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France coach Blanc cleared by Sports Ministry

France coach Blanc cleared by Sports Ministry

Rediff.com10 May 2011

France coach Laurent Blanc has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Sports Ministry's investigation into the racism row that has shaken French football, Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno said on Tuesday.

Adults can now learn about sex from 'pleasure professionals'!

Adults can now learn about sex from 'pleasure professionals'!

Rediff.com6 Nov 2017

Where porn meets sex education.

'BJP is getting a walkover and we are providing them with a red carpet'

'BJP is getting a walkover and we are providing them with a red carpet'

Rediff.com28 Dec 2020

'Painting opponents as the enemy of the State, using fake news, making wild allegations about rival parties, curtailing civil liberties and challenging the Constitution itself are worrying developments.'

Bottas pips Hamilton for pole at Austrian F1 GP

Bottas pips Hamilton for pole at Austrian F1 GP

Rediff.com4 Jul 2020

The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.

Bollywood's Biggest Flops of 2011

Bollywood's Biggest Flops of 2011

Rediff.com28 Dec 2011

Some of the big banner films failed to work their magic at the box office this year.

Will be the Prez who seeks to unify, not divide: Biden

Will be the Prez who seeks to unify, not divide: Biden

Rediff.com8 Nov 2020

"I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify; who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the United States," Biden said in his victory speech on Saturday night.

Manchester rivals win as City stay top for Christmas

Manchester rivals win as City stay top for Christmas

Rediff.com22 Dec 2011

Images from the English Premier League matches that were played on Wednesday.

'Hope I don't make mistakes of monkeygate again'

'Hope I don't make mistakes of monkeygate again'

Rediff.com11 Jun 2011

One of the central figures of the 2008 monkeygate scandal involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds, Australian captain Michael Clarke now wishes he had not made the mistakes which aggravated tensions between his side and the visiting Indians.

Protests over CAA mark R-Day in New York

Protests over CAA mark R-Day in New York

Rediff.com27 Jan 2020

The Republic Day celebration was about India's Constitution, but the protests also argued for protecting the values of equality and secularism enshrined in it.

Blatter apologises but will not resign

Blatter apologises but will not resign

Rediff.com19 Nov 2011

Embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter apologised for his controversial comments about racism on Friday but said he would not be resigning despite a growing clamour in Britain for him to step down.

Blatter apologises but will not resign

Blatter apologises but will not resign

Rediff.com18 Nov 2011

Embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter apologised for his controversial comments about racism Friday but said he would not be resigning despite a growing clamour in Britain for him to step down.

UK park stabbing spree that killed 3 declared terrorist attack

UK park stabbing spree that killed 3 declared terrorist attack

Rediff.com21 Jun 2020

A lone attacker, believed to be a Libyan refugee, went on a stabbing spree in a busy park in the southern English city of Reading, killing three people and injuring three others, the deadliest terrorist incident to strike Britain since 2017 London Bridge attack.

'4 more years of Trump': Pence accepts Republican Party's nomination for VP

'4 more years of Trump': Pence accepts Republican Party's nomination for VP

Rediff.com27 Aug 2020

Pence and Trump will challenge Democratic Patry's presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris in the November election.

'I want to shed a new light on women'

'I want to shed a new light on women'

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

'The show is about women taking ownership of their lives.'

Soccer Extras: 10-man Jamshedpur beat Odisha

Soccer Extras: 10-man Jamshedpur beat Odisha

Rediff.com22 Oct 2019

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field

Hartosh-Dalrymple spat: Reading between the lines

Hartosh-Dalrymple spat: Reading between the lines

Rediff.com20 Jan 2011

The lingering effects of colonial rule show up in a variety of subtle and not so subtle ways, says Rupa Subramanya Dehejia

Obama's response to Virginia violence becomes most 'liked' tweet in history

Obama's response to Virginia violence becomes most 'liked' tweet in history

Rediff.com16 Aug 2017

The tweet has been endorsed by more than 2.8 million social media users and has also been retweeted by over 1.2 million times.

PIX: England thrash Bulgaria as racist abuse mars game

PIX: England thrash Bulgaria as racist abuse mars game

Rediff.com15 Oct 2019

England bounced back from their first tournament qualifying defeat for 10 years with a 6-0 thrashing of toothless Bulgaria on Monday in a Euro 2020 Group A clash marred by racist incidents in the first half that stopped the game.

New study links race prejudice to aggression

New study links race prejudice to aggression

Rediff.com18 Aug 2010

Victims of prejudice, discrimination and/or racism can face long-lasting negative impacts like aggressive behavior, over-eating, inability to focus, etc, says a new research, co-authored by psychology student Sonia Kang, who recently finished her PhD, and Michael Inzlicht, associate professor, psychology, University of Toronto.

Explained: Why America voted for Trump

Explained: Why America voted for Trump

Rediff.com17 Dec 2016

The narrative in America after Donald Trump's victory sounds like the questions and debates that took place in India after May 2014. Were both electoral results all about jobs and economic anxiety? Mihir S Sharma doubts it.

50 pc Aussies anti-Muslim, 25 pc racist towards Asians: Poll

50 pc Aussies anti-Muslim, 25 pc racist towards Asians: Poll

Rediff.com23 Feb 2011

Almost half of Australians have anti-Muslim sentiments, while nearly 24 per cent have a negative attitude towards Asians, the biggest survey ever done on racism in the country has revealed.

