Buoyed by India's best-ever performance at the World Championships, Olympic heroes Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt today vowed to settle for nothing less than atleast five medals in the next edition at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
Hundreds of migrants, who continue to arrive in Europe as they flee the scenes of chaos and brutality of the Islamic State in the Middle East, have created sharp divisions among European Union member states which are increasingly finding it tough to control the massive influx.
England ground out a 3-1 victory over Hungary in a World Cup warm-up on Tuesday
Diana Sirokai from Hungary is teaching women to embrace their flaws.
Azeri champions Qarabag took a big step towards the playoff round with a 2-1 win at Cypriot side APOEL but Dinamo Zagreb left their progress hanging in the balance after the Croats played out a 1-1 home draw against Hungary's Ferencvaros.
Germany's Thomas Mueller struck twice as the nervy world champions kicked off their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory over Scotland on Sunday.
The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.
Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present.
Joseph Schooling won the men's 100 meters butterfly final on Friday to secure Singapore's first Olympic gold medal and deny Michael Phelps a 23rd in the last individual race of the American's extraordinary career.
Has Modi -- after announcing the life-crushing demonetisation, the abrogation of Article 370 and the CAA/NPR/NRC without any consultation -- suddenly realised the value of taking everyone on board, asks Krishna Prasad.
American Katie Ledecky set a world record for the women's 1500 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Tuesday.
This is one of those crises where it does not only matter that you do something, but how you do it, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
Pirelli have ruled out changing the construction of their Formula One tyres until at least August due to teams failing to reach agreement at last week's Canadian Grand Prix.
Iceland defender Kari Arnason has responded angrily to Cristiano Ronaldo's "small mentality" jibe after the 1-1 draw with Portugal at Euro 2016, saying that the Real Madrid star was no Lionel Messi.
The US is not going to be able to mount a concerted 'Western strategy' against China or Russia in the present international milieu, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
He beat Zoltan Almasi of Hungary in the eighth round of the third Marx Gyorgy memorial Grandmasters chess tournament.
Beyond Holi: Spring celebrations around the world in pictures.
The 74-year-old chess legend proved too good for former world junior champion Peter Acs of Hungary in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial Grandmasters' tournament.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
Chris Houghton joined Ericsson UK in 2010 as head of customer unit for UK and Ireland.
Images from the Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi on Sunday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Sebastian Vettel finally got the monkey off his back and triumphed at his home German Grand Prix but more challenges await this month with a tyre test and a race in Hungary he has never won.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos hauled off Ricardo Quaresma after the winger failed to follow his tactical instructions as they struggled to make their domination count in a 0-0 draw with Austria at Euro 2016 on Saturday.
The health of Jeno Buzanszky, the last living member of Hungary's Magical Magyars team, is improving but the 89-year-old will stay in hospital until next year, his son told FourFourTwo magazine on Tuesday.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named men's and women's world champions for 2015 by the International Tennis Federation on Tuesday. The Serb ended the year as men's world number one for the fourth time after taking three majors - the Australian, Wimbledon and US Open, as well as finishing runner-up to Stan Wawrinka in the French. Williams also narrowly missed a calendar-year grand slam, winning the Australian, French and Wimbledon and reaching semi-final at US Open.
Giroud scored with an improvised volley in the Premier League match on Jan. 1, producing an acrobatic flick with his left heel to convert Alexis Sanchez's cross into the net off the crossbar while tumbling forward.
The president said the European Union has "failed to take the same precautions" as his administration had implemented to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named men's and women's world champions for 2015 by the International Tennis Federation.
The Indian contingent's schedule at the Rio Olympics for Thursday.
The results ensured an unprecedented top finish for India across all four ISSF World Cup stages this year
Amid increasing speculation surrounding his potential move to Real Madrid, Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba believes that Cristiano Ronaldo should win the coveted Ballon d'Or trophy following victories in the Champions League and Euro 2016 finals. Despite being stretched off with a knee injury in the final, the Real Madrid superstar encouraged his teammates, issuing tactical instructions from sidelines to inspire Portugal to their first ever international trophy in Paris.
World Number one Simona Halep and Japan's Naomi Osaka are among the players nominated for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year award.
Portugal hero Cristiano Ronaldo has created another record after scoring the first goal in the 2-0 victory against Wales in the semi-final of 2016 Euro Championship. The Portugal captain has equalled France legend Michel Platini's record as the all-time European Championship top scorer with nine goals. Ronaldo's goal in the 50th minute against Wales was his third goal of the ongoing tournament.
World number one Novak Djokovic saw off Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-4 to win his fifth Paris Masters title on Sunday in a warning to his rivals ahead of the ATP Finals, while Ashleigh Barty finished the season in style by beating defending champion Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3 to add the WTA Finals title to her end-of-year world number one rank.ing
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Birgit Fischer's K4 crew came from behind to beat world champions Hungary in a thrilling race.
IMAGES from Day 6 of the matches played at the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.
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