World number one Simona Halep was upset 6-2, 6-4 by unseeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi in the U.S. Open first round on Monday, the second consecutive year the Romanian has lost her opening match at Flushing Meadows.
Recovering from a malignant tumour between his lungs in the United States, star India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was paid a "surprise" visit by former skipper Anil Kumble.
Sixteen fishermen of Rameswaram and their four boats were detained on Monday allegedly by Sri Lankan naval personnel when they were fishing near the islet of Katchatheevu.
Koena Mitra talks about her first-hand experience of working in Hollywood, which she says is very different from Bollywood.
The top two in the 1998 Tour de France - Italian Marco Pantani and Germany's Jan Ullrich - were taking the banned blood booster EPO, a French Senate inquiry into sports doping said on Wednesday.
In the day following Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova's admission that she failed a drug test, sponsors Nike, Porsche and Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer dropped her like a hot potato.
Defending champion Naomi Osaka of Japan was upset 7-5, 6-4 by Belinda Bencic in the fourth round at the US Open on Monday as the Swiss reached the quarter-finals for the second time.
Disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has called on cycling authorities to legalise doping because he believes testers will always struggle to uncover the cheats.
Competing in his fourth straight Grand Slam singles main draw this season, Prajnesh lost 4-6, 1-6, 2-6 to the Russian on Monday.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran got a taste of high-level tennis in his first-round exit from the US Open, losing to world number five Daniil Medvedev in 84 minutes, in New York, on Monday.
Guesstimates suggest that around 80 to 85 per cent of Wiki information is accurate. That is less than 95 per cent that is considered the gold standard for 'normal' encyclopedias'. But 80 per cent is a reasonable baseline for somebody who's starting to research a topic and it does suggest that crowd-sourcing works, even though it is a long way from perfection, says Devangshu Datta.
Following badminton World No 1 Lee Chong Wei's provisional ban, Rediff.com brings you ten top sports persons who gave in to drugs - one of the mighty perils that has affected modern sporting culture.
The spacecraft is the first to take the American astronauts to orbit from American soil in nearly a decade.
Chris Froome was reminded just how quickly the Tour de France title could slip from his grip as his Sky team mate Geraint Thomas suffered a freak crash in Monday's 16th stage.
IMAGES from Day 5 of the 2020 US Open in New York on Friday.
American cyclist Kirk O'Bee, a former team-mate of Lance Armstrong, received a lifetime ban and had his competitive results since 2005 erased after a second doping offence, the US Anti-Doping Agency said on Wednesday.
Three-time holder of the green jersey sprinters' classification at Tour de France, Robbie McEwen and Elia Vivani, who represent RadioShack of the USA are among the cyclists who will participate in a two-stage international Class I cycling race to be held in Nashik and Mumbai next month.
'I think we should have a heat rule, it's not healthy to be out there getting dizzy and stuff and the poor ball kids out there. There should definitely be a heat rule looked at and put into place'
The notable names in the NYC marathon donning their running shoes for charity on November 2.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the matches played at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
A giant effigy of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter will be set alight as part of the Bonfire Night celebrations of a small English town.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Rediff.com gives you a look at films in the past that have captured the lives of sporting icons, and their rise to glory, on the silver screen.
Here's a look at the nominees.
Images from Day 3 of the 2020 US Open in New York, on Wednesday.
The fire reportedly started simultaneously in the three buildings of the Punjabi school and spread rapidly. Deputy Fire Chief Tim Armstrong called the fire 'unusual'.
Citigroup came under growing pressure to overhaul its board on Tuesday after it revealed that two long-serving directors survived a shareholder vote largely thanks to a balloting rule that is due to be scrapped.
India's Sania Mirza and her partner Cara Black of Zimbabwe could not make it to the US Open women's doubles finals after going down in straight sets to Swiss-Italian pair of Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta at the Flushing Meadows.
NASA said it is looking forward to explore the solar system with its Indian counterpart.
Former champion Marat Safin's grand slam career came to an end when he punched a backhand into the net to end a two-hour, 13-minute match, going down to Austrian Juergen Melzer in the first-round on Wednesday.
Tenth seed Flavia Pennetta dished out the first whitewash of the US Open on Wednesday when she demolished India's Sania Mirza 6-0, 6-0 in the second round.
Alberto Contador emerged as the new cycling boss on Sunday when the Spaniard wrapped up his second Tour de France title on the Champs-Elysees on Lance Armstrong's return to the race. Seven-times champion Armstrong, back from 3-1/2 years in retirement, finished third overall 5:24 off the pace.
What were you doing when Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin touched down on the Sea of Tranquility abroad the lunar module Eagle? How did you hear about it, and what did you think when you first heard that man now owned the moon?
She snagged up Hollywood's most handsome bachelor and she's got brains too! Amal Alamuddin Clooney, the leggy lawyer, who was once upon a time an advisor on Syria to UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan, has been named the Most Fascinating Person of 2014 by Barbara Walters.
Australian Nick Kyrgios was expelled from the tournament after going wild in the third set of his match against Casper Ruud.
IMAGES from Day 8 of the matches played at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday
World number one Dinara Safina was beaten 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 in the third round of the US Open on Saturday by little-known Czech Petra Kvitova.
She's sexy and she knows it!
Michael Schumacher's son Mick has followed in his father's footsteps by signing a contract with Ferrari to join the Formula One team's young driver academy. The 19-year-old German, whose father won five of his record seven championships with the Italian team, will be competing in Formula Two this year after winning the European F3 title in 2018.
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