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Bidve murder: 'Psycho' Briton remanded to custody

Bidve murder: 'Psycho' Briton remanded to custody

Rediff.com2 Jan 2012

A 20-year-old British youth, charged for the cold-blooded murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve, shocked everyone on Monday by calling himself a "psycho" in court before being remanded to custody.

Ram-Salisbury retain US Open men's doubles title

Ram-Salisbury retain US Open men's doubles title

Rediff.com10 Sep 2022

American Rajeev Ram and Britain's Joe Salisbury beat Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski 7-6(4), 7-5 on Friday to become only the second pair to retain the US Open men's doubles title.

PIX: Zhou's horror crash rocks British F1 Grand Prix

PIX: Zhou's horror crash rocks British F1 Grand Prix

Rediff.com3 Jul 2022

The British Formula One Grand Prix was halted and re-started on Sunday after a multi-car opening-lap collision left Chinese driver Guanyu Zhou's Alfa Romeo wedged on its side between the tyre barrier and catch fence.

Abu Dhabi GP was 'manipulated', Hamilton told team on radio

Abu Dhabi GP was 'manipulated', Hamilton told team on radio

Rediff.com14 Dec 2021

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton said on his team radio, "This has been manipulated," after the Briton was passed by Max Verstappen on the final lap of Sunday's controversial season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Madrid Open: Nadal digs deep like Real to advance

Madrid Open: Nadal digs deep like Real to advance

Rediff.com6 May 2022

Jabeur advances to first WTA 100 final in Madrid in style.

US Open PIX: Raducanu, Rybakina, Osaka crash out

US Open PIX: Raducanu, Rybakina, Osaka crash out

Rediff.com31 Aug 2022

IMAGES from Day 2 of the US Open played at Flushing Meadows in New York on Tuesday.

Kenya's Kipchoge shatters marathon world record

Kenya's Kipchoge shatters marathon world record

Rediff.com25 Sep 2022

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own marathon world record on Sunday, winning the Berlin race with a time of 2:01.09 to shave half a minute off his previous world best set in the German capital four years ago.

Verstappen continues winning streak in home Dutch GP

Verstappen continues winning streak in home Dutch GP

Rediff.com4 Sep 2022

In the constructors' standings, Red Bull have 511 points to Ferrari's 376.

F1: Verstappen on pole for home Dutch Grand Prix

F1: Verstappen on pole for home Dutch Grand Prix

Rediff.com3 Sep 2022

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will line up alongside on the front row after a final qualifying session that ended with Verstappen's Mexican team mate Sergio Perez crashing at the final corner.

Showman Kyrgios goes from sick-bed to second round

Showman Kyrgios goes from sick-bed to second round

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

It took only minutes for Kyrgios to ignite the terraces by breaking Broady in the opening game. He closed out the next game with an under-arm "tweener".

Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK PM after meeting King Charles today

Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK PM after meeting King Charles today

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

Outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss will chair her final Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday morning before she makes her way to Buckingham Palace to formally tender her resignation to the 73-year-old monarch.

Briton stoned to death in Dharamshala

Briton stoned to death in Dharamshala

Rediff.com7 Dec 2006

The body of Michael Blakey, 23, was discovered partly concealed beneath a pile of stones in a ditch near a small church on the outskirts of Dharamsala.

Can Verstappen clinch maiden F1 title in Saudi Arabia?

Can Verstappen clinch maiden F1 title in Saudi Arabia?

Rediff.com23 Nov 2021

Max Verstappen will have his first shot at clinching the Formula One title in Saudi Arabia in two weeks' time but Red Bull's championship leader could also see his advantage disappear entirely.

Briton Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Booker Prize

Briton Howard Jacobson wins 2010 Booker Prize

Rediff.com13 Oct 2010

British author Howard Jacobsen won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his book The Finkler Question.

Usyk beats Joshua on split decision to retain heavyweight titles

Usyk beats Joshua on split decision to retain heavyweight titles

Rediff.com21 Aug 2022

The fight in Saudi Arabia was a rematch of one in London in September, which Usyk won on a unanimous decision to take the belts from Joshua.

Lewis Hamilton plans to add his mother's surname

Lewis Hamilton plans to add his mother's surname

Rediff.com15 Mar 2022

Lewis Hamilton said he was working on the change and hoped to make it soon.

Britons top India's tourist arrival list

Britons top India's tourist arrival list

Rediff.com7 Mar 2006

Immigration Bureau figures put Nepalis at the bottom of the country-wise tourist arrival list, with 72,031 people visiting India from the neighbouring Himalayan Kingdom.

Late drama as Perez storms to pole in Saudi GP

Late drama as Perez storms to pole in Saudi GP

Rediff.com27 Mar 2022

Sergio Perez stormed to a stunning maiden pole position under the floodlights in a crash-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday

Tour de France: Van Aert extends lead with stage four solo win

Tour de France: Van Aert extends lead with stage four solo win

Rediff.com5 Jul 2022

Belgian Jasper Philipsen took second place with France's Christophe Laporte finishing third, eight seconds behind.Overall, Van Aert leads compatriot Yves Lampaert (Quick Step Alpha Vinyl) by 25 seconds and defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) by 32.

