While India has scored well on parameters like workforce and employment, it has fared poorly for health and wellness of its labour force, WEF said.
Title contenders Germany and Nigeria on Monday qualified for the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup from Group B with wins over New Zealand and Chile respectively.
India U-16 football team mauled West Virginia Olympic Development Team 10-0 at Charleston in their training-cum-exposure tour of United States.
Churchill Brothers edged out a spirited East Bengal side 3-2 and gained full points in the 5th round ONGC I-League Championship.
The Indian football team beat Recreativo Agueda to register its first victory, after a draw, on its tour of Portugal.
Chile, Argentina, Nigeria and Mexico went through to the quarter-finals of the Under-20 World Cup with victories on Thursday.
India opener Smriti Mandhana has jumped three places to reach a career-best third position in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player rankings released on Sunday.
Vasco scored a 3-2 victory to move into ninth place in the National Football League.
Karim Benzema scored twice in the final few minutes to give Real Madrid a 3-1 win at Espanyol, while Barcelona breezed past Real Valladolid with a comfortable 4-0 LaLiga victory.
Liverpool stuttered into the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-1 aggregate win over Inter Milan after suffering a 1-0 loss to the Italian side, who were reduced to 10 men, at Anfield on Tuesday.
The Indian captain, who has scored 544 runs in his eight innings this series, is 11th in the list of best ever in terms of rating points, just one adrift of a group of four -- Gary Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Vivian Richards and Kumar Sangakkara.
The match lived up to its billing right from the start
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from La Liga matches played on Saturday.
Images from matches played across top football leagues in Europe.
The draw, Goa's sixth on the trot, helped the Gaurs climb to the third spot on the table.
Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool raised the spirits with a rip-roaring 2-2 draw in a pre-Christmas Premier League classic on Sunday after a weekend marred by COVID-19 related postponements.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both scored as Real Madrid staged a remarkable late comeback from two goals down to win 3-2 at Villarreal and stay top of La Liga.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
A brace from Jorge Ortiz helped FC Goa script a 3-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in an Indian Super League match at the Fatorda Stadium, in Margao, on Thursday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Images and summary of all the World Cup 2022 qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
Images from football friendlies played on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Lionel Messi saved Argentina's blushes with a brilliant stoppage time winner against unheralded Iran at the football World Cup on Saturday to send the South Americans into the last 16.
Images from Day 2 of the 2022 Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Guess who takes up the top spot!
IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Images from football action around European leagues played on Sunday
Images from the soccer matches played across Europe on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
Images from the Champions League matches played on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
IMAGES from the Europa League matches played on Thursday
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid came from behind to beat Paris St Germain 3-1, while Sadio Mane grabbed a hat-trick as Liverpool demolished Porto 5-0 away in the Champions League round-of-16 on Wednesday.
Rediff.com presents the early surprises at the year's first Grand Slam.
The United States got a dream start to their World Cup campaign when Clint Dempsey scored the fifth fastest goal in tournament history but they needed an 86th minute winner from John Brooks to secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Ghana on Monday.
