Mirza teamed up with Russian Anna Chakvetadze to beat Kristina Brandi of Puerto Rico and Nana Miyagi of Japan.
She upset Saori Obata of Japan in the first round of the main draw at the US Open.
Bajrang Punia banned, Phogat turns politician, WFI suspension, litigations, and lost medals: How Indian wrestling stagnated in 2024
People magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez spent Valentine's Day with ex-flame Marc Anthony.
The Indian juniors, who caused a sensation upsetting defending champions Brazil in the preliminary round, will take on Iran.
Kerron Clement, of the United States, held off fast-finishing Kenyan Boniface Tumuti to win the men's Olympic 400 metres hurdles.
Images from the Diamond League Finals at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Saturday.
The Joy and Drama of Track and Field at the Olympics.
President Trump's daughter Ivanka had led the US delegation at the three-day event.
Here are some of the best photos from around the world in the month gone by.
Aman Sehrawat's Olympic dream suffers a setback as he is comprehensively outclassed by top seed Rei Higuchi
The Bollywood star shared the front row at Prabal Gurung's New York Fashion Week show with Huma Abedin.
Showing total disregard for the US constitution, Trump has said that this could be the last election to be held in the country. A Trump presidency could lead to mass deportation of undocumented migrants and harsh family separation, warns Aseem Chhabra.
Olympic champion and world number one Serena Williams tumbled out of the Rio de Janeiro singles competition in the third round on Tuesday after a shock defeat to Ukraine's Elina Svitolina.
Defending Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the men's tennis on Friday after winning a third-set tiebreak to scrape through a testing encounter against American Steve Johnson.
'Besides my parents and son's loss, his passing was the biggest loss for me. He is missed very dearly. I will always be his 'Janasheen Celine'.'
The evacuation of coastal areas of Florida and neighboring Georgia was the biggest seen in the US in a dozen years.
Australia captain Steven Smith and his team have been warned about risks associated with the Zika virus ahead of their tour of the West Indies next month.
Leander Paes will kickstart his US Open campaign with Czech partner Radek Stepanek against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and Dmitry Tursunov of Russia.
Six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) lost to American Virginia Fuchs in a split decision after an exhausting contest that was also messy in equal measure.
Technology giant Apple on said the sales of its new iPhones are on pace to beat last year's record of 10 million units during the first weekend.
Indian pugilists will be determined to overcome the recent setbacks both inside and outside the boxing ring when they aim for the last available tickets to the Olympic Games at the second World Qualification Tournament, starting in Bangkok on Friday.
Zika virus outbreak in Brazil does not pose enough of a threat to warrant cancelling or putting off the Olympic Games set to be held in Rio de Janeiro in August, a leading US health official said.
The former Congress president also tagged a post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk in which he talked about eliminating EVMs.
These pretty desi models are living a queen's life.
Carter was in politics, but not a politician, certainly not a transactional politician, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
Venus Williams's bid for a 50th WTA title ended when she fell to Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in the Round of 16 at the Volvo Car Open on Thursday, while Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber breezed into the last eight.
This is India's best-ever FIFA Ranking since April 1996 when India were also ranked 100.
The Indian men's boxing team's final campaign at the 35th Boxam International Tournament in Castellon, Spain was derailed by a positive COVID-19 case in the side, resulting in three withdrawals from the summit clashes.
There is just one word for these Miss Universe contestants. Hottalicous!
Day 5 guide to the action in the Moscow World Athletics Championships.
Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova stunned top seed Agniezka Radwanska and then trounced Monica Puig to reach the Aegon International at Eastbourne on Friday.
Grillot has been honoured by Time Magazine in the feature '5 Heroes Who Gave Us Hope in 2017'.
Making a comeback after more than seven months, World No 3 Jyothi, who was sidelined in the Asian Games trial, is also in the hunt for an individual medal, having advanced into the semi-final.
They will be against Chinese Taipei in the final on Sunday.
President Donald Trump said he believes that owners of National Football League teams are afraid of their players, his latest criticism of NFL players kneeling during the US national anthem at games to protest racial disparities in the country.
Unlike earlier years, an Indian-American child did not win America's Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021. 234 spellers, many of them Indian-American kids, will participate in the 2022 Bee, to be held from May 31 to June 2.
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