Pankaj Advani led with back-to-back wins as Indian cueists had a field day in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
However, National champion Manan Chandran was taken the distance by Ben Farnworth of New Zealand in the World snooker championships.
Prakash Amritraj will play the second singles against Sjeng Schalken in the Davis Cup tie against Holland.
They are making switch to the high-growth alternative investments fund industry, reports Pavan Burugula.
Dr Anant Joshi, who examined the master batsman, was optimistic about him regaining full fitness soon.
USA will now travel England for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where they will take on Australia and New Zealand.
Germany decided against fielding their main team for the Champions Trophy as they are more keen to play the European Nations Cup in Spain next month.
The Indian seamer said the Pakistani batsman may have proved a nightmare in recent matches, but it won't be long before the Indians have the measure of him.
The eight-time champions were beaten 1-3 by The Netherlands in their opening match in the men's hockey tournament.
Each member of the Afro-Asian Games gold medal-winning squad was presented a cheque of Rs 150,000.
Is the price of one fighter Rs 681 crore? Rs 686 crore? Rs 703 crore? Rs 1,063 crore? Rs 1,225 crore?
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 shooting happened about 9 pm local time when a car stopped at 102 Champs-Elysees in front of a police van, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre Henry Brandet said. A man emerged from the car and opened fire on the van with an "automatic weapon," killing one officer instantly, he said.
'Make in India' will be central to Mr Modi's visit to Europe and Canada. It is difficult to predict what will happen with the Rafale deal, but if it goes through, it will undoubtedly become the 'Mother' of all 'Make in India' projects,' says Claude Arpi.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fifth round to make a strong comeback in the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship, in Moscow on Sunday.
The other semi-final in the ITF Futures tournament will pit Pakistan's Aisam ul-Haq Qureshi and qualifier Sergei Krotiouk of Russia.
Global markets could correct 5-10 per cent. If that happens, Indian markets will correct about 10 per cent
Defender Gurinder Singh, midfielders Sumit and Manpreet who were part of the Junior World Cup-winning squad are slated to make their debut at the tournament.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in key areas such as defence, trade and investment with India expressing keenness on setting up industrial bases for it to boost ties.
Sukanya Verma's super-filmi week was high on drama.
Homecoming fuses the kinky-swiftness of the original superhero movies with the silly concerns of a 2017's teenager, points out Sreehari Nair.
India are the defending junior world champions but haven't won the Asian title.
While Australia's top cricketers were in attendance, the real eye-catchers of evening were their stunning wives and girlfriends. Take a look.
India's Davis Cup captain lauded the youngster's showing in the match against Holland but said he needs to maintain a level of consistency.
Growth concerns on China, which has already seen the yuan getting devalued twice in August, have rattled global financial markets, including that of India.
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Chairman of selectors Shyam Minotra said Amritraj, the highest ranked Indian on the ATP at 317, deserved to be in the team.
Indian hockey chief coach Rajinder Singh on India's chances at the elite six-nation tournament.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand came up with another resourceful preparation to beat Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the eighth and penultimate round of the London Chess Classic, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, in London on Sunday.
The French police have released photos of the two brothers wanted in connection with the attack of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday that left 12 people dead including the editor, three celebrated cartoonists and two police officers.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand had to settle for a draw with British number one Michael Adams in the fourth round of the London Chess Classic, in London.
The world's 14 top-ranked players are taking part in the tournament.
The victory gave the Dutchman a place in the semi-finals of the ITF Futures tournament along with unseeded Vinod Sridhar, Ajay Ramaswami and second seed Harsh Mankad.
>Putin's last-minute intervention with PM salvages $5.43 bn pact.
French President Francois Hollande confirmed that the incident at a factory was a "pure terrorist attack.".
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