Olympic silver medallist Katie Ledecky powered to victory in the women's 400 metres freestyle event on the opening day of the swimming World Championships in Budapest on Saturday to capture a record-extending 16th gold medal in the competition.
'You can choose who you would like as your showstopper.' 'You have the freedom to create your own background -- sun, moon and the stars, which may sometimes not be possible in a physical show.'
Namrata Thakker peeks into the travel diaries of these celebs.
Each Round of 16 game was entertaining. Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks the games to remember.
Nadal said the two-week gap between the French Open and Wimbledon was not enough time for him to recuperate
Formula One's 10 teams will be limited to a maximum 80 people each at races held without spectators when the delayed season gets going in July. Formula One is hoping to start racing behind closed doors in Austria in early July, followed by a number of races in similar conditions elsewhere in Europe.
World number two Simona Halep tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is recovering well from her mild symptoms.
Hallstatt now plans to reduce the number of tourists buses in the town.
Nadal's great rival and fellow 20-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer is also out of the US Open and will be sidelined for many months because he needs knee surgery.
Top seed Dominic Thiem survived an early scare and fought back from a set down to beat Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 and win his first Vienna Open title on Sunday.
ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships: Krrish Pal registers win in 1st round
India has already asked the EU member countries to individually consider allowing Indians who have taken Covishield and Covaxin vaccines and want to travel to Europe.
Sunday will be the first time that Austria has hosted a season-opener and the race will also be the latest start date to a championship.
Kevin de Bruyne came off the bench to inspire Belgium in a 2-1 comeback win over Denmark
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Experienced Indian Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalo advanced to the second round of the US Open men's doubles event after a straight-set win in New York.
Pakistan on Monday banned travel from 15 countries, except under certain conditions, and tightened up travel restrictions on 13 other countries in wake of the threat of the new COVID-19 variant Omicorn.
Japan's round of the MotoGP championship, which was due to take place on October 18 at Motegi after the F1 race at Suzuka on October 11, had already been cancelled due to the expected extension of a travel ban.
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was named the player of Euro 2020 following Italy's 3-2 shootout win against England in the final at Wembley on Sunday.
The tally from the weekend showed 37 new cases on Sunday with most testing positive after arrival at the airport
Rafael Nadal gets the opportunity to avenge his only defeat in 10 meetings with Diego Schwartzman, which he suffered a little over two weeks ago, when Spain's 12-time French Open winner faces the Argentine in the semi-finals at Roland Garros on Friday.
Lewis Hamilton managed to make the most of the adverse conditions to take pole position for Sunday's race.
Oliveira leaves it late to snatch win at Styrian Grand Prix.
The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.
Olympians at the 'closed-loop' Beijing Games have had to be creative to express their feelings of love
Funds parked by Indian individuals and firms in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches and other financial institutions, jumped to a 14-year-high of 3.83 billion Swiss francs (over Rs 30,500 crore) in 2021 on a sharp surge in holdings via securities and similar instruments while customer deposits rose as well, annual data from Switzerland's central bank showed on Thursday.
Bopanna and Shapovalov will take on Dutch-Romanian combination of Jeal-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in the quarterfinals.
Four-times winners Germany enjoyed a 3-0 win over Group J rivals Iceland
Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com picks five of the best team performances from this round as the tournament heads into its business end.
A summary of Wednesday's action in the Premier League.
Neuer sidelined for 'coming weeks' after knee surgery - Bayern
Amid increasing cases of monkeypox being reported in non-endemic countries, the government on Tuesday issued guidelines directing district surveillance units to consider even one such case as an outbreak and initiating a detailed investigation through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
As the tournament gets to the next round here's look at the quarter-finalists.
Sharath Kamal's progress to the third round of the men's singles in table tennis was the only bright spot on another gloomy day for India at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Formula One teams will operate in bubbles within bubbles when the season starts behind closed doors in Austria next week after being stalled since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There will be no spectators, no sponsors or VIP guests wandering the paddock and limited social interaction even between team mates.
Austria's loosened lockdown means tennis players can return to the court as long as they stick to coronavirus-related rules - singles only, no touching each other's tennis balls, and definitely no shaking hands at the net.
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