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What Life Is All About For Alaya

What Life Is All About For Alaya

Rediff.com14 Dec 2023

Sanjana promotes Kadak Singh... Parineeti shares throwback picture... Erica enjoys a view...

World Swimming: Sjostrom sets 100m butterfly world record

World Swimming: Sjostrom sets 100m butterfly world record

Rediff.com4 Aug 2015

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom set a world record for the women's 100 metres butterfly at the world swimming championships on Monday.

Unusual summer pics: A desi-style swimming pool!

Unusual summer pics: A desi-style swimming pool!

Rediff.com6 Apr 2011

We invited readers to send in their interesting summer snapshots. Here are some more responses -- and you can share yours too!

Top swimming pool views in the world

Top swimming pool views in the world

Rediff.com10 Jan 2008

Swimming pools are more spectacular than ever, and they not only have to look incredible; they have to have great views too.

10 Photographs You HAVE To See Today

10 Photographs You HAVE To See Today

Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

The ten best pics of 2023.

Big names sink in high-class swimming fields

Big names sink in high-class swimming fields

Rediff.com4 Oct 2010

The strength of the swimming competition at the Commonwealth Games was evident on the first morning of action with defending champions and expected finalists exiting early in the opening heats.

Can Russia Make the Olympics? It's Up to This Panel

Can Russia Make the Olympics? It's Up to This Panel

Rediff.com22 Mar 2024

How will Russian athletes be cleared to compete at Paris 2024?

Sports Shorts: 'No late-night swimming finals in Rio'

Sports Shorts: 'No late-night swimming finals in Rio'

Rediff.com21 Nov 2014

Australian Olympic officials say they will oppose plans to stage the 2016 Rio Olympics swimming finals late at night.

Former swim coach offers to help Hewitt

Former swim coach offers to help Hewitt

Rediff.com31 Oct 2006

Talbot told the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday he had contacted Hewitt's camp offering advice on how the former world number one can return to the top.

This 11-yr-old girl is swimming 550 km from Kanpur to Varanasi for 'clean Ganga'

This 11-yr-old girl is swimming 550 km from Kanpur to Varanasi for 'clean Ganga'

Rediff.com29 Aug 2016

Shraddha Shukla, a Class IX student will cover the distance in just 10 days.

World Swimming Championships: Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record

World Swimming Championships: Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record

Rediff.com8 Aug 2015

Katie Ledecky of the United States broke her own world record for 800 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Saturday.

6 Natural Ways to Keep Your Body Cool

6 Natural Ways to Keep Your Body Cool

Rediff.com6 May 2024

Wearing white and lighter colours will prevent heat retention, thus reducing the risk of heat exhaustion, suggests Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan.

Swimming Worlds: Gold but no new record for Peaty

Swimming Worlds: Gold but no new record for Peaty

Rediff.com23 Jul 2019

A night after becoming the first swimmer to go under the 'Magic 57' mark in the men's 100 metres breaststroke, Peaty cruised to his third straight gold in the event, though his time -- 57.14 -- was off his world record of 56.88 set in Sunday's semis.

Explore India's 10 Lesser Known Beaches

Explore India's 10 Lesser Known Beaches

Rediff.com10 Jan 2024

With clean blue waters and golden-white sands, these super beaches have a magic that is hard to keep away from.

Want To Buy A Bungalow For Rs 325 Crore?

Want To Buy A Bungalow For Rs 325 Crore?

Rediff.com1 Mar 2024

Enquiries indicate it belongs to an industrialist with links to a prominent cricketer.

Swimming: A great way to burn fat?

Swimming: A great way to burn fat?

Rediff.com12 Apr 2006

Fitness expert Samreedhi Sharma tells you how to get into shape.

Team Anna CAN'T swim in muck: Santosh Hegde

Team Anna CAN'T swim in muck: Santosh Hegde

Rediff.com3 Aug 2012

Justice Santosh Hegde, a member of Team Anna, is not in favour of activist Anna Hazare and his supporters joining politics. He explains why he so stringently opposes the idea to rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa

Cooling Down On Juhu Beach

Cooling Down On Juhu Beach

Rediff.com20 May 2023

Hitesh Harisinghani captures glimpses from Mumbai's famous Juhu beach.

Pune boy successfully swims 71-km stretch

Pune boy successfully swims 71-km stretch

Rediff.com19 Oct 2005

Pune boy successfully swims 71-km stretch

Don't take selfies or...: Kejriwal warns Delhiites amid floods

Don't take selfies or...: Kejriwal warns Delhiites amid floods

Rediff.com15 Jul 2023

His appeal came a day after three boys drowned in a ditch while bathing in floodwaters in northwest Delhi's Mukundpur Chowk area.

Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving

Olympic U.S. swimming champion Phelps arrested for drunken driving

Rediff.com30 Sep 2014

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps was arrested for drunken driving early on Tuesday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said.

