Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona is making good progress in a Buenos Aires hospital where he is being treated for alcohol-induced hepatitis caused by two or three months of heavy drinking, doctors said on Tuesday.
Top-seed David Nalbandian beat compatriot Jose Acasuso in the Buenos Aires Open final to collect his eighth career title.
Maradona's lawyer had said earlier he was in good health and willing to fight his disease.
Andy Murray's decision to miss the Davis Cup World Group tie against Argentina has been criticised by his brother Jamie.
Australia could be in trouble for failing to field appropriate players in their two dead Davis Cup semi-final singles rubbers against Argentina in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
A 14-year-old soccer fan died on Thursday after being shot along with two men when their bus was attacked on the way back from a match in Buenos Aires, local media reported on Thursday.
Mehuli Ghosh and Shahu Tushar Mane won India's second gold medal of the on-going International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Changwon, Korea.
He has won a Copa America, 11 league titles, four Champions League titles, three Club World Cups and three UEFA Super Cups. Now he has the most coveted one of all.
The football World Cup will not be halted by fears of bird flu in Germany, FIFA vice-president Julio Grondona said.
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
He also said he would like to tour the world to thank those who prayed for his health.
Top seed David Nalbandian crashed out of the Buenos Aires Open after going down to compatriot Guillermo Canas.
The Argentine suffered a shock straight-sets defeat by Peru's Luis Horna in the round-robin stage at the Buenos Aires Open.
Australia beat Spain to enter World Cup last four for 12th time on the trot
Argentina reached the Davis Cup final for the second time as victory in the doubles gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead over Australia.
The Argentine striker was so unhappy he almost quit soccer last year before a renaissance at AC Milan.
Diego Maradona plans to interrupt his cocaine-addiction therapy in Cuba to spend Christmas at home with his family.
The 43-year-old is now breathing without the aid of an artificial respirator and continues to be stable.
Presidents are limited to two terms in office under the rules of the Olympic body. The length of the first presidential term is eight years with re-election securing another four years in office.
A survey conducted by Swiss banking giant UBS found Oslo to be the most expensive in the world.
World's worst city in terms of traffic congestion is Jakarta.
Gaston Gaudio beat Alberto Martin in straight sets to set up an all-Argentine final against wildcard Mariano Puerta in the Buenos Aires Open.
Top seed Carlos Moya recorded another straight-sets win at the $380,000 Buenos Aires Open on Wednesday.
A relaxed and lucid Diego Maradona said on Monday he was waiting for doctors' approval to permanently bolt the Cuban drug rehabilitation clinic.
Hundreds of Argentines protested in the pouring rain on Saturday, demanding that soccer star Lionel Messi return to Argentina's national team after he unexpectedly quit following a loss in the regional Copa America final.
Judge Norberto Garcia Vedia said the 43-year-old could continue treatment "at the clinic of his choice".
Newly crowned youth Olympic champion Jeremy Lalrinnunga wanted to follow the footsteps of his boxer father but no sooner did the teenager see the unadulterated use of strength in weightlifting he had his heart set on the sport.
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com heads to south Mumbai to discover why Kitab Khana is considered one of the best bookshops in the world.
The Spaniard outgunned Argentine Guillermo Coria to win the Buenos Aires Open.
The claycourt specialist won 6-4 6-4 as he followed up last week's win in Vina del Mar, Chile with another title, his first on home soil.
Austrian Dominic Thiem became the first player to capture titles on three different surfaces this year when he finished off Philipp Kohlschreiber to win the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart on Monday.
This was India's second athletics medal in these ongoing Games after Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event.
Modi will participate in the first-ever trilateral meeting between Japan, America and India and the 2nd Russia, India China trilateral, which is taking place after an interval of 12 years, on Friday.
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