Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's big question on Friday was whether captain Nemanja Vidic is ready to return to the team for the next day's "game of the season" at arch rivals Liverpool.
Live updates from the matches at the football World Cup in South Africa.
The Slovenian played it safe on the last climb of the day but it was enough for him to move to the top of the standings in a ninth stage won by Tour debutant Pogacar.
An earthquake halted play and forced the evacuation of the New Haven Open on Tuesday but it could not stop world number one Caroline Wozniacki from romping to a 6-3, 6-0 second round win over Slovenia's Polona Hercog.
Ronjan Sodhi is a hard man to please and the Indian shooter insists he will not rest on his laurels after rising to number one in the world rankings and is setting his sights on a medal at next year's London Olympics.
Ace Indian marksman Ronjan Sodhi clinched bronze medal in double trap at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia.
It was a bad day for Sania Mirza at Wimbledon on Friday. The Indian ace lost in the mixed doubles quarter-finals and women's doubles semi-finals.
T P Sreenivasan interacts with rediff.com readers on the significance and scope of US President Barack Obama's visit to India
Directed by Veeru Potla, the film also stars Lavanya Tripathi and will release in October.
As thousands of asylum-seekers continue to stream into Europe, Germany has called upon its European Union partners to agree on a common policy.
The Football Association (FA) have urged the Daily Telegraph to provide "full and unfettered disclosure of all available material" following allegations of corruption by the newspaper.
Six countries from the Green Group want to link climate change with the issue of availability of water at the ongoing UN summit on climate change in Cancun in Mexico.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black were halted in their stride by the world No 1 Italian pair of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the women's doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open in Mlebourne on Tuesday. The sixth seeds lost 2-6, 6-3, 4-6.
This season the football extravaganza was not all about great football, but about a green revolution that has taken the world of sports by storm.
Rediff.com presents a selection of the Pultizer Prize winning images that unveil Europe's massive refugee crisis.
A summary of Wednesday's action at the US Open.
The complete fixtures of the World Cup in SOuth Africa.
The teams that have qualified for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.
England insist their dire World Cup start is behind them and they can go on to win the tournament having salvaged their campaign with a sprightly 1-0 win over Slovenia on Wednesday. After two dour draws in their opening matches, England progressed in second place in Group C behind the United States, who came top by virtue of goals scored, after a much-improved, at times panicky, performance in Port Elizabeth.
England supporters breathed a sigh of relief after the country's stuttering team clawed their way into the World Cup second round on Wednesday.
England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday to leave their World Cup qualification hanging on the final matches.
England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday to leave their World Cup qualification hanging on the final matches.
The fixtures of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in South Africa, from June 11 to July 11.
The fixtures of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in South Africa, from June 11 to July 11.
Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout was the lone Indian to sign off with a medal when she notched up the bronze after drawing her 13th and final round game with Deysi Cori of Peru in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship in Chotowa-Czarna, Poland.
Lifting of restrictions on these dual use technologies is one of the major areas of focus of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he meets US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday.
Fixtures, results, reports and images from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Former President Bill Clinton got to his feet to celebrate his team's last-gasp goal against Algeria at the World Cup on Wednesday and gave the players a speech about the American spirit afterwards.
Jermain Defoe rescued England's stuttering World Cup campaign with a first-half strike that was enough to beat Slovenia 1-0 in Group C on Wednesday and book a place in the second round.
England finally got the win they were seeking at the World Cup, advancing to the last 16 with a 1-0 win thanks to a first half goal from Jermain Defoe on Wednesday.
Millions of England football fans will take a break from work on Wednesday to watch their must-win match against tiny Slovenia, praying their side lifts its game to avoid being dumped out of the World Cup.
Slovenia winger Valter Birsa said he expected England to fire on all cylinders after two poor performances when the two teams meet in their crunch Group C match in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday.
On a dramatic days in England's history, John Terry spoke with team manager Fabio Capello and campaigned openly for Joe Cole's inclusion in the starting line-up to face Slovenia on Wednesday. He also voiced the team's desire for Wayne Rooney to play up front on his own.
Fabio Capello, just a child when England last met the United States at the World Cup 60 years ago, is acutely aware a repeat of that famous result on Saturday would create another sensation.
England coach Fabio Capello has added uncapped Bolton Wanderers defender Gary Cahill to his squad after captain John Terry and Wes Brown missed training on Wednesday with minor injuries.
Photos from the Euro 2016 qualifying matches played on Sunday.
Canada's Denis Shapovalov said he would flat out refuse to go on court if forced to compete in poor air quality and believed other leading players at the tournament will similarly decline to risk their health.
Rafael Nadal is in contention for the 'World Sportsman of the Year' award alongside six-time Formula 1 World champion Lewis Hamilton, six-time World MotoGP champion Marc Mrquez and six-time FIFA World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi.
Images from Day 10 of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Tuesday.
England is hungrier than any other country and it would be the toughest challenge of his life to take the side in the football World Cup finals in South Africa in June-July, feels manager Fabio Capello.