Aus woman set to brave sharks on swim from Cuba to U.S.

Aus woman set to brave sharks on swim from Cuba to U.S.

Rediff.com12 Jun 2013

With favourable weather predicted and a team of scientists on her side, Australian Chloe McCardel will set out on Wednesday to become the first person to make the 103-mile (166-km) swim between Cuba and the Florida Keys without a shark cage to protect her.

U.S. woman swims record-breaking Cuba-to-Florida stretch without shark cage!

U.S. woman swims record-breaking Cuba-to-Florida stretch without shark cage!

Rediff.com3 Sep 2013

A 64-year-old American long-distance swimmer, Diana Nyad, completed a 35-year-long quest to cross the Florida Straits on Monday, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba without a shark cage.

Record-breaking triumph! India's Special Olympics team secures 55 medals

Record-breaking triumph! India's Special Olympics team secures 55 medals

Rediff.com22 Jun 2023

Indian contingent cross 50-medal mark at Special Olympics World Summer Games

The youngest and first Indian to swim across 10 seas

The youngest and first Indian to swim across 10 seas

Rediff.com22 Aug 2013

Sufyan Shaikh, the first Indian to complete swimming in ten seas takes us through the spectacular moments that defined his life and career.

Invincible Russians sweep Golds in synchro swimming

Invincible Russians sweep Golds in synchro swimming

Rediff.com28 Jul 2013

Russia underlined their total dominance in the synchronised swimming programme at the world championships on Saturday by completing a sweep of all seven gold medals with victory in the free combination team event.

Olympic swimming great Hackett arrested after 'breakdown'

Olympic swimming great Hackett arrested after 'breakdown'

Rediff.com15 Feb 2017

'He's been receiving treatment from a doctor. He's big and powerful when he's not happy. We decided he needed some treatment but there was no way he was going to go and get treatment this morning, so we called the police.'

Khade, Sejwal share seven medals in Asian Swimming

Khade, Sejwal share seven medals in Asian Swimming

Rediff.com28 Nov 2009

Olympian Virdhawal Khade on Saturday won a bronze in men's 50m freestyle to end his Asian Swimming Championships campaign in China with four medals.

Thorpe to swim 400m at Athens

Thorpe to swim 400m at Athens

Rediff.com27 Apr 2004

Craig Stevens gave up his spot on Monday, saying he wanted to concentrate on his other events.

Swim with sharks; kayak with crocodiles: 5 adventures to try this summer

Swim with sharks; kayak with crocodiles: 5 adventures to try this summer

Rediff.com26 Apr 2018

Get ready to challenge yourself.

9 Super Summer Holiday Options For Families

9 Super Summer Holiday Options For Families

Rediff.com3 May 2024

Looking for fun things to do as family during this sunny season?

Gairik Bardhan sets SAF Games swim record

Gairik Bardhan sets SAF Games swim record

Rediff.com30 Mar 2004

The Kolkata schoolboy sunk the men's 200m breaststroke mark at the Games as India won all four gold medals on offer on the opening day.

Aus swim star Thorpe admitted to rehab for depression

Aus swim star Thorpe admitted to rehab for depression

Rediff.com3 Feb 2014

Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe has been admitted to rehab after suffering from depression, local media said on Monday.

Transgender cricketer retires after ICC ruling

Transgender cricketer retires after ICC ruling

Rediff.com22 Nov 2023

The International Cricket Council said any player who had been through male puberty would not be able to compete in the women's game at the elite level.

In Maharashtra, no water for swimming pools, no rain dance for Holi

In Maharashtra, no water for swimming pools, no rain dance for Holi

Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

All municipal corporations have been directed to shut down swimming pools and not to provide water tankers for revellers.

Titas Sadhu: The net bowler from Hooghly now Asiad champion

Titas Sadhu: The net bowler from Hooghly now Asiad champion

Rediff.com25 Sep 2023

Cricket happened accidentally as she would keep scores for her ancestral club Rajendra Smriti Sangha, near Hooghly Mohsin College in Chinsurah.

Holi pics: When we made a swimming pool of water and mud

Holi pics: When we made a swimming pool of water and mud

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

Readers share their Holi pics

Bigg Boss 11: A day at the swimming pool!

Bigg Boss 11: A day at the swimming pool!

Rediff.com18 Nov 2017

Bandgi's plans finally work out. Rohan Shinde brings you up to date.

What's Making Nyrraa Nervous?

What's Making Nyrraa Nervous?

Rediff.com16 May 2023

'I have only done supernatural fiction shows so far. 'I wanted to do KKK because I find it very adventurous.'

Hetavi, Melwyn's Amazing Love Story

Hetavi, Melwyn's Amazing Love Story

Rediff.com14 Feb 2024

'Marriage brings families together and Hetavi worked hard to fit into ours without causing any kind of disruption,' says Melwyn Coelho.