first customs office in the country with a view to check, among other things, smuggling, money laundering and shipment of weapons of mass destruction to America.
The vehicle will not be available until end-2017, or later.
The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.
US official says India must resort to greater liberalisation so that US investors have as many opportunities here as Indians have in the US.
India went down fighting 1-3 to Australia via the penalty shoot-out in the final of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, in Breda, the Netherlands, on Sunday.
The former world No.1 told organisers of the Perth event that she wants to concentrate on defending her title at the Australian Open.
Andy Roddick beat Nicolas Massu after Fernando Gonzalez stunned James Blake in the Davis Cup quarter-final.
India went down fighting 1-2 to Belgium in a thrilling final of the first-leg of the Four-Nation Invitational tournament at the Blake Park, in Tauranga, New Zealand, on Sunday.
They beat the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.
Aseem Chhabra's recommendations for the Mumbai film festival.
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The Australian Open champion fought off a match-point to beat Vladimir Voltchkov and book his spot in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open.
Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and Mardy Fish in the doubles, in the Davis Cup first-round tie.\n\n
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Two goals in four dramatic second-half minutes set lowly Costa Rica on their way to a deserved 3-1 victory over Uruguay on Saturday in the biggest upset of the World Cup so far.
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
The US Open women's semi-finals scheduled for Thursday evening have been postponed due to the threat of rain.
Tom Watson shot a scintillating five-under-par 65 for a share of the US Open lead with qualifier Brett Quigley.
Double Olympic champion Valerie Adams feels the suspension on Russian athletes from the Rio Games is a positive step towards eradicating doping and the New Zealand shot putter has called for a life ban on drug cheats.
Brief profile of five male athletes to watch out for at the August 22-30 world championships in Beijing.
World champions Australia rallied from a two-goal deficit to prevail 4-3 over Olympic gold medallists Germany to bolster their position in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre.
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For India startups, pulling in the reins now may enable them to live longer - even if it means shedding their unicorn status, says Una Galani.
Usain Bolt was beaten into bronze medal position by Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman who won gold and silver respectively in the World Championships 100 metres final.
The past week saw a lot of brilliance in sports. It started with Juventus and Barcelona lighting up the Champions League with their inspiring football and, later in the week, Mercedes' Nico Rosberg stoked the F1 circuit in Spain, capping a brilliant win to cut teammate Lewis Hamilton's lead to 20 points. Rediff.com has this, and many more memorable moments snapped right here.
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Dulal Karmakar is a proud man today even if her daughter Dipa missed a historic Olympic medal in gymnastics by a whisker in Rio Games, saying the 'Produnova' girl will come better and stronger in 2020 Tokyo Oylmpics. "I am feeling very proud of her accomplishment. I am not at all sad. This was her first Olympics. Next time, when the Olympics will be held in Japan, she will perform much better and bring a medal (for the country)," a seemingly proud Dulal said. Dipa missed a bronze medal by a whisker to finish fourth in the women's vault finals in the Rio Games but still created history by producing the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast in the Olympics history.
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Russian gymnasts must be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games and not tarred with the same brush as the country's banned track and field athletes, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said on Monday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
