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Inside the Botswana camp where Harry and Meghan's love blossomed

Inside the Botswana camp where Harry and Meghan's love blossomed

Rediff.com4 May 2018

A glimpse of the 854 (Rs 77,400)-a-night safari where the British royal's love blossomed with the American star.

Indian men's, mixed 4x400m teams miss direct spot at Worlds

Indian men's, mixed 4x400m teams miss direct spot at Worlds

Rediff.com10 May 2025

The Indians will have another chance on Sunday to make the cut for the Tokyo World Championships.

Diamond League PIX: Easy for Chebet, Duplantis, Warholm

Diamond League PIX: Easy for Chebet, Duplantis, Warholm

Rediff.com27 Apr 2025

Images from the Diamond League athletics meet at Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China, on Saturday.

Salah nets for Egypt as big guns flex muscle in World Cup qualifiers

Salah nets for Egypt as big guns flex muscle in World Cup qualifiers

Rediff.com22 Mar 2025

Captain Mohamed Salah scored for Egypt as they eased to a 2-0 victory over Ethiopia in their 2026 World Cup qualifier on Friday, but 2022 semi-finalists Morocco needed a late winner from Bilal El Khannouss to defeat unfancied Niger.

Full List of Countries Hit With Trump's 'Reciprocal' Tariffs

Full List of Countries Hit With Trump's 'Reciprocal' Tariffs

Rediff.com3 Apr 2025

Here is the complete list of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

World Athletics: Why Botswana's Makwala ran solo in 200m

World Athletics: Why Botswana's Makwala ran solo in 200m

Rediff.com10 Aug 2017

Botswana's sprinter Isaac Makwala ran solo to qualify for the men's 200m semi-finals in a rare sight at the World Athletics Championships in London on Wednesday after he recovered from a bout of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus, which had kept him quarantined for 48 hours.

Rishabh Pant nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards

Rishabh Pant nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards

Rediff.com3 Mar 2025

Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.

PIX: Tebogo beats Lyles with fastest 200m semis time

PIX: Tebogo beats Lyles with fastest 200m semis time

Rediff.com8 Aug 2024

Botswana's Letsile Tebogo set the fastest time in the men's Olympic 200 metres semi-finals on Wednesday, proving his intent to upset American Noah Lyles's quest for a sprint double.

10 Year Old Who Teaches Traffic Awareness

10 Year Old Who Teaches Traffic Awareness

Rediff.com29 Aug 2024

Check out Aditya Tiwari's unique approach towards creating awareness about traffic rules.

Why The Census Is Important

Why The Census Is Important

Rediff.com1 Mar 2025

It will be interesting to see what shifts have been recorded in the last decade-and-a-half -- from the effects of demonetisation and Covid's second wave to the drop in fertility and increase in farm workers -- but we will only know this if and when the Census is conducted, points out Aakar Patel.

Diamond League PIX: Yavi misses World record

Diamond League PIX: Yavi misses World record

Rediff.com31 Aug 2024

Olympic champion Winfred Yavi of Bahrain won the 3,000 metres women's steeplechase in impressive fashion at the Rome Diamond League meeting on Friday, coming agonisingly close to breaking the World record with the second-fastest ever time.

Diamond League PIX: The Best of The Best-2

Diamond League PIX: The Best of The Best-2

Rediff.com15 Sep 2024

Images from the Diamond League Finals at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Saturday.

PIX: Olympic champ Wanyonyi storms to 800m win in Lausanne

PIX: Olympic champ Wanyonyi storms to 800m win in Lausanne

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, 20, narrowly missed the world mark of 1:40.91 set by Kenya's David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics.

Heartbreak for Noah Lyles as COVID ends Paris campaign

Heartbreak for Noah Lyles as COVID ends Paris campaign

Rediff.com9 Aug 2024

Noah Lyles said that his Paris Games are over, hours after he needed medical attention

Olympics: Disappointing finish for Indian relay team

Olympics: Disappointing finish for Indian relay team

Rediff.com9 Aug 2024

The team couldn't maintain the momentum on the anchor leg.

Miss Teen International: 'I came here with confidence'

Miss Teen International: 'I came here with confidence'

Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

Cambodia's Ly Muyleang was crowned the new Miss Teen International in Jaipur, July 7.

Sini Shetty May Not Have Been Crowned Miss World But...

Sini Shetty May Not Have Been Crowned Miss World But...

Rediff.com10 Mar 2024

Glimpses from the 71st edition of the Miss World pageant.

Closest 100m Final In Olympic History!

Closest 100m Final In Olympic History!

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

Noah Lyles won by five thousandths of a second in a sensational finish to give the United States the 100m title for the first time in 20 years.

PICS: The best of the Zurich Diamond League meet

PICS: The best of the Zurich Diamond League meet

Rediff.com6 Sep 2024

Images from the Weltklasse Diamond League athletics meeting at the Letzigrund Stadium, in Zurich, on Thursday.

