Joe Root became the first England player to score a century during the series as the visitors strengthened their stranglehold in the third Test against West Indies on Monday.
'We saw Messi play like a kid in the school playground today'
Pakistan certainly won't argue that the 32-year-old wasn't at his brilliant best as he plundered 140 from just 113 balls, helping his side to a convincing 89-run win at Old Trafford.
'With doctors going up against a seemingly invincible enemy, often at immense risk to their lives, the myths reveal an interesting relationship between the men of medicine and the rest of humankind,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Virat Kohli's top-ranked team, with 360 points in its kitty, is certainly the favourite on paper but the Black Caps under Kane Williamson are experts at wearing down opposition with their patience
Six persons were killed and 34 others, including four children, seriously injured when a cooking gas cylinder exploded in East Delhi's Gandhi Nagar area on Monday night.
Despite being the world's top-ranked Test side India have struggled with their opening combination, which, in turn, has heaped pressure on the middle order.
The principal of the missionary school further noted that wearing a headscarf did not conform to the 'dress code' of the school, while reprimanding Rizvi for questioning the school management's decision on this issue.
Shah Rukh Khan revealed how his son Abram was rescued in the same hospital which has a ward named after his mother.
After a flawless first set from Mertens the tide turned in Andreescu's direction in the second when she fired a cross-court forehand winner to break the Belgian at love and take a 4-2 lead.
England captain Eoin Morgan said a home World Cup is a massive chance for the players to write their names into English cricket folklore.
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale.
Eleven people, including a child and four women, were killed on Sunday when a 20-foot-high compound wall adjacent to their huts collapsed in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu even as Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ordered a special investigation team probe into the Porur building crash that claimed 61 lives.
In an apparent attempt to cosy up with the Congress, the Shiv Sena has cautioned the Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party government against preparing to win the next trust vote by suspending Congress legislators.
Reaching out to students across the country through the third edition of the 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' programme, the PM told them not to get demotivated by temporary setbacks. He used examples from cricket, the Chandrayaan 2 mission and his own experiences and spoke on a range of issues, including exam stress and time management.
Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the Wimbledon women's doubles title for the first time, while Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Brazil's Marcelo Melo won the Wimbledon men's doubles crown.
An inspired Pakistan hammered a blundering India by 180 runs to lift the ICC Champions Trophy, riding on a scintillating hundred from rookie opener Fakhar Zaman and a sensational bowling spell from Mohammad Amir.
The annual car festival in a village in Odisha's Ganjam district turned tragic when an elderly woman and her five-year-old grand daughter died after coming under the rolling wheels of the chariot of Lord Jagannath, the police said on Monday.
The shooting began at a home in the rural community of Rancho Tehama, about 195 kilometre from Sacramento, on Tuesday morning.
For five-year-old Saira Bilal who sustained a critical head injury when her family was shifting from their flooded house to safety in Anantnag town of South Kashmir last week, an Indian Air Force chopper came as a "true saviour".
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney on Monday.
BJP MP Hema Malini on Wednesday blamed the father of the four-year-old girl for the child's death in the road accident involving the actress' Mercedes.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is full of admiration for Leicester City's style of football which has propelled the Midlands club to the top of the Premier League.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
'I had always felt he was on par with international musicians.' 'Everybody realised his worth as a musician only after he left us.'
England were boosted considerably by the return of Jason Roy, who hit an aggressive 66 in a brilliant 160-run opening stand.
'Strange as it may seem, the more advanced the safety features in a car, the more critical is the role of the humble seat belt.'
The man, a 27-year-old Swiss citizen, carried out the attack on a train travelling in Switzerland's far east, along its border with Liechtenstein, and was also injured.
In a rare occurrence, a 38-year-old woman has been executed in Texas for the starvation and death of her partner's nine-year-old son, becoming the only fifteenth women to be executed in the US since 1976.
Sam Curran's 78 helped England recover from 86 for six to 246 all out against India on the first day of the fourth Test.
Mumbai-based artiste Dev Mehta wants to use modern art to inspire people to think and see things differently. This is his story.
'He may have had his reservations about the law and order situation there, but the way the family of the victim was intimidated raises a lot of questions about the intentions of the DM.'
It would be perfectly safe for Serena Williams to continue with rigorous training throughout pregnancy, but how quickly the 35-year-old would return to tournament tennis is uncertain.
Rediff reader Tauseef Quasim from Abu Dhabi (UAE) writes about her sister.
India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was more than happy to take advantage of the helpful conditions with ball in hand and the 25-year-old took great pains to ensure the magnitude of the occasion didn't adversely affect him.
Tiger Woods will return to the PGA Tour at next week's WGC-Match Play Championship in Arizona after being sidelined by injury since his U.S. Open victory last year.
Siddhesh Jagtap, a Zee TV L'IL Champs contender from Indore, suffers from short term memory loss.
A case of murder has been registered against Chief Judicial Magistrate of Gurgaon, Ravneet Garg, four days after his wife was found dead with three bullet injuries near his official residence in high security Police Lines area in Gurgaon.
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