Verstappen on pole in Mexico and chasing F1 record

Verstappen on pole in Mexico and chasing F1 record

Rediff.com30 Oct 2022

Red Bull's double World champion Max Verstappen swept to pole position at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Saturday with his sights set on a record 14th victory of the season.

Briton, five Germans charged with running doping lab for athletes

Briton, five Germans charged with running doping lab for athletes

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

A British man and five Germans have been charged with producing significant amounts of doping substances for athletes in an underground laboratory and distributing the drugs across Germany, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Aus Open: Hewett-Reid win record ninth successive Grand Slam title

Aus Open: Hewett-Reid win record ninth successive Grand Slam title

Rediff.com26 Jan 2022

Their incredible run began at the US Open in 2019, and includes a silver medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo last year.

UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous' murder of Briton by ISIL

UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous' murder of Briton by ISIL

Rediff.com15 Sep 2014

The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the "heinous and cowardly" murder of British humanitarian aid worker David Haines by the Islamic State terror group, saying the outfit must be defeated and violence it adopts "stamped out."

Delhi: 'Plane spotting' Britons to be booked

Delhi: 'Plane spotting' Britons to be booked

Rediff.com16 Feb 2010

Two British nationals were detained in New Delhi for allegedly recording the conversation between pilots and Air Traffic Control prompting government to explore the possibility of booking the duo under a suitable law.When confronted about the recording, the sources said, the duo told interrogators that it was their hobby which is known as "plane spotting".

US Open PIX: Tiafoe knocks out Nadal; Swiatek survives

US Open PIX: Tiafoe knocks out Nadal; Swiatek survives

Rediff.com6 Sep 2022

A summary of Monday's action at the US Open.

Verstappen beats Hamilton to pole in Abu Dhabi

Verstappen beats Hamilton to pole in Abu Dhabi

Rediff.com11 Dec 2021

Team boss Christian Horner said Verstappen's lap of one minute 22.109 seconds was one of his best of the year and the Dutch driver sounded remarkably relaxed given the amount of pressure on him.

Shooter Mendiratta first Indian to book 2024 Olympics berth

Shooter Mendiratta first Indian to book 2024 Olympics berth

Rediff.com28 Sep 2022

The 23-year-old world number 144 (before the final) from Faridabad, however, secured the Paris Olympics quota for the country after topping the second ranking round match with a brilliant 24 out of 25 hits.

Mo Farah may end track career

Mo Farah may end track career

Rediff.com2 May 2022

Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah said his elite track career could be over after he finished runner-up in the London 10,000 on Monday on his return to action.

French GP: Verstappen wins after Leclerc crashes out

French GP: Verstappen wins after Leclerc crashes out

Rediff.com24 Jul 2022

The victory on a hot afternoon at Le Castellet was Verstappen's seventh of the season and 27th of his career.

Revealed! What inspired Djokovic's dramatic comeback

Revealed! What inspired Djokovic's dramatic comeback

Rediff.com6 Jul 2022

Djokovic said it had been a friendly conversation.

Hamilton and Verstappen blame each other for Monza crash

Hamilton and Verstappen blame each other for Monza crash

Rediff.com12 Sep 2021

Formula One title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen took each other out of the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff slamming the incident as a 'tactical foul'.

Unstoppable Verstappen vrooming towards greatness

Unstoppable Verstappen vrooming towards greatness

Rediff.com9 Oct 2022

Verstappen suffered two retirements from the first three races but has otherwise finished all but two rounds in the top three.

Rishi Sunak appointed UK's prime minister by King Charles III

Rishi Sunak appointed UK's prime minister by King Charles III

Rediff.com25 Oct 2022

Rishi Sunak on Tuesday scripted history when he was appointed by King Charles III as Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister after being elected unopposed as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party on Diwali.

F1 PIX: Verstappen fights back to win US GP

F1 PIX: Verstappen fights back to win US GP

Rediff.com24 Oct 2022

Max Verstappen fought back from a slow pitstop to win the US Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday as his Red Bull team clinched the Formula One constructors' title a day after the death of billionaire owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

PIX: US men, women storm to 4x400m World relay gold

PIX: US men, women storm to 4x400m World relay gold

Rediff.com25 Jul 2022

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.

PIX: Kyrgios produces another showstopper; Swiatek out

PIX: Kyrgios produces another showstopper; Swiatek out

Rediff.com12 Aug 2022

Australian Nick Kyrgios produced another extraordinary performance to demolish compatriot Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-3 at the Canadian Masters on Thursday, a day after stunning world number one Daniil Medvedev.

PICS: Djokovic dazzles on return to action at Laver Cup

PICS: Djokovic dazzles on return to action at Laver Cup

Rediff.com25 Sep 2022

Novak Djokovic produced a stunning performance to thrash Frances Tiafoe in his first match since winning Wimbledon in July to edge Team Europe ahead in the Laver Cup on Saturday.

Russell to replace F1 champion Hamilton at Sakhir GP

Russell to replace F1 champion Hamilton at Sakhir GP

Rediff.com2 Dec 2020

Britain's George Russell will stand in for Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix after being released by Williams.

Hamilton suspects long COVID after suffering fatigue, dizziness

Hamilton suspects long COVID after suffering fatigue, dizziness

Rediff.com2 Aug 2021

Lewis Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to miss last year's penultimate Sakhir Grand Prix in December.