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Hungarian GP: Radio outburts reveal Verstappen, Norris under pressure

Hungarian GP: Radio outburts reveal Verstappen, Norris under pressure

It also offered evidence that both struggle to cope with the pressures of expectation as their teams, Red Bull and McLaren, vie for the constructors’ championship

23 July,2024 08:42 AM IST | Budapest | AFP
Oscar Pistorius to be freed on parole ten years after killing girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius to be freed on parole ten years after killing girlfriend

The double-amputee Olympian has been in jail since late 2014 for the Valentine's Day 2013 killing of model Reeva Steenkamp

24 November,2023 06:52 PM IST | Pretoria | mid-day online correspondent
SA paralympian Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder

SA paralympian Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder

Pistorius, who is now 36, shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, a model, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013, when he fired four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria house. He pleaded not guilty and denied that he killed Steenkamp in a rage, saying he mistook her for a burglar

30 March,2023 08:02 AM IST | Johannesburg | AFP
Steenkamps family welcome decision to delay Oscar Pistorius' release

Steenkamps family welcome decision to delay Oscar Pistorius' release

The family of Reeva Steenkamp has welcomed the decision to block the release of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is serving a five-year prison sentence for her murder

21 August,2015 08:30 AM IST | AFP
Oscar Pistorius' release from jail put on hold

Oscar Pistorius' release from jail put on hold

South African authorities have suspended the decision to release Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius from prison on Friday

20 August,2015 08:10 AM IST | IANS
Oscar Pistorius may stay in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder

Oscar Pistorius may stay in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder

Set-to-be-released Paralympian, who was charged with culpable homicide, now battles appeal by SA prosecutors wanting to book him for 2013 murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

18 August,2015 08:34 AM IST | Agencies
New court date for Oscar Pistorius' murder trial

New court date for Oscar Pistorius' murder trial

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) confirmed yesterday that it will hear the appeal in the case of para-athlete Oscar Pistorius case on November 3

23 September,2015 07:41 AM IST | IANS
Pistorius' prison sentence is simply not enough: Reeva's parents

Pistorius' prison sentence is simply not enough: Reeva's parents

Reeva Steenkamp’s family angry as South African double amputee sprinter is set to be released on parole by the end of August

09 June,2015 09:17 AM IST | AFP
Tenants post bizarre video of Oscar Pistorius' house

Tenants post bizarre video of Oscar Pistorius' house

Two South African men, who rent the house where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend, have appeared in a video showing the bathroom where the crime took place and boasting of the property's potential as a party venue

13 October,2015 08:13 AM IST | AFP
Family happy as Oscar Pistorius returns home

Family happy as Oscar Pistorius returns home

Oscar Pistorius' family yesterday welcomed his release from jail and said he would strictly abide by the house arrest conditions under which he will serve the rest of his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

21 October,2015 08:23 AM IST | AFP

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