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Is this why Messi wants to leave Barcelona?

Is this why Messi wants to leave Barcelona?

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

Yet even without a transfer fee, Messi's colossal salary, reported to be the highest in world football, means very few clubs would be able to afford him.

Turning Point: Narine-Lynn's demolition job

Turning Point: Narine-Lynn's demolition job

Rediff.com8 Apr 2019

Narine slammed 47 from 25 balls, while Lynn made 50 from 32 balls as the openers put on a rampaging stand of 91 runs from just 51 balls to all but seal the game in KKR's favour.

PHOTOS: Kohli & Co. enjoying time out in UK

PHOTOS: Kohli & Co. enjoying time out in UK

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

A two week gap between the limited overs series and the five-match Test series against England starting on August 1, has given Virat Kohli and his boys the time to travel around UK with their families, while also bond with their team mates as they mix practice with pleasure.

VOTE! The best Indian sportsperson of 2016

VOTE! The best Indian sportsperson of 2016

Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

As the year 2016 draws to a close, vote for the best Indian sportsperson of the year.

10 Biggest Sports Surprises of 2016

10 Biggest Sports Surprises of 2016

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

2016 is at the halfway stage and the year has already seen some stunning sporting wins, underdogs emerging triumphant on the biggest stages of them all.

Are Indian batsmen 'milestone driven'?

Are Indian batsmen 'milestone driven'?

Rediff.com22 Jan 2016

Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell claimed Indian batsmen, including Virat Kohli, who has scored two centuries in the series so far, are 'milestone-driven'. Do you agree?

Virender Sehwag's five best knocks

Virender Sehwag's five best knocks

Rediff.com20 Oct 2015

Rediff.com takes a look at few of Virender Sehwag's best knocks.

US Open: Bopanna-Mergea crash out of men's doubles

US Open: Bopanna-Mergea crash out of men's doubles

Rediff.com10 Sep 2015

Rohan Bopanna, along with his Romanian partner Florin Mergea, crashed out of the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open. The Indo-Romanian combine, semi-finalists at Wimbledon this year, lost 6-7 (2), 3-6 to Dominic Inglot of Great Britain and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden.

PHOTOS: Best of Hollywood at the US Open

PHOTOS: Best of Hollywood at the US Open

Rediff.com9 Sep 2015

US Open has over the years seen an increase in celebrity attendance. Rediff.com takes a look at a few known names seen in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.

Transfer Truths: The EPL's biggest gambles this summer

Transfer Truths: The EPL's biggest gambles this summer

Rediff.com3 Sep 2015

Rediff.com makes an assessment of the biggest gambles made by the leading Premier League teams this summer.

10 facts you must know about Manchester United's new signing

10 facts you must know about Manchester United's new signing

Rediff.com2 Sep 2015

What you must know about Anthony Martial, the world's most expensive teenage footballer.

After Messi, Ibra... Indian football uses Player Tracking System

After Messi, Ibra... Indian football uses Player Tracking System

Rediff.com25 Aug 2015

In a first of sorts for Indian football, the national team implemented the 'Player Tracking System' at its ongoing preparatory camp at the DSK Dream City, the home of DSK Shivajians Football Club, in Pune.

PHOTOS: Tendulkar and McGrath mentor young pacers

PHOTOS: Tendulkar and McGrath mentor young pacers

Rediff.com21 Aug 2015

Sachin Tendulkar joined legendary Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation Academy on Friday and spent time with the current batch of pace bowling trainees and provided them insights on the game.

Lahiri makes Indian golf history with top-5 finish at PGA Championship

Lahiri makes Indian golf history with top-5 finish at PGA Championship

Rediff.com17 Aug 2015

Asian Tour star Anirban Lahiri wrote a small slice of Indian sporting history with an eye-catching equal fifth place finish at the PGA Championship on Sunday and reinforced his growing reputation in world golf.

Bangladesh, Pakistan have eye on ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Bangladesh, Pakistan have eye on ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Rediff.com8 Jul 2015

The battle for the final two available places in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 will hot up when Bangladesh squares off against South Africa in the opening match of the three-One-Day International series in Mirpur on Friday and Sri Lanka hosts Pakistan in the first of five matches in Dambulla on Saturday.

Paes-Hingis race into mixed doubles quarters

Paes-Hingis race into mixed doubles quarters

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis proved too strong for Artem Sitak and Anastasia Rodionova, beating the New Zealand-Australia pair for a berth in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The seventh seeded Indo-Swiss pair needed only 48 minutes for a 6-2, 6-2 victory.

Wimbledon men's doubles: Paes bows out, Bopanna advances

Wimbledon men's doubles: Paes bows out, Bopanna advances

Rediff.com6 Jul 2015

It was mixed fortunes for Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna in the men's doubles at the Wimbledon on Monday.

Test rankings: India retain fourth spot, just ahead of England

Test rankings: India retain fourth spot, just ahead of England

Rediff.com6 Jul 2015

India have retained the fourth position in the ICC Test team rankings.

Test rankings: Virat Kohli lone Indian batsman in top-10

Test rankings: Virat Kohli lone Indian batsman in top-10

Rediff.com6 Jul 2015

Virat Kohli is the lone Indian batsman to be figuring in the top-10 in the ICC Test batsmen rankings.

Sania in QF; on track for first women's doubles Grand Slam title

Sania in QF; on track for first women's doubles Grand Slam title

Rediff.com6 Jul 2015

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis got past the Spanish pair of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja to move into the ladies doubles quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

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