Banned runner to sell Olympic medal to sustain family

Banned runner to sell Olympic medal to sustain family

Rediff.com11 May 2023

After being banned for three years, Nijel Amos is selling his Olympic silver medal to support his family.

Olympics: Hinchliffe overshadows Lyles in 100m Heats

Olympics: Hinchliffe overshadows Lyles in 100m Heats

Rediff.com3 Aug 2024

The current Olympic champion Italy's Marcell Jacobs, who has had a wretched time with injury since his shock Tokyo success, looked a little sluggish in finishing second in 10.05 behind Nigerian heat winner Kayinsola Ajayi (10.02).

In-form Crouser eyes shot put record at Olympic tune-up event

In-form Crouser eyes shot put record at Olympic tune-up event

Rediff.com19 Jul 2024

'I feel good and I'm rounding into shape ahead of the Olympics.'

Paris 2024 Olympics: Medals Table

Paris 2024 Olympics: Medals Table

Rediff.com11 Aug 2024

The medal tally at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Athletics delivers thrills, records and upsets in Paris

Athletics delivers thrills, records and upsets in Paris

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

Lyles and Hassan bookend fabulous Paris programme

From Mumbai to Uganda: Ramjani's T20 World Cup journey

From Mumbai to Uganda: Ramjani's T20 World Cup journey

Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

Uganda produced wonders in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier last November

'Will be hard to clock 2:58 at Asian Games'

'Will be hard to clock 2:58 at Asian Games'

Rediff.com2 Sep 2023

Meanwhile, Anas, a member of the gold-winning 4x400m mixed relay team at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, said that a recent tweak in the baton exchange technique has helped them become quicker.

PIX: Lyles matches Bolt with sprint double!

PIX: Lyles matches Bolt with sprint double!

Rediff.com26 Aug 2023

American Noah Lyles stormed to his third consecutive world 200 metres title on Friday to underline his status as the best in the business since Usain Bolt.

All Set To Win, Then This Happens!

All Set To Win, Then This Happens!

Rediff.com22 Aug 2023

The 2023 World Athletics Championships kicked off in Budapest on August 19.

Omicron scare: Sri Lanka bans travellers from 6 southern African countries

Omicron scare: Sri Lanka bans travellers from 6 southern African countries

Rediff.com27 Nov 2021

Sri Lanka will ban entry to most travellers from six southern African countries from Sunday, after a potentially more contagious new coronavirus variant called Omicron was identified in South Africa earlier this week, healthcare authorities said in Colombo on Saturday.

UK detects 2 cases of Omicron, puts 4 more African nations on red list

UK detects 2 cases of Omicron, puts 4 more African nations on red list

Rediff.com27 Nov 2021

The UK on Saturday detected two cases of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, according to health secretary Sajid Javid as he added four more African countries to Britain's travel red list.

New variant: India to screen, test flyers from several countries

New variant: India to screen, test flyers from several countries

Rediff.com27 Nov 2021

Ministry of health and family welfare adds Hong Kong and Israel to the list of countries from where travellers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India, including post-arrival testing considering the detection of new COVID variant 'Omicron' in South Africa.

Sonakshi's 'Almost Perfect' Day In London

Sonakshi's 'Almost Perfect' Day In London

Rediff.com11 Apr 2023

Alaya walks the streets of London... Taapsee holidays with her 'boyfriend'... Tovino Thomas has Easter lunch in Africa...

No case of new variant detected at Delhi airport: Lab

No case of new variant detected at Delhi airport: Lab

Rediff.com27 Nov 2021

The Centre had on Thursday asked all states and union territories to conduct rigorous screening and testing of all international travellers coming from or transiting through South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana, where the B.1.1.529 variant has been detected.

2 new Omicron subvariants detected by South African scientists

2 new Omicron subvariants detected by South African scientists

Rediff.com12 Apr 2022

The Omicron lineages have been named BA.4 and BA.5.

Kipyegon smashes World mile record; Warholm sparkles

Kipyegon smashes World mile record; Warholm sparkles

Rediff.com22 Jul 2023

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile World record, while compatriot Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 metres in a photo finish at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.

Omicron variant: South Africa decries travel ban by several countries

Omicron variant: South Africa decries travel ban by several countries

Rediff.com28 Nov 2021

The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) in a statement urged world leaders not to implement 'knee-jerk' policy decisions in response to the detection of the Omicron variant.

Even Botswana is ahead of India

Even Botswana is ahead of India

Rediff.com9 Jul 2003

Commonwealth Games 2022: Medals Table

Commonwealth Games 2022: Medals Table

Rediff.com8 Aug 2022

The medals table of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Is he the new Usain Bolt?

Is he the new Usain Bolt?

Rediff.com26 Aug 2023

Noah Lyles is the first man since Usain Bolt in 2015 to win the sprint double.