Red Bull, drivers' and constructors' champions for four years in a row from 2010, have fallen out with underperforming Renault and are casting around for a replacement engine provider with Ferrari their only real option given Honda's woes.
Thousands of daredevils put their bravery to test as they poured on to medieval lanes of northern Spain's Pampolna city, dodging raging bulls. Rediff.com brings you the latest action from the annual San Fermin bull fighting festival.
France striker Thierry Henry has quit Europe to play for the New York Red Bulls, following players such as David Beckham into Major League Soccer (MLS). The 32-year-old Henry announced on Wednesday that he had agreed to leave Barcelona to take up a "multi-year" deal with the Red Bulls.
Australian Mark Webber won the British Formula One Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday. Britain's Lewis Hamilton was second for McLaren, 1.3 seconds behind, to extend his overall lead in the championship. Germany's Nico Rosberg finished third for Mercedes.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton celebrated his first win of the Formula One season in Turkey on Sunday after his Red Bull rivals drove each other off the track while heading for a one-two finish.
Formula One leader Max Verstappen celebrated a record-equalling ninth successive victory on Sunday after beating the rain to win a chaotic and red-flagged Dutch Grand Prix for the third year in a row.
Sebastian Vettel gave Red Bull their fourth pole position in four races with a searing late lap in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Two men were seriously injured during the traditional Running of the Bulls in the Spanish city of Pamplona on Sunday, one day after another runner was gored to death there for the first time since 2003. Pamplona's 'San Fermin' is one of hundreds of bull-running fiestas held in Spain every year, attracting hundreds of runners from around the world, often drinking all night before the early morning run.
Sebastian Vettel's 'stab-in-the-back' Malaysian Grand Prix win revived an age-old debate about team orders in Formula One but trust, or the lack of it, could be more of a headache for champions Red Bull in the weeks ahead.
The final day of Jallikattu lived up to all the hype surrounding the tremendously popular sport. A Ganesh Nadar shares his ringside view with us
Max Verstappen was fastest on the opening day of practice for the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull team mate Daniel Ricciardo as world champions Mercedes chose to focus on race preparation. Verstappen set a benchmark time of one minute 48.085 seconds, 0.256 quicker than Ricciardo on a hot and sunny day at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
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Leclerc took pole in Monaco in 2021, but did not start the race due to a driveshaft failure, and 2022 when he ended up fourth.
The Chicago Bulls defended strongly before going on to stun the Boston Celtics with a late offensive burst to pave an 89-80 victory at the United Center on Thursday.
Red Bull won the Formula One constructors' championship and forced Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to wait for a third drivers' crown after Sebastian Vettel led team mate Mark Webber in a one-two finish in Brazil on Sunday.
Playing as a wildcard in the tournament, the Indian ace had on Thursday defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland in the first round, before getting the better of American Wesley So and Anton Korobov (Ukraine).
Germany's Sebastian Vettel put Red Bull on pole position for the Turkish Grand Prix on Saturday after pushing Formula One championship leader Jenson Button off his pedestal. Button's Brawn GP team mate Rubens Barrichello qualified third for Sunday's race with Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber completing the second row.
Imphal, the Indian Navy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer, scored a bull's eye in her maiden Brahmos firing at sea.
Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has prohibited the sales of 'Red Bull', an energy drink, following complaints that the product's main ingredient Taurine is an animal derivative, which the company denies saying it is derived sythetically.
From the Sensex basket, Tech Mahindra, Tata Steel, JSW Steel, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Larsen & Toubro and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the biggest laggards. Mahindra & Mahindra, Power Grid, Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Bank and Maruti were the major gainers.
Derrick Rose took over scoring duties late in the game to ensure the surging Chicago Bulls held off the New York Knicks to record a 105-102 victory at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
The benchmark indices are set to end their five-month gaining streak, but the market breadth continues to hold strong So far this month, stocks gaining have outnumbered those declining, a sign that the bulls still have the upper hand, even as the pullback in the S&P BSE Sensex and the National Stock Exchange Nifty indicates otherwise. On the BSE, 2,126 stocks have advanced and 1,955 have declined in August, translating into an advance/decline ratio (ADR) of 1.1.
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Red Bull made a formal protest at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday after it emerged that Mercedes, who swept the front row in qualifying for the Formula One race, carried out a secret tyre test with Pirelli last week.
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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to permit 'Jallikattu' event, involving bull fights, ,during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu.
Red Bull, owned by Austrian energy drink billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, have taken over the old Jaguar team.
Formula One champions Red Bull have changed their split-second pitstop procedures after a rear wheel flew off Mark Webber's car in the pitlane in Germany last weekend and injured a television cameraman.
Rediff.com presents some smashing, jostling, raging photographs of the San Fermin festival. Enjoy!
Former world champion Niki Lauda said the Scot would be a good solution because of his experience.
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What about other animals such as goats?" the bench asked.
It was Hamilton's first pole position since Saudi Arabia in December 2021.
Barely hours after the Supreme Court banned the conduct of Jallikattu' (bull fights), villagers at Soorakkudi near Singampunari in Sivaganga district conducted the village sport as part of a local religious festival on Friday.
Sebastian Vettel has been backed by his Red Bull principal to get even better as a driver having become the youngest triple Formula One World Champion in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.
From the Sensex pack, Power Grid, Infosys, Asian Paints, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Bank and Titan were the major gainers. Tata Steel and Bharti Airtel were the laggards.
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