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Vijay Amritraj receives Padma Bhushan; Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet get Padma Shri

Vijay Amritraj receives Padma Bhushan; Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet get Padma Shri

Rediff.com25 Jan 2026

Vijay Amritraj gets Padma Bhushan; Rohit Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur receive Padma Shri

Five Indian women nominated for 2025 BBC sports awards

Five Indian women nominated for 2025 BBC sports awards

Rediff.com2 Feb 2026

Harmanpreet Singh, Smriti Mandhana, Divya Deshmukh among five Indian stars nominated for BBC awards

HI bring in vision coach to fine-tune India's reflex game

HI bring in vision coach to fine-tune India's reflex game

Rediff.com15 Nov 2025

'She will work remote mostly, sometime online and sometime on the field. Starting December she is going to work with us till World Cup and Asian Games.'

McLaren's Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP

McLaren's Norris and Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP

Rediff.com23 Nov 2025

The two McLaren drivers were ruled out for excessive skid plank wear hours after the race had ended and the podium champagne been sprayed.

World Archery Youth Championships: Sharvari strikes gold as India bag 8 medals

World Archery Youth Championships: Sharvari strikes gold as India bag 8 medals

Rediff.com25 Aug 2025

The 16-year-old is just the third Indian woman to become the under-18 recurve World champion after Deepika Kumari (2011) and Komalika Bari (2021).

First season with Ferarri 'worst season ever' for Hamilton!

First season with Ferarri 'worst season ever' for Hamilton!

Rediff.com23 Nov 2025

An unhappy Lewis Hamilton said his first season with Ferrari had been the worst of his career after he started last in Las Vegas and finished 10th.

Pooja Rani assures India another medal at Boxing Worlds

Pooja Rani assures India another medal at Boxing Worlds

Rediff.com11 Sep 2025

With the victory, the two-time Asian champion joined Jaismine Lamboria (57kg) and Nupur Sheoran (80+kg) in assuring India of medals at this edition of the tournament.

Karthikeyan, Rout finish 4th in Asian blitz chess

Karthikeyan, Rout finish 4th in Asian blitz chess

Rediff.com11 May 2025

Padmini Rout replicating the result in the women's section to emerge as the top Indian performers in Al Ain, UAE.

Swapping F1 car for van, Sainz drives Leclerc to Monaco

Swapping F1 car for van, Sainz drives Leclerc to Monaco

Rediff.com22 Sep 2025

'After such a difficult weekend, I thought it couldn't get worse... but here we are,' he quipped, turning the camera to show Sainz driving through a tunnel.

World Championships: Satwik-Chirag stun Chia-Soh; assure India of medal

World Championships: Satwik-Chirag stun Chia-Soh; assure India of medal

Rediff.com30 Aug 2025

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured India of a medal at the World Championships after defeating Malaysia's two-time Olympic medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, in the quarter-finals in Paris.

PIX: Norris ends Verstappen's reign with maiden F1 Championship

PIX: Norris ends Verstappen's reign with maiden F1 Championship

Rediff.com7 Dec 2025

McLaren, who secured the constructors' championship in October for the second year in a row, won both titles in the same season for the first time since 1998.

Boxing Worlds: India women create history, men draw blank

Boxing Worlds: India women create history, men draw blank

Rediff.com15 Sep 2025

While the women scripted history, delivering India's best-ever overseas showing, the men endured a humbling low, returning without a single medal for the first time in 12 years.

Asian Athletics: Indian men's relay team in race for gold

Asian Athletics: Indian men's relay team in race for gold

Rediff.com29 May 2025

The final line-up includes strong contenders like Sri Lanka, China, and Kazakhstan, with Sri Lanka boasting of the season's fastest of 3:01.56.

Kajal to fight for gold at World Jr C'ships

Kajal to fight for gold at World Jr C'ships

Rediff.com21 Aug 2025

Saarika was dominant in the 53kg weight class. She outclassed Sevval Cayir by technical superiority (12-2) and did not lose a single point in her quarterfinal against China's Tianyu Sun, winning 8-0.

Jaismine, Nupur storm into World Boxing finals

Jaismine, Nupur storm into World Boxing finals

Rediff.com13 Sep 2025

Jaismine storms into final, Minakshi bags medal; men's campaign ends in drought.

Deaflympics: Abhinav, Pranjali add to India's haul with mixed team gold

Deaflympics: Abhinav, Pranjali add to India's haul with mixed team gold

Rediff.com19 Nov 2025

The pair had earlier equalled their own Deaf World and Olympic record in qualification.

HISTORIC: India men win first World compound archery gold

HISTORIC: India men win first World compound archery gold

Rediff.com7 Sep 2025

India's men's compound archery team created history, winning its maiden gold medal at the World Championships, beating France in the final, in Gwangju, South Korea.

Erigaisi Emulates Vishy Anand With World Blitz Bronze

Erigaisi Emulates Vishy Anand With World Blitz Bronze

Rediff.com31 Dec 2025

Arjun Erigaisi is only the second Indian male player after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to win a World Blitz medal in the 'Open category'.

Ducati's Marquez wins Italian Grand Prix

Ducati's Marquez wins Italian Grand Prix

Rediff.com22 Jun 2025

Marc Marquez wins Italian Grand Prix to delight Ducati fans on home soil

Injury-riddled Asiad winner Jinson Johnson hangs up his spikes

Injury-riddled Asiad winner Jinson Johnson hangs up his spikes

Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

During the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, Johnson broke Bahadur Prasad's 23-year-old 1500m national record with a time of 3 minute 37.86 seconds though he finished fifth in the final.

