With the Swiss Open title in her bag, Saina Nehwal feels she is peaking at the right time for the London Olympics.
Ace woman boxer M C Mary Kom apologised to the nation after returning with a bronze from the London Olympics, saying she did her best.
Brazil's dream of winning an elusive Olympic soccer gold came a step closer to reality when they beat South Korea 3-0 in a one-sided semi-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Barring stray references such as the 'dual control' of banks and shifting the goalposts during demonetisation, he is not in a fault-finding mode with the government, notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
For most young boys growing up in cricket-crazy India, walking out on the hallowed turf at Lord's is the stuff dreams are made of. Archer Tarundeep Rai is no different.
'I have been lucky to be at the right place at the right time. I do not rate myself as excellent.'
'My mother had a vivacious personality and it had to come out, and Vidya was our only choice.' 'She is mummy on screen!'
'I don't think you have seen any Indian actor play a character like this.'
Five-time boxing World champion MC Mary Kom is hoping to win the gold medal at the London Olympics next month for her twin sons Raengpe and Naidong.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
'There is a whole gang working against me.'
After scoring twice in Chelsea's 4-1 win over Arsenal in the Europa League final, Eden Hazard said it was the moment to call time on his magnificent career with the London club to seek new challenges.
Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first leg at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Chief Magistrate Emma Louise Arbuthnot granted him bail till December 4.
The first Indian woman sportsperson to be decorated with the Padma Vibhushan, celebrated boxer MC Mary Kom on Sunday said she hopes to win the Bharat Ratna by winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Bharat Ratna is the country's highest civilian award.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
While the NEET is scheduled to be held on September 13, engineering entrance exam JEE Main has been planned from September 1-6. Around 9.53 lakh candidates have registered for JEE-Mains and 15.97 lakh students have registered for NEET.
The Football Association said fans who exhibited such "disgusting behaviour" were not welcome and urged the authorities to hand out "the toughest punishments possible".
The postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic may have opened the door for dope-tainted Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav to realise his dream of winning an Olympic medal. Yadav was handed a four-year doping ban just hours before his first bout at the Rio Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) won its appeal against an earlier exoneration.
'Every day that God gives me to spend with Sahib is a great celebration of a day well spent.'
Senior India hockey player Gurbaj Singh was suspended for nine months on Monday for allegedly indulging in groupism and creating disharmony within the team.
London Games bronze medallist boxer M C Mary Kom on Tuesday described her trials for Rio Olympics as "unfortunate" and said things probably would have been in her favour had there been more competitions for women. "I only got two chances to qualify. Male boxers get five to six chances, but even then many of them did not qualify," she said expressing hope that things would change for better after the upcoming boxing federation elections.
As Katy Perry began her first concert in Mumbai, all thoughts of the heat and the need for water quite literally evaporated, says 17-year-old Maya Dominic.
Going on vacation? Take inspiration from Bollywood!
The pilot-turned-airline owner and his partner Biraja Jena plan to launch FlyBig, which has secured 16 routes under the fourth phase of UDAN, the government's regional connectivity programme.
David Beckham, one of the so-called "Class of 92", went on to win six Premier League titles under Alex Ferguson at United alongside youth-team buddies Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, and Gary and Phil Neville. Beckham also won two FA Cups and, memorably, the Champions League in 1999. He topped up his trophy collection with a La Liga winners' medal for Real Madrid and added two MLS Cups during a north American adventure with LA Galaxy.
Lewis Hamilton has apologised to residents of his boyhood home town Stevenage for suggesting he grew up in a slum.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's cool, curious, bag moments.
A Ganesh Nadar wonders what Kamal Hassan hopes to achieve with this film.
'I could not do that because it was a bit tight at the home stretch. But at least I could run better than my personal best' 'To run along with him (Mo Farah) was one of my dreams and I did that today'
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
Embroiled in a major crisis back home, Indian conglomerate Sahara has got unsolicited offers for at least three prized assets -- London's Grosvenor House and New York's Plaza and Dreams Downtown hotels.
alaika Mihambo of Germany snatched the Olympic gold in women's long jump with her final leap of 7.00 metres in an enthralling final at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday.
As a child, on her way back home from school near Diamond Harbour in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, Minu would would often imagine herself sailing across unknown seas with an imaginary friend -- London, Paris and America -- being her places of interest. However, her dreams got shattered early in life.
Arsenal exacted revenge against Liverpool on Sunday, Everton kept a dream alive for their manager and Sheffield United caused a dramatic old-fashioned upset as they all reached the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Images from Day 5 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Friday.
He also hopes to play some part in a friendly against the club's Under-19 side.
Aston Villa returned to winning ways in stunning fashion as Ollie Watkins scored twice in a 3-0 away thumping of an abject Arsenal in drizzly north London on Sunday.
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