Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus and Paula Badosa of Spain, earned second-round wins
The Indo-Czech pair defeated Jan Hernych and David Skoch of the Czech Republic in the second round.
Czech Republic need to win their final group match against Italy to guarantee a place in the knock-out stage.
Portugal, Croatia, Ireland and the Czech Republic have been seeded for Thursday's draw, for next month's Euro 2012 playoffs, UEFA said in a statement Wednesday.
At Euro 2012, while the footballers grabbed the headlines for their on-field showing, surely, some of their wives and girlfriends (WAGS) did have a share of the limelight.
On this evidence the Czech Republic could play a dozen quarter-finals and still not produce the number of goal attempts that Cristiano Ronaldo managed on his own in another display of awesome authority by the Portugal skipper.
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas sustained a hamstring injury during training on Saturday and will be out of action for around three weeks, the European champions said.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored both goals as Portugal deservedly beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 and eliminate the Dutch, beaten World Cup finalists two years ago.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored both goals as Portugal deservedly beat the Netherlands 2-1 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 and eliminate the Dutch, beaten World Cup finalists two years ago.
Russia will be docked six points in qualifying for the next European Championship if their fans step out of line again after disturbances at their opening Euro 2012 game against the Czech Republic last Friday, UEFA said on Wednesday.
China's Yuan Meng beat Indian 16th seed Sania Mirza 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the WTA tournament in Los Angeles.
A spectacular strike by captain Jakub Blaszczykowski allowed Poland to fight back to draw 1-1 against Group A favourites Russia on Tuesday in a game marred by violent clashes between rival fans outside the stadium.
The Russian soccer federation and the national team on Sunday urged their fans in Poland to behave after some supporters threw fireworks and displayed illicit banners during Russia's opening Euro 2012 match.
India went down 1-3 to the Czech Republic in the women's division of the World Table Tennis Championships.
They comprehensively outplayed the Czech pairing of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl in straight sets on Sunday.
The 32-year-old world number 18 still had a remote chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals for an eighth time.
The real Usain Bolt will make a return appearance at Rome's Diamond League meeting on Thursday, according to the Jamaican sprinter who got tongues wagging last week when he failed to break 10 seconds over 100 metres in Ostrava.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic destroyed Tomas Berdych in a lop-sided contest to win his fifth China Open crown on Sunday while Maria Sharapova overcame Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the women's final to move up to No 2 in the world rankings.
Following Iga Swiatek's victory over Coco Gauff in the final, here's a list of French Open women's singles champions:
Lleyton Hewitt rolled back the years and gave local fans some excitement before the Australian Open next week by demolishing world number seven Juan Martin del Potro 6-1, 6-4 to claim the Kooyong Classic title on Saturday.
A summary of Friday play at the French Open.
Lucie Hradecka was screaming in delight after causing a huge first day upset at the Australian Open with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over the fifth seeded Serb to record her third career victory over a top-five opponent.
Skoda Auto has launched the awaited model Skoda Fabia 'Scout' in the country.
The seventh seeds overcame the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3
Guus Hiddink has quit as coach of the Netherlands after spending less than one year in his second spell in the job, the Football Association (KNVB) has announced.
German coach Otto Rehhagel hailed the 1-0 silver goal victory over Czech Republic in Thursday's Euro 2004 semi-final as a miracle.
Few would have expected a duel between Milan Baros and Traianos Dellas to be decisive to the outcome of Euro 2004.
Second seed Hewitt survived an enterprising challenge from Czech Lukas Dlouhy while Haas edged past 147th-ranked Irakli Labadze at the Thailand Open.
Seedings for the June 23-July 6 Wimbledon men's singles championship were announced on Wednesday.
Having fired 20 aces in his straight-set victory over the Czech Republic's number one, Jiri Vesley, in the Davis Cup World Group play-off tie in Delhi on Friday, Somdev Devvarman declared it was one of the best serving days of his career.
The sixth seed burnt the midnight oil in her all-Czech fourth round grudge match against Barbara Strycova, finally clinching a 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory at 1.35 a.m. local time on Tuesday morning.
Readers Narasingam, Srinivas B and Srinivas P spotted Mukesh Ambani, chairman nad managing director of Reliance Industries, in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.
After a long battle with cancer, Jana died peacefully, surrounded by her family in her native Czech Republic
With two defeats from their opening two games, the Danes are now only two wins from improbable glory.
Russia were scheduled to host Poland in a men's World Cup qualifying playoff on March 24, with the winners set to play Sweden or the Czech Republic five days later. All three teams had refused to play against Russia.
Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek lost to the Bryan brothers in a lopsided men's doubles final at the US Open on Friday.
Alex Corretja will be Spain's new Davis Cup team captain for the next two years, the country's tennis federation said.
Assam-based athlete Das shared a glimpse of her flood-stricken neighbourhood, and appealed big corporates and followers to contribute to the CM's Relief Fund.
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