- Friday, April 11, 2025
INDIAN wrestler Vinesh Phogat's hopes of securing a belated Olympic silver medal were dashed on Wednesday when the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected her appeal against disqualification from the final for being 100gm overweight. The 29-year-old Vinesh was disqualified on the morning of the…
STREE 2, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkumar Rao, is set for a significant opening on August 15, coinciding with Independence Day 2024. The film has already achieved impressive advance sales figures, with ₹11.37 crore gross collected and 381,878 tickets sold for the first day. This positions Stree 2 as the…
FORMER Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has expressed concerns about his country’s ability to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in the wake of the worsening security situation. He urged the government to address the recent spate of attacks on military personnel and enhance security measures for upcoming international cricket tours.…
STAR WARS actor John Boyega, former Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi, Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley, and Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer are among the stars to feature in the Pirelli Calendar 2025, according to media reports. The 2025 edition, titled Refresh and Reveal, was shot in Florida Keys in the US, during May…
DIRECTOR Paul Feig has described his latest film, “Jackpot,” as a nod to the style of Jackie Chan, referring to it as "the Lost Jackie Chan movie." Feig noted that Chan’s characters often find themselves unwillingly involved in difficult situations, trying to navigate their way out without being aggressive. “His…
HOCKEY India on Wednesday decided to retire the jersey number of goalkeeping stalwart P R Sreejesh at the senior level after he bid adieu to the game following his star role at the just-concluded Paris Games. Hockey India secretary general Bhola Nath Singh said going forward no senior team player…
FORMER South Africa pace great Morne Morkel has been roped in as the Indian cricket team's new bowling coach, BCCI secretary Jay Shah told PTI on Wednesday. It is understood that the 39-year-old, who replaces Paras Mhambrey, will take over as the bowling coach from the Bangladesh series that starts…
IN A setback to embattled Byju's, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the verdict of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had allowed a settlement between the ed-tech major and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In its August 2 verdict, the NCLAT had set…
CASES OF infection by Oropouche virus, which comes from the same family of diseases that includes Zika virus and Dengue fever, have been reported for the first time in Europe, officials have confirmed. The disease spreads through insect bites - including mosquitos - and the virus originates in pale-throated sloths,…
THE DEADLY landslides in Kerala's ecologically fragile Wayanad district were triggered by a heavy burst of rainfall, made 10 per cent heavier by climate change, according to a new rapid attribution study by a global team of scientists. The team of 24 researchers from India, Sweden, the US and the…
