The men in my family left early. The women stayed. And somewhere in between, they made me whoever I am, notes Binu Alex.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge struck a magnificent unbeaten century as England launched their Women's T20 World Cup campaign with an emphatic 87-run victory over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston on Friday.
The original Freak, launched in 2001, caused a genuine shock in watchmaking: No dial, no hands, no crown, with the entire movement rotating to tell the time.
The Night Manager Season 2 is a comfortably paced, tension holding series, with a couple of solid twists, observes Deepa Gahlot.
Red Square and VDNKh easily rank among the most striking places I've visited -- both for their historical significance and architectural splendour.
My admiration for Russian culture, vision and ambition grew with every step as I clocked the miles, Nitin Sathe tells us after a visit to Moscow and St Petersburg.
The couple, who got engaged in early 2023 in South Africa, shared their joyous news on Instagram with a combined post.
Chirag Chikkara created history as he became only the third Indian to be crowned Under-23 World champion.
New Delhi -- which has had a disastrous neighbourhood policy that has alienated almost all the States with which it has a land or sea border -- seemed to be unwilling over the past years to even consider that its unquestioning support of Sheikh Hasina was painting it into a corner, points out Mihir S Sharma.
Aman Sehrawat is the first Indian male wrestler to secure berth for the Paris Olympic Games
Showing nerves of steel, Indian wrestler Ravinder pulled off a sensational come-from-behind 'victory by fall' against Bulgaria's Georgi Valentinov Vangelov after trailing by a huge 0-8 margin in the World Championship repechage round to enter the 61kg bronze play-off Oslo on Sunday.
Capturing the drama on Day 12 at the Tokyo Olympics.
Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by the Booker Prize Foundation in London on Tuesday.
Slavia Sofia's 42-year-old goalkeeper Georgi Petkov has rejoined the Bulgarian national squad ahead of their UEFA Nations League matches against Cyprus and Norway.
A summary of the country's athletes performed at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, August 4.
The unalloyed truth about the Ukraine-Russia conflict is that it is a war that Russia cannot lose and Ukraine cannot win, observes Colonel Anil Athale (retd).
'I am here in my apartment alone. And I don't know what is in store. The attack happened all of a sudden. So, couldn't have done anything.'
It's worth a watch, Aarush S promises.
Ravi Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to qualify for the final at the Olympic Games, when he sensationally turned around the 57kg semi-final bout by pinning Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev, in Tokyo.
Litex Lovech's midfield dynamo Georgi Milanov was voted Bulgaria's Footballer of the Year on Thursday, becoming the youngest player to pick up the prestigious prize.
Schedule of Indian athletes at the Beijing Olympics on August 20.
Rediff.com brings you some of the highlights from the sporting events held last week...
Ravi Kumar Dahiya became only the second Indian wrestler to win a silver medal at the Olympics after losing in the men's Freestyle 57kg title round 4-7 to reigning World champion Zavur Uguev, in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday.
Vijender Kumar made sure of another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the quarter-finals of the 75 kg category in the boxing competition on Wednesday.
Germany is keen on investing in specific areas in West Bengal as part of a bid to strengthen Indo-German bilateral ties.
Co-nominated with Ali is Peter Georgi, Ali's former senior humanitarian advisor and co-founder along with Ali of the Children's General Assembly and its launching organisation the Children's Peace Foundation.
Pugilist Jitender Kumar went down fighting against Russia's Georgy Balakshin in the quarterfinals of the men's 51 kg category, dashing India's medal hopes in the Olympic Games on Wednesday.
It turned out to be a disappointing day for the Indians at the World Boxing Championships in Chicago, as Jitender Kumar and Jai Bhagwan missed Olympic qualification, crashing out in the pre-quarter-finals.
The joint mission envisages landing a new-generation lunar vehicle weighing 400 kilogrammes on the surface of the moon.
Jitender Kumar out-punched Uzbek Tulashboy Doniyorov in an ill-tempered bout to set up a tough quarter-final with three-time European champion Georgy Balakshin of Russia in 51kg category of the boxing competition at the Olympics in Beijing on Saturday. The 21-year-old Haryana boxer, who is on his maiden Olympic trip, scored a 13-6 victory to move into the last-eight stage.
Russia have axed midfielder Alexander Mostovoi from their Euro 2004 squad after he criticised the coach's training methods.
The owner of Bulgarian premier league soccer club Lokomotiv Plovdiv was killed after they beat OFK Belgrade in the UEFA Cup second qualification round.
After the 7-1 rout by Portugal, Georgy Yartsev said he would take a week to decide whether he wants to continue as Russia's football coach.
Major shareholder Kinnevik, a Swedish investment firm, devalued Quikr by 45%, referring to the exaggerated revenue resulting from fraudulent transactions that rocked the company. Quikr is now valued at about $577 million.
A summary of Wednesday night's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's chances of the London Olympics medal being upgraded from bronze to silver is all but over but Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) claimed it was unaware of the development.
Defending champions Netherlands will face Germany, while Britain take on New Zealand in the women's hockey semi-finals of the Rio Olympics on Wednesday.
