China moved closer to defending their titles in the Thomas and Uber Cups with easy quarter-finals victories.
Chetan Anand provided the lone resistance as India went down 0-5 to China in their opening match of the Thomas Cup badminton finals.
From a laidback boy with poor dietary habits, Kidambi Srikanth has become an attacking player who can quickly deploy his considerable skills against tough opponents, writes Anand Datla
South Korea's women archers mastered trying conditions in the individual competition on Sunday.
After losing the first game, the 24-year-old Indian rebounded strongly to clinch a 15-21, 21-13, 21-13 win over Wan Ho in a gruelling second-round clash that lasted almost an hour.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The beach had sparked a lot of debate, with supporters saying nude swimming helped humans stay in touch with nature, and opponents arguing the move would erode community morals.
Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia became the first player to hold the Olympic and World titles at the same time.
Musharraf said Kashmir was not a complex issue and the leaderships of both the countries have to show maturity, sincerity, develop confidence and trust in each other to settle it in a "reasonable time-line"
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
New Zealand will be at full strength for their tour of England starting next month.
Tourism Minister Rais Munir said train links between the two countries will be restored next month.
The Indian pair was beaten by third seeds Woon Fui Lin and Mohd Fairuzizua Mohd Tazari of Malaysia in the Asian Satellite badminton championships.
The Indian pair shocked second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand in the Asian Satellite badminton championships.
Fed up by his constantly out of action BMW, Lin attempted to drag it thousands of kilometres from Beijing to Hangzhou.
Sports Minister Vikram Verma ruled out immediate resumption of ties with Pakistan despite signs of a thaw in relations between the two countries.
Dalian Shide have been offered more than a million pounds for their 18-year-old Chinese striker Dong Fangzhuo, according to a Chinese newspaper.
The Indian stalwart opened up a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the US$830,000 Asia Japan Okinawa Open.
Zhang Lin, 37, received not only a new ID card showing he was now a woman, but a marriage certificate.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Jeev Milkha Singh was nine-under 207 after three days and in joint lead with Japan's Shingo Katayama and K C Lin of Taiwan
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom remained on course for a fifth gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships after she advanced to the final of the event on Tuesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Teenage striker Dong Fangzhuo signed for the English premiership champions in a 3.5m pound deal with Dalian Shide.
China has expelled four table-tennis players in accordance to an unwritten law in the country that bans romance while training.
India's women recurve team kept itself in medal contention by moving to the semifinals of the Asian Games even as the men's recurve team suffered a close 3-5 defeat against Hong Kong to crash out in the elimination round of the archery competition.
Sharapova was broken in the first game but fought back to draw level before going on to take the first set with a hold to love.
Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu rallied to third place after the second day of qualification in the Men's Trap Shooting event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Rio di Janerio's Olympic Shooting Centre.
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