Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the semi-finals of the $55,000 Canada Open Grand Prix badminton tournament after notching up contrasting victories in the men's singles competition in Calgary, Canada.
The Indian ace beat International Master Safarli Eltaz of Azerbaijan in the eight round of the World Youth Stars chess tournament to move to second place.
The Indian Grandmaster split the point with the Romanian GM to maintain a half point lead after the penultimate round in the third Mtel Masters.
Defending champion Djokovic fired his 15th ace on match point to defeat Querrey but his serve had been an issue earlier in their second-round encounter.
Ruud van Nistelrooy struck from close range in injury time to earn the Netherlands a hard-fought 1-0 win over Albania in their Euro 2008 qualifier on Wednesday.
The match between Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Russian Vladimir Kramnik was thrown in jeopardy after the frequent toilet breaks taken by the latter.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
A livid Mary Kom asked her vanquished opponent Nikhat Zareen to prove herself in the ring instead of making irritating comments.
Magnus Carlsen of Norway stole day one honours in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after putting it across Alexander Morozevich of Russia to emerge early sole leader
Nine Indians punched their way into the finals of their respective categories in the Golden Glove of Vojvodina, an international boxing tournament in Kikinda, Serbia.
The Russian shocked sixth seed Todor Enev of Bulgaria in the final.
Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov jointly won the Category-19 Corus Chess tournament.
Olympic medal-winning wrestler Sakshi Malik does not endorse the Indian Olympic Association's call for a boycott of the 2022 Commonwealth Games but at the same time feels that dropping shooting from the event's roster is "wrong on the athletes."
'The difficult part is that there is no script and you have to be impromptu. So by the end of the day, I am very tired.'
The victory enabled the Indian ace narrow the gap between him and tournament leader Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the Corus chess tournament.
India's Karan Rastogi beat Todor Enev of Bulgaria 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-final of the ITF Futures in New Delhi.
Viswanathan Anand will start his campaign against the world's youngest-ever Grandmaster, in the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
A pep talk from dad Richard and a timely downpour over Roland Garros rescued Serena Williams from an embarrassing first-round exit at the French Open on Sunday.
Despite the defeat, the Indian Grandmaster maintains sole lead in the Mtel chess tournament.
He delivered a vital blow to English GM Michael Adams in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Three-times Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka returned to the big stage in style on Monday, ousting sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-4 on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Rohan Bopanna teamed up with Canada's Denis Shapovalov to enter the quarter-finals of the Rotterdam Open
Vinesh wins bronze, Pooja in line for second medal
The Indian ace, who is second in the table, took his tally to 3 points after the fourth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
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Venugopal talk about his life as a matte painter and compositor and his work on Christopher Nolan's Oscar-winning film.
Viswanathan Anand remained in joint lead in the Morelia-Linares chess tournament after drawing with top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
Iconic Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom added another honour to her list of accolades as she was named one of the eight ambassadors for the upcoming World Championships by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
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Karan Rastogi went down to Todor Enev 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the semifinals of the ITF Futures.
Top seed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria lost to Russian Peter Svidler to liven things up in the 'A' group of the Corus International Chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster was relegated to third after a three-way for first place.
The Indian ace beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in just 37 moves at the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
P Harikrishna started his campaign with a draw against Jan Timman of Holland in the first round of the Ciudad de Pamplona International chess tournament.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with his former challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria to remain joint 3rd after the end of the eighth round of Candidates chess tournament, in Moscow, on Sunday.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a second straight draw by holding Fabiano Caruana of the United States easily in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess tour.
Former Russian champion Peter Svidler held the Indian ace in the ninth and penultimate round of the Mtel Masters chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand played out a tense draw against Etienne Bacrot in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
He played out a safe draw with Russian Peter Svidler to move into joint lead after the fifth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
