Major Ruchi Agarwal is commander of the United Nations Female Engagement Team in the conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of Congo.
'A stable and strong Pakistan with an anti-India mindset and hatred is not good for us.'
Megan Jones and Celia Quansah, a same-sex couple, will compete together at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian women are clubbed in Pool A alongside hosts England, Canada, Wales and Ghana
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Wednesday, Day 6.
Since hockey's introduction at Commonwealth Games 24 years ago, World No.1 Australia have been the most dominant force, having won all six gold medals till date.
"I have made a mistake; I accept responsibility; I resign," the 42-year-old barrister said.
The newly-elected ICC president Ehsan Mani of Pakistan said Kenya faces a major struggle to be granted full Test status.
Rathore, Tendulkar lead accolades for Chhetri
Nepal court releases rape accused cricketer Lamichhane on bail
While the first two Champions Trophies were intended to raise the profile of cricket in host nations Bangladesh and Kenya, the seventh and last edition starting in England on Thursday will be a straight shootout between the sport's eight heavyweight nations.
Images from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, Day 9.
India's batting mainstay Rohit Sharma has no idea about the status of last month's abandoned fifth Test against England in Manchester but he is quite clear in his mind that his team 'won' the hard-fought series 2-1.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
Papua New Guinea secured their place in the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next year with a 45-run win over Kenya, in Dubai.
The researchers found that after being exposed to high levels of the novel coronavirus, none of the six monkeys that were given the vaccine developed viral pneumonia. Also, there was no sign that the vaccine had made the animals more vulnerable.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the India team from the World Cups.
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 2 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games:
A summary of Indian athletes showing on Friday, Day 8 of the Commonwealth Games.
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho-Quinn capped a dazzling performance in the 100 metres hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics with a gold medal while Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won the men's long jump title in an action packed Monday morning at the Olympic Stadium
The Italian and Japanese battled shoulder-to-shoulder as the leading pair in the final 4km, but the Italian coped well with the pressure and accelerated in the final 300m to seal the gold medal.
Host nation Russia beat Saudi Arabia 5-0 at the opening match of the World Cup on Thursday, exactly mirroring the scoreline of a match played on a dirt pitch in a jail in Africa thousands of miles away.
Penpix of the Scotland squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
'It's a new challenge and responsibility,' said Patil.
In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from Cricket World Cup held between 1975 to 2015.
Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich overcame extreme heat and humidity to win the World Championship midnight marathon on Friday, in a gruelling test of survival that saw nearly a third of the 70 starters fail to reach the finish line.
On a night when American Allyson Felix also became the most decorated track and field athlete in Olympic history and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan's dream of an unprecedented Games treble disappeared, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wiped away his 10,000 metres disappointment with an impressive 5,000m win.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Sri Lankan team from World Cups.
'Today, we have 150,000 orders a month. And a monthly sale of Rs 1 crore.'
A summary of Saturday's Track and Field action at the Tokyo Olympics.
Towns and cities lined up to host Olympic training or events have increasingly expressed resistance
Selemon Barega of Ethiopia won the men's 10,000 metres gold medal, the first of the Olympic athletics programme, on Friday, defeating world champion and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda.
The Pakistan army is staring at the greatest, scariest, existential threat to its power in their country. This threat has come from a populist riding democratic power, observes Shekhar Gupta.
India's Amit Khatri won the silver medal in the 10km race walk at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi on Saturday.
London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher said on Friday that organisers are working to ensure the rescheduled race is held on Oct. 4 despite the cancellation of September's Great North Run due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cancellation of the annual half marathon had raised doubts about the London Marathon going ahead due to the challenges faced by organisers in implementing social distancing protocols.
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
Images from the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, Day 3, in Oregon.
Indian football team has turned into a decent home side but it is in desperate need for away games, says inspirational skipper Sunil Chhetri, who feels the next target for the country should be a top-10 place in Asia so that the big guns invite them over.
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