Racist attacks 'cut me the deepest' as first lady: Michelle Obama

Racist attacks 'cut me the deepest' as first lady: Michelle Obama

Rediff.com27 Jul 2017

"Knowing that after eight years of working really hard for this country, there are still people who won't see me for what I am because of my skin colour," she said.

India's Greatest Win

India's Greatest Win

Rediff.com19 Jan 2021

What happened at the Gabba on January 19, 2021 now sits at the pinnacle of India's most significant Test wins, declares Faisal Shariff.

Mass brawl mars Marseille's rare win at PSG

Mass brawl mars Marseille's rare win at PSG

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

Paris Saint Germain's Neymar, Laywin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes as well as Marseille's duo of Dario Benedetto and Jordan Amavi were given their marching orders after rival players threw punches and kicks at each other.

Ntini played the race card: Mickey Arthur

Ntini played the race card: Mickey Arthur

Rediff.com6 Nov 2010

South African cricketer Makhaya Ntini played the race card when things did not go his way, disclosed former team coach Mickey Arthur in his to be released book.

Taking Tintin to court

Taking Tintin to court

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

Brussels' gently warm summer days draw thronging crowds out to Cinquantenaire Park, a generous green sprawl a stone's throw away from the European Union headquarters. The scents of vanilla and caramel float from waffle vendor vans and the excited shrieks of toddlers mucking about in sandpits punctuate the air.

Ferguson calls managing England 'worst job in football'

Ferguson calls managing England 'worst job in football'

Rediff.com21 Oct 2013

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has said that managing the England national soccer team is the worst job in football and even though he was linked with it because of his success, he would never opt for it being a ''nightmare''.

Aus politicians bicker over attacks on Indians

Aus politicians bicker over attacks on Indians

Rediff.com21 Jan 2010

Hitting out at Australia's former defence chief Peter Cosgrove, who said it was 'easy to conclude' that some attacks on Indians may have been racially motivated, Victorian premier John Brumby dubbed his speech as 'factually inaccurate' and wide of the mark.However, Brumby, whose state has been under fire for reporting maximum assaults against Indians, declined to elaborate on how Cosgrove's statement was inaccurate.

Football Focus: Lazio fined for Balotelli insult

Football Focus: Lazio fined for Balotelli insult

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

News of all that transpired on and off the football field

UK: Job ad seeking Indians sparks race row

UK: Job ad seeking Indians sparks race row

Rediff.com18 Mar 2010

A job advertisement by a US IT major seeking someone "preferably of Indian origin" has sparked a racism row in London with the equality watchdog accusing the firm of violating British laws.

Indian students face racial slur in Aussie schools

Indian students face racial slur in Aussie schools

Rediff.com19 Nov 2009

Interviews conducted with 900 secondary-school students across Australia found Anglo-Australian youths displayed consistent prejudice towards other cultural groups, particularly towards darker-skinned students from places such as Africa and India, the study revealed.

FIFA boss vows to fight racist 'idiots'

FIFA boss vows to fight racist 'idiots'

Rediff.com9 May 2017

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said he intends to talk with Pescara midfielder Sulley Muntari, the victim of racist abuse in Italian football, and vowed to fight racist 'idiots'.

Oz not racist, except an ignorant minority: Brumby

Oz not racist, except an ignorant minority: Brumby

Rediff.com7 Mar 2010

Vowing not to tolerate any racial attacks against Indians, Premier John Brumby of the Australian state of Victoria, which has witnessed most of these assaults, said on Sunday that there is "a small and ignorant minority" of people who engage in such "repugnant" actions.

Has World Cup broken stereotypes about Russia?

Has World Cup broken stereotypes about Russia?

Rediff.com6 Jul 2018

Putin said the tournament and its coverage on social media had 'helped break many stereotypes about Russia'.

Racist attacks endanger Indo-Australian ties

Racist attacks endanger Indo-Australian ties

Rediff.com20 Jan 2010

A dispassionate look at the recent attacks on Indian students reveals some distinct patterns that are not exactly racist. First, the attacks have been on students and not on long-term residents working as skilled professionals.

Attacks on Indians are racist: ex-Aus Army chief

Attacks on Indians are racist: ex-Aus Army chief

Rediff.com20 Jan 2010

Australia's former Defence Force chief has stated that the attacks against Indians was a 'major problem' and its nature made it easy to conclude they were racially motivated. General Peter Cosgrove told The Age after his address on Australia day that the number of incidents against Indians seemed "too many to be coincidences". "Attacks recently by groups of people on individuals looks like a profiling approach to people from the sub-continent.

Indian student applications for Australia nosedive

Indian student applications for Australia nosedive

Rediff.com7 Jan 2010

Spokesman Sandy Logan said racism and violence issue against foreign students were not mainly to be blamed for the slide in visa applications. It was also due to stricter and tougher scrutiny of applications and the immigration department has been rejecting a higher number of applications from India, he said.

South African runner in gender row returns home

South African runner in gender row returns home

Rediff.com25 Aug 2009

World champion South African runner Caster Semenya, whose victory has been overshadowed by a gender testing row, returned home to a heroine's welcome on Tuesday.

In a first, Indian-American publication endorses Clinton for president

In a first, Indian-American publication endorses Clinton for president

Rediff.com2 Nov 2016

India Currents, a monthly publication from Bay Area, said in an editorial on Tuesday that it endorsed Clinton as it felt "intense outrage" after the resurfacing of an old video of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

Eastwood's Invictus soars at box office

Eastwood's Invictus soars at box office

Rediff.com14 Dec 2009

Clint Eastwood's directorial venture Invictus has a lot of powerful images and may resonate with audiences across the world.