F1: McLaren's Norris wins in Brazil to extend lead

F1: McLaren's Norris wins in Brazil to extend lead

Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

McLaren's Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to surge 24 points clear in the Formula One championship on Sunday.

2025 Review: Neeraj crosses 90m amid India's doping woes

2025 Review: Neeraj crosses 90m amid India's doping woes

Rediff.com22 Dec 2025

The country also mounted bids on some high-profile continental and global events, including the 2031 World Athletics Championships with Ahmedabad as the proposed venue.

Deepika hits perfect 30 to clinch bronze at World Cup

Deepika hits perfect 30 to clinch bronze at World Cup

Rediff.com11 May 2025

In the bronze medal playoff, Deepika showed greater composure and tactical clarity than her defeat to Lim in the semis.

Sreejesh lauds lion-hearted boys after comeback win

Sreejesh lauds lion-hearted boys after comeback win

Rediff.com10 Dec 2025

A delighted Indian team chief coach PR Sreejesh lavished praise on his team's lion-hearted comeback to claim the bronze medal against Argentina, in the FIH Junior Men's World Cup, in Chennai, on Wednesday.

Para Worlds: Gnezdilov wins shot put gold with 2 world records

Para Worlds: Gnezdilov wins shot put gold with 2 world records

Rediff.com29 Sep 2025

Denis Gnezdilov strode the shot put circle like a colossus, gunning down the men's F40 World record twice to win the gold medal, at the Para World Athletics Championships.

Lando Norris: The Gen Z Champion Who Silenced His Doubters

Lando Norris: The Gen Z Champion Who Silenced His Doubters

Rediff.com7 Dec 2025

Mocked, misjudged, written off, Lando Norris's carves own road to F1 Glory

Mahit Sandhu wins 50m Rifle 3 Positions Deaflympics gold

Mahit Sandhu wins 50m Rifle 3 Positions Deaflympics gold

Rediff.com22 Nov 2025

India's Mahit Sandhu extended her splendid debut run by winning the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions gold for her fourth medal at the Summer Deaflympics, in Tokyo, on Saturday.

Hooda wins F46 men's javelin throw gold at Para Worlds

Hooda wins F46 men's javelin throw gold at Para Worlds

Rediff.com29 Sep 2025

Dayawanti breaks Asian record but finishes fourth

Anuya, Pranjali Fire India to Air Pistol 1-2 at Deaflympics

Anuya, Pranjali Fire India to Air Pistol 1-2 at Deaflympics

Rediff.com17 Nov 2025

In men's 10m air pistol, Abhinav Deshwal, who equalled the Qualification World Record, won silver to take India's medal tally in shooting to seven after two days of competition.

F2 sprint race: Jehan Daruvala on the podium in Monza

F2 sprint race: Jehan Daruvala on the podium in Monza

Rediff.com11 Sep 2022

This was Jehan's fifth podium finish at Monza and he went wheel-to-wheel with Logan Sargeant right off the line.

Key moments of the 2025 Formula One season

Key moments of the 2025 Formula One season

Rediff.com7 Dec 2025

Here's a look at some key moments which helped decide the championship fight.

Harmanpreet & Co can finish on podium, says former coach Harendra

Harmanpreet & Co can finish on podium, says former coach Harendra

Rediff.com26 Jul 2024

Harendra said a medal will be fitting farewell gift for long-serving goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who will quit the sport after the Paris Games.

Asian Para Games: India record best-ever showing with 72 podium finishes

Asian Para Games: India record best-ever showing with 72 podium finishes

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

In the last edition in 2014, India won 33 medals (3 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze).

Verstappen adds twist to F1 title race with Qatar win

Verstappen adds twist to F1 title race with Qatar win

Rediff.com1 Dec 2025

Verstappen wins in Qatar to ensure three-way title showdown

Hamilton wants to put the fun back in Ferrari

Hamilton wants to put the fun back in Ferrari

Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

'I just want to enjoy the team I've always dreamed of driving for. Now it's about time to move those things aside and focus on the pure love of it.'

My goal is a podium finish for India in Rio: Nobbs

My goal is a podium finish for India in Rio: Nobbs

Rediff.com11 Dec 2012

With a young Indian team managing an impressive fourth-place finish in the Champions Trophy, hockey coach Michael Nobbs has dropped hints that seniors like Sandeep Singh could be on their way out as he is looking to build a side for the 2016 Olympics.

Asia Cup: India lose to Korea, look to finish on podium

Asia Cup: India lose to Korea, look to finish on podium

Rediff.com27 Jan 2022

India produced inconsistent performances in crucial matches to crash out of the title race.

'The world sees the medal, not 4 am alarms, tears'

'The world sees the medal, not 4 am alarms, tears'

Rediff.com19 May 2025

"The world sees the medal....": PV Sindhu on her Olympic career

F1: Norris says he has most to lose in Abu Dhabi

F1: Norris says he has most to lose in Abu Dhabi

Rediff.com5 Dec 2025

The Briton goes into Sunday's title decider in Abu Dhabi 12 points clear of Red Bull's Max Verstappen with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri a further four behind.

Hamilton clears air over Ferrari future

Hamilton clears air over Ferrari future

Rediff.com28 Nov 2025

Hamilton clarifies remarks, says he remains committed to Ferrari project