Dan Wheldon, who was killed in a fiery crash in Las Vegas on Sunday, was one of Britain's most successful race car drivers and one of the rare few foreign drivers who made it big in the United States.
Juventus coach Massimo Allegri says Cristiano Ronaldo is ready to play for the Serie A team against Udinese on Saturday.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton says he can see something of himself in Manny Pacquiao, even if the Filipino lost the 'Fight of the Century' last weekend.
The Pentagon has ruled out sending ground troops to Libya and reiterated that any change in the leadership would be determined by the people of the country and not by any external forces.
The Nobel Prize committee has given up trying to reach musician Bob Dylan, days after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Given the return of near 9 per cent growth, and that too a more broad-based growth covering rural and urban areas, and against the background of rising support prices for farmers, it is now clear that excess demand has come to play a larger role in exerting pressure on the price line.
Tickets for the megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally hit the market on Thursday.
This will be MGM's first destination in India, and it expects to be ready by early 2014. There won't be any casino here, though.
With some of the world's most amazing gadgets, the 2015 International CES kicked off on January 6 promising a fantastic show with more than 3,600 exhibitors.
Setien was named Barcelona coach late on Monday, tasked with the job of restoring the club's iconic passing style, but the appointment represents a huge gamble for the Catalans given the 61-year-old's lack of success at the highest level.
We definitely want to see more of this stunner!
Messi agreed no-fee Barca exit clause in case of Catalan independence
According to Entertainment Tonight, the actor's daughter Jamie Lee Curtis' rep confirmed the news. No further details were given.
Carla Rebecchi scored twice as Argentina were crowned women's hockey world champions for the second time on Saturday after beating holders Netherlands 3-1 in the World Cup final.
There is unlikely to be a tweet out of the Spain players at the World Cup after coach Vicente del Bosque banned them from using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook during the tournament.
The Miss Universe pageant last week saw Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete crowned the winner for 2010. We take a look at past title-holders and invite you to let us know who you think was the best of the decade!
Hillary Clinton said she already has the experience of handling both India and China.
Pakistan has always desired a purposeful dialogue with India to resolve outstanding problems, including the core issue of Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday.Qureshi said, Referring to Pakistan's policy on Kashmir, he said, "We want a just and peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue in light of the United Nation's resolutions and according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people," he said.
Laila Rouass, 46, who was on a holiday in the city with her 10-year-old daughter Inez Khan, live tweeted from her hideout as the attack unfolded in the busy Las Ramblas area of the city.
Fighting for an Olympic ticket on the unfamiliar legal turf, Sushil Kumar's glorious wrestling career may meet an unceremonious end when the Delhi High Court pronounces its verdict on Monday on who gets to board the flight to Rio between him and Narsingh Yadav. An unfavourable verdict for Sushil may not be the end on the legal front as he can still challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court. But it could well signal the end of the road for perhaps the greatest Indian Olympian, who won two back-to-back medals. With less than two months left for the Olympics, starting August 5, future look bleak for the unassuming grappler from Haryana whose injuries played a part in the entire sequence of events leading up to Monday. The Delhi High Court, in its last hearing on Thursday, gave clear indications that it was likely to give a judgement in favour of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in the tiff over selection trials in the men's 74kg freestyle category. The Delhi High court had observed that it did not find "any statutory mandate" to hold trials before the Olympics.
As Bharatiya Janata Party's alliance with Janata Dal-United is put to severe test in Bihar, its oldest friend Shiv Sena on Tuesday sought to remind the party of the importance of partners, saying its whole edifice stood on support of the allies.
India could become the biggest tourism players in the world, if it stopped ignoring the trends that are sweeping the sector.
Twenty-three-times Cup winners Athletic Bilbao were dumped out in sensational circumstances by tiny island side SD Formentera, who sneaked a 1-0 win at San Mames with a header by Alvaro Muniz deep in stoppage-time to reach the last 16 for the first time with a 2-1 aggregate victory.
These photos prove we live in a bizarre world.
Ahead of the much-anticipated 'fight of the century' bout on Saturday, unbeaten US boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said that he and his rival Manny Pacquiao are not on a level-playing field financially.
Prabhu Ramamoorthy, 35, who came to the United States on a H-1B visa in 2015, engaged in a sexual act with a female, while she was sleeping on a flight from Las Vegas to Detroit. Ramamoorthy was seated along with his wife, when he sexually assaulted his co-passenger.
Repeat offenders Shailaja Pujari and Vicky Butta were slapped with life bans, while four others were barred for four years as the International Weightlifting Federation cracked the whip on Indian dope cheats.
A look at the winners and finalists of the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant.
Army chief Deepak Kapoor is suffering from hearing impairment after exposure to the heavy booming sound of artillery guns during a demonstration on anti-terror operations in the United States in July last year. The disability, which puts him in a low medical category, will fetch him 20 per cent extra pension after his superannuation in March, army sources said.
Authorities have ordered a probe into the issue of a Pakistani boy being projected as a suicide bomber after it appeared that the 14-year-old had inadvertently crossed into the Indian side following a fight with his parents.
'I am only saying that whoever between me and Narsingh is better, should represent the country at the Olympics' 'Trails took place in the past, before the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Last time, there was no competition, thus the trails did not take place. There was no one to challenge me in my weight category last time. But this time, the situation is different'
BSNL shall be bankrupt by the end of 2011, Indian Railways is bleeding; Air India has run up a total debt of Rs 40,000 crore. T V R Shenoy on the figures that tell the government's story.
With Hillary Clinton's email saga getting murkier, Donald Trump has alleged that the former secretary of state set up an illegal server for the purpose of shielding her "criminal conduct" from public and asserted that the action was "willful, deliberate and purposeful".
Developed by IITians, it will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Boxing legend Mike Tyson has become a vegetarian, it was reported on Thursday.
Model Aparna Sharma tells us what it takes to become a model in Mumbai, how she manages to stay fit and what drew her back to modelling.
A major earthquake of 7.2 magnitude hit Baja California in Mexico, shaking skyscrapers in San Diego and Los Angeles, whose strong tremors were felt as far as Phoenix and Las Vegas as well.The immediate impact of the earthquake on people and buildings were not immediately known. The quake was centred approximately 25 kilometre south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, the United States geological survey said.
Ronaldo lawyers to sue Der Spiegel over 'illegal' report
The Audi e-tron Spyder is the centre of attraction at the Consumer Electronic Show at Las Vegas.
The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested four persons, including a former militant, involved in the stone pelting incident in north Kashmir Baramulla town, 54 kms from Srinagar, that resulted in the death of an 11- day old baby.
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