Super-heavyweight Robert Acea beat American Michael Hunter on Tuesday to cap off a dominating display by Cuban boxers at the Americas Olympic qualification tournament with nine fighters earning tickets to Beijing. The results marked a stunning return to the international ring by the powerhouse Cubans, who did not send a squad to Chicago for last year's World championships where the first Olympic qualifying spots were up for grabs, following a string of defections.
Talented photographers from across the world have been named as winners of diverse open categories at the Sony World Photography Awards -- and the champions were judged on just a single image. Faced with hundreds of thousands of entries, the judges have chosen a winner for each of ten categories that include architecture, culture and landscape. Also announced were the winners of the National Awards. Chosen from the same pool of images as the open competition, the National Award recognises the best entrant from each of 62 countries.
"Any fair-minded cricket fan would have enjoyed Anil Kumble's 600th Test wicket even though it was Australia's potential saviour Andrew Symonds," Waugh wrote in his column for the 'Daily Telegraph'.
Squeezing growth prospects in IT services firms and higher compensation in technology centres run by global companies are the two factors driving this trend.
"In this country you need huntering (flogging) to make you work," the Supreme Court said on Friday while venting its anger on bureaucrats and top police officials for their failure to respond on an issue related to punishing errant cops who refuse to register FIRs on public complaints."Is this Ramrajya in this country...So this is swaraj. This is the concept of swaraj," said a bench of Justices B N Agrawal and G S Singhvi, while lamenting the attitude of the top bureaucrats.
Planet hunters have spotted more than 200 planets beyond the solar system, but the vast majority are hot, Jupiter-sized planets that will dwarf Earth and are almost certainly lifeless.
Sonia Shah, one of America's best known investigative journalists, who is currently working on what she describes as a book on the history and politics of malaria, is in the news again.
While accepting the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night, Biden said in Delaware that "united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in America."
The Colombian forward is heading to Italian champions Juventus on loan.
Growth stocks are not located in the traditional well-known sectors but in new and upcoming fields
Takes to the sea to save whale sharks off the Gujarat coast from being hunted to extinction.
South Africa seamer Vernon Philander will miss the World Cup clash against West Indies and is in doubt for the following game against Ireland next week, the team said on Tuesday.
Those negotiating jobs list some interesting inclusions into their contracts.
Rediff.com brings you a selection of images of fans taking to the field of play to make a point or gain attention.
It's time to stop assuming that more physical activity always means more calories.
These were the most influential fashion stars of 2017.
'My director has put the ugliest face of a crime on screen.'
Afghanistan speedster Shapoor Zadran wants the stereotypical perception to change.
The fourth one-day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was abandoned after just nine overs of the hosts' innings after rain intervened for the final time at Saxton Oval in Nelson on Saturday.
Dinesh Mongia contributed only 10 runs for Leicestershire while Zhaeer Khan bagged a wicket and scored 18 runs for Worcestershire in the County championship.
A winner of 12 Grand Slam titles, the Serb has suffered a noticeable dip in form since winning his maiden French Open last June, relinquishing top spot in the ATP rankings to Briton Andy Murray five months later.
According to the latest annual report for 2017-18, the percentage of the company's employees in the age group of 18-25, came down to 28.16 per cent, from 31.19 per cent in the previous financial year.
The revamped Premier Badminton League (PBL), commencing here tomorrow with hosts Mumbai Rockets taking on the Saina Nehwal-spearheaded Awadhe Warriors, is to experiment with a new concept - Trump match - that's expected to keep the interest till the end of a tie.
Uncapped opening batsman Jeet Raval has been named in New Zealand's Test squad for their tour of southern Africa in August, New Zealand Cricket said on Friday.
Umar Akmal has been dropped from the Pakistan Twenty20 squad to face England as he is under investigation for bringing the sport into disrepute in an off-field incident, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reported on Thursday.
Will gold touch the psychological barrier of $720? Investment funds are bullish but cautious.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Incredibles 2 has quick-witted action and glorious, good old-fashioned, fun, raves Sukanya Verma.
fghanistan's latest cricket sensation Hamid Hassan found his way into the pages of the popular US daily.
Colleges are witnessing more offers, with better salary packages. Median salary packages offered have improved over last year.
A group of Keralite women on Saturday created history by taking part in 'Pulikali' (Dance of Tigers), a famous folk art which has been an exclusive bastion of male artistes, here along with over 500 male counterparts, donning the garb of symbolic tigers.
