Last hostage pleads for life on video

Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage taken by Iraqi militants, pleaded to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life on a video, CNN reported."To Mr. Blair, my name is Ken Bigley, from......

'Verma would make an excellent US ambassador to India'

Top American lawmakers and eminent Indian-Americans have hailed President Barack Obama's decision to nominate Richard Rahul Verma as his next envoy to India, noting that he would make an excellent......

The American who caught Gandhiji's killer

In the shock after Nathuram Godse murdered Mahatma Gandhi that January evening 72 years ago today, a young American diplomat rushed to capture the assassin.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel traces the......

Golden Globes 2020: Renee Zellweger wins

The 77th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There were a few surprises and some expected nods. This year's Carol Burnett Award was presented to Ellen DeGeneres and the honorary Cecil B......

Rithvik Dhanjani wins I Can Do That

A look at the top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Television actor Rithvik Dhanjani has won the first season of reality show I Can Do......

Armstrong yet to return Sydney Olympic medal to IOC

Disgraced retired cyclist Lance Armstrong has yet to hand back his Sydney 2000 Olympic medal to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nine months after he was stripped of it, officials said on......

Armstrong's urge to tell all is "a little late": USADA

Lance Armstrong's promise to come clean about doping is "a little late", the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Thursday, accusing the disgraced cyclist of trying to use......

USADA extends deadline for Armstrong to cooperate

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has given disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong two more weeks to cooperate fully in an investigation into cycling's darkest episode in return for a possible......

Cyclist sacked after doping admission to USADA

American rider Levi Leipheimer has been sacked by the Quick-Step Cycling Team after admitting he took banned substances as part of the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) investigation into doping in the......

Sports Shorts: Mayer and Asher-Smith are European athletes of the year

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Kevin Mayer is the first Frenchman to hold the decathlon world record. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters World decathlon......