From marocain to bromocriptine, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has challenged young wordsmiths with some of the English language's most obscure and fascinating words over the past decade.
On this day in 1983, legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev delivered a smashing 175* against Zimbabwe in the 20th match of the World Cup that year in England.
Ireland's dashing all-rounder Kevin O'Brien says he was disappointed at not being picked by any of the franchises at the auction for the fifth edition of the IPL.
Aren't they the cutest?
Let's delve into six remarkable underdog triumphs at the ICC World Cup
After adding 271 people last year, the Academy sends out invitations to more than 300 people this year.
Full text of Kevin Pieterse's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru
Glenn Maxwell battled cramps to produce an innings of a lifetime to guide Australia to a three-wicket win over Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly hour-long address to the United States Congress evoked multiple standing ovations, applauses and cheers from American lawmakers and chants of 'Modi, Modi' from members of the diaspora community sitting in the grand House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
'...Again, just because he is not amongst the runs, there is this anxiety to play at every delivery because that is what batters feel, they have got to score.'
Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.
Sukanya Verma goes down memory lane to recap the desi sightings at the Oscars.
Kabir Khan's '83 is an ode to a game changing chapter of Indian cricket history, pitch-perfect partnerships between openers and tail enders, knowing your mate's strengths as well as your own, seizing that one moment that defines the rest of your life, applauds Sukanya Verma.
Varinder had to pull out of his 60kg category bout due to high fever but he tested negative for COVID-19.
Kapil said the mentality of Indian parents towards sports has changed drastically over the years, but more needs to be done.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 2 of the India-England Test at Leeds.
Intrigue filled whodunits, slice-of-life dramas, fast-paced animation, Sukanya Verma tells us what you can catch on OTT this week.
The award function was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Pietersen said in his stirring address, which focussed on highlighting the relevance of Test cricket.
As the teams gear up for the 2019 World Cup to be held in the UK across 11 venues, here is a look at the 10 greatest matches in the history of the mega-event.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar says the current England team is in complete awe of India's world-class seam attack with only its skipper Joe Root looking capable of getting a big hundred.
In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.
40 must know nuggets about the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Haresh Pandya recounts one of the biggest upsets in One-day cricket.
A look at the winners of the 89th Annual Academy Awards.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
'The dressing room is a precinct that abounds with all the complexities that make up human nature -- and the unpredictable consequences that can emerge from interpersonal relationships. 'A cursory study of cricket history throws up interesting (and some hugely surprising) examples of conflict between players from the same team,' says Ayaz Memon
India face an embarrassing defeat after Alastair Cook's fairytale farewell knock and Joe Root's classy hundred enabled England to pile more misery on the visitors on Monday, the penultimate day of the fifth Test.
Presenting a list of the most trending jobs in the start-up world.
Cricket is a team sport, but there are instances where an individual performance outdid all. Such efforts, coincidentally, occur at critical junctures, and turn the outcome of the game on its head. Rediff.com takes a look at few such one-man shows at the World Cup.
A dominant India will be eyeing to clinch the five-Test series against England with yet another comprehensive victory when the two teams square off in the fourth match of the series starting from Thursday. With an unassailable 2-0 lead after three Tests, the confidence of the Virat Kohli-led team is sky high and they would like to regain the Anthony de Mello Trophy which they had lost to Alastair Cook's side back in 2012. Even if England manage a draw, India will win the series after the visitors' hat-trick of wins- 2011 in England, 2012 in India and 2014 in England again.
'Once, when I was standing around on the set one day, whining about something -- you know we were gonna work through supper or the long hours or whatever, Tommy Lee Jones said to me, 'Isn't it such a privilege, Meryl, just to be an actor? Yeah, it is, and we have to remind each other of the privilege and the responsibility of the act of empathy. We should all be very proud of the work Hollywood honours here tonight.'
There are bowlers who have a better statistical record than the 311 wickets in Tests and 282 in ODIs, but those figures do not reveal Zaheer Khan's match-winning abilities in all conditions
'It's a joy working there.' 'It's good work and when you come back it gives you pleasure.' 'On returning you take a shower and look at the day and say, "Ah! Nice scenes we did!"' 'Here sometimes you are doing nothing in the day, but you are there for the shoot.' 'You come home and it can be very frustrating, with that frustration the tiredness does not go, you know.' 'Good work gives you that strength and kick.'
Starring Mankad, Bedi, Siva, Azhar and Sachin.
