Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent.
Joining the Bulgarian in the semi-finals of the World Chess Championship are England's Michael Adams, Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan.
Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon suggested Denmark and Sweden should be ashamed.
Denmark and Sweden will not risk playing for anything less than victory when they meet in the Euro 2004 Group C decider.
Andy Murray is within one match of securing his place in the ATP World Tour Finals after easing past local favourite Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Paris Masters.
Chief coach Gian Singh says Mukesh Khatri, India's Greco-Roman entry at the Olympics, does not have government sanction.
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Sania lost to third-seed Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria in the finals of the Bernstein Tennis Tournament.
The other semi-final in the World Rapid Chess championship will be between Vladimir Kramnik and Alexander Grischuk.
A 20-year-old British Muslim was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in jail for making determined efforts to join the Islamic State in Syria.
President A P J Abdul Kalam left New Delhi on Saturday on a week-long visit to the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Bulgaria, his first foreign tour after assuming the high office.
The Celtic and Sweden striker quit international soccer after the 2002 World Cup finals where he was not fully fit
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The Indian wild card beat the sixth seeded Indonesian to enter the quarter-finals in the ITF Futures tournament.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand survived a scare before eventually holding his position together to escape with a draw against Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri in the sixth round of London Chess Classic in London on Friday.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand used a cracker of a 'novelty' to hold Wesley So of the United States to an easy draw as black in the fifth round of London Chess Classic in London.
With five players tied at the top after five rounds, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand face a tough challenge to annex the Corus chess title.
Spaniard Nadal was in all sorts of trouble, trailing by a set and 5-4 and with 69th-ranked Rosol serving at 30-0, but his Czech opponent framed a basic backhand volley at 30-15 and blew his chance, Nadal going on to win 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(4).
The Rio Olympics athletics programme suffered its first doping setback as Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova has tested positive for EPO, sources told Reuters on Thursday.
GM Michael Adams made it to the finals of the World Chess Championship with a 2.5-1.5 win over GM Teimour Radjabov.
The $15 million world league pits 16 elite national teams against each other in six weeks of inter-continental rounds, after which the top eight contest the finals, this year in Madrid.
Mattias Jonson scored a minute from time to earn Sweden a 2-2 draw with Denmark that sent both Scandinavian sides to the quarter-finals.
Italy's preparations have been hampered by suspensions and injuries that could see six first-team players missing.
The unseeded Thai beat the eighth seeded Bulgarian to enter the quarter-finals in the NECC-ITF women's tournament.
After going on to conquer the ring, Nikhat Zareen hopes to inspire young girls to follow in her footsteps and fight for their dreams.
The bench said it can understand children getting influenced, but why were adults getting involved in it.
The Uzbekistan player beat Poland's Filip Urban in the final.\n\n
Todor Enev of Bulgaria and second seed Orest Tereshchuk were beaten in the second round in the ITF Futures tournament.\n\n
Russia was among 14 countries which signed a convention between the Council of Europe and European soccer body UEFA on Sunday aimed at stopping a repeat of fan violence which has marred Euro 2016.
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Former world champion Viswanathan Anand did not have a change in fortunes as he played out his sixth draw in a row, signing peace with tournament leader Levon Aronian of Armenia in the eighth and penultimate round of the Sinquefield Cup chess meet.
The Indian ace maintains a slender lead going into the final round in the Amber chess tournament.
The Indian grandmaster maintained his slender lead in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament with a clinical 1.5-0.5\n\nvictory over Zoltan Almasi.
The 3-1 win over Netherlands made the Indian men's team the only side with an all-win record in six rounds at the Chess Olympiad.
A judging controversy couldn't stop the Indian juggernaut from rolling with as many as eight pugilists reaching the quarterfinals in the ongoing AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships on Monday.
Mary Kom stormed into the quarter-final after beating Kazakhstan's Aigerim Kassenayeva in the second round of the 48kg category of the AIBA Women's World Championships, in New Delhi, Sunday.
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