It was Ramkumar's best performance of the 2020 season for which he earned Euro 7200 as prize money and 60 points that will push him to 185 from 206 in the ATP singles ranking charts.

According to political pundits, the Democrats have a good chance of winning the House, while the Republicans are likely to retain the Senate.

India's Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi on Thursday defended the selection of N Sriram Balaji ahead of higher-ranked Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja for the tie against Serbia.

The teenager, Nikolas Cruz, accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school did not appear to be a peaceful man on social media. He made quite clear his desire to perpetrate the exact type of violence of which he now stands accused. Charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, here's what we know about him so far.

Croatia clinched a place in next year's World Cup finals on Sunday after holding Greece to a goalless draw at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Athens to complete a 4-1 aggregate victory in their playoff tie.

Sania, the country's finest woman doubles player, who began the year with the number one ranking, closed it at number 9.

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday

Young Indian Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the second round of the Savannah Challenger but Yuki Bhambri, who has returned to circuit after a month, went down fighting in the Gimcheon event in Korea.

Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes won his second Challenger-level title of the season but Ramkumar Ramanathan had to be content with a runner-up finish at the $ 75000 clay-court event, in Florida.

Ramkumar battled past Italian qualifier Andrea Arnaboldi 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the US $75,000 clay court event after two hours and 34 minutes.

At least two people are being treated for gunshot wounds after a shootout in the library of the Florida State University in the United States.

A recent article in The Daily Beast has rated the 25 best places across the US on nine parameters of import to young grads.

Prakash Amritraj upset fourth seed and world number 109 Vincent Spadea in straight sets to advance to the singles quarter-finals in the US $50,000 ATP Challenger in Tallahassee, United States. The Indian, who achieved a career-best ranking of 185 last week, stunned his American opponent 6-4, 6-1 in the second round clash.

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy made a shock second round exit from the euro 1,995,000 ATP Barcelona Open after losing a hard-fought match to Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Wesley Moodie of South Africa. The third-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost 6-7(5), 6-7(3) to their unseeded opponents after an one hour and 41 minutes.

India had a mixed day at the US $50,000 ATP Challenger event in Tallahassee as Prakash Amritraj advanced to the second round but Somdev Devvarman crashed out of the tournament. Amritraj had to dig deep into his reserves to beat local wild card Michael McClune 6-7 (3), 7-5, 7-6 (3) in his opening round. Somdev made an early exit after losing his first round match 3-6, 3-6 against Australian Marinkc Matosevic.

Indians living in Florida seems to have thrown their considerable weight behind Barack Obama, if one were to go by comments from a cross section of society in different parts of one of the largest swing states in the United States presidential election, with 27 electoral college votes on offer.

Another rough decade for the Rust Belt.

These are extraordinary times for America. And the escalating crisis will force undesirable and unwelcome changes in the lifestyle of Indian Americans.

Dr Pallavi Patel's selection marks the first time an Indian-American woman has been extended such an honour in Florida, and perhaps anywhere in the United States.

Piyush Kumar, an assistant professor in department of computer science of the University in Tallahassee, Florida, will receive $400,000 over a five-year period.

Raj Patel reportedly denied Black guests the right to use the hotel swimming pool and gave them substandard rooms.