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    Japanese three-time Olympic Judo gold medallist Tadahiro Nomura (L) and three-time Olympic wrestling gold medallist Saori Yoshida display the flame as they step out of the special aircraft that brought 2020 Tokyo Olympic flame at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi prefecture, on Friday. AFP PhotoSports
    Olympic flame arrives in Japan ahead of Tokyo 2020

    It was a muted reception as even some 200 local children who were due to welcome the flame were kept away

    20 March 2020 8:54 AM IST

    Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra (Photo- PTI)Business
    Coronavirus pandemic to leave behind a global recession: Anand...

    This time, there will be no victors, only the vanquished. So every country have to create its own post virus war'...

    20 March 2020 8:24 AM IST

    File photos of the four Nirbhaya gang rape case convicts (clockwise from top left) Akshay Thakur, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh.India
    Four Nirbhaya rape convicts hanged in Tihar jail

    Supreme Court bench dismisses their final desperate bid in dramatic 2.30 am hearing

    20 March 2020 7:27 AM IST

    ONE WITH PLAYERS: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klop celebrates Adam Lallanas (third left) goal with other players in the English Premier League match against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Norwich, England, on Jan. 23. AP PhotoSports
    Klopp's human touch fosters winning mentality at Liverpool

    Premier League is on an indefinite break, but the affable manager is in constant contact with his squad via the players'...

    19 March 2020 9:50 PM IST

    Kimi Raikkonen (centre), Sebastian Vettel (right) and Valtteri Bottas celebrate after winning the qualifying session in 2017 Monaco GP in Monaco. DC File PhotoSports
    Monaco Grand Prix and 2 more F1 races postponed

    The other two Grands Prix to be cancelled are the Dutch and Spanish events, scheduled for earlier in May

    19 March 2020 9:31 PM IST

    LENDING A HELPING HAND: Australian great Shane Warne. AFP PhotoSports
    Shane Warne's distillery stops making gin, starts producing hand...

    'SevenZeroEight Gin' started producing 'medical grade 70 % alcohol' hand sanitiser since March 17 for two Western...

    19 March 2020 9:12 PM IST

    Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic. AP PhotoSports
    Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic investigated for flouting...

    Jovic returned from Spain last week and was seen on the streets of Belgrade and pictured at his girlfriend's birthday...

    19 March 2020 8:55 PM IST

    Empty Mestalla stadium which hosted the Champions League round of 16 second leg match between Valencia and Atalanta in Valencia, Spain. AP PhotoSports
    English football extends shutdown till April 30

    Authorities still hope to finish the season once play can be restarted rather than accepting the current standings as...

    19 March 2020 8:39 PM IST

    Telanganas Kuppusamy Premkumar (right) clears a hurdle. DC File PhotoSports
    AFI cancels Friday's Indian Grand Prix, postpones next month's Fed Cup

    Athletics Federation of India had no option but cancel following a directive from ministry

    19 March 2020 8:25 PM IST

    In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, workers wearing masks labor at a factory for Chinese telecommunications company OPPO in Dongguan, in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (Photo | AP)Technology
    Supply of phones, computers yet to spring back as China factories...

    Over 80% of Apple, Samsung phones, 50% of world's PCs are made in China but chips must come from US where production is...

    19 March 2020 8:23 PM IST

    This meme comments on how strenuous working from home can be.Technology
    Help these researchers with corona memes: A study is on to find out...

    A University of Amsterdam team has opened a portal where you can share memes in English, Mandarin, Korean, Polish, Dutch...

    19 March 2020 7:03 PM IST

    Former Japanese swimmer Imoto Naoko holds the Olympic torch as Hellenic Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos stands next to her during the Olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, in Athens, on Thursday. AP PhotoSports
    Greece hands over Olympic flame to Tokyo 2020

    Authorities cancelled the torch relay's Greek leg after a crowd mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler at a cauldron...

    19 March 2020 5:40 PM IST

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