In the women's singles match, Sindhu brought some smiles back in the Indian camp after seeing off Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-15, 19-21, 21-13, setting up a clash with Japan's Aya Ohori on the eve of her 23rd birthday on Thursday.
Norne Morkel, who has now retired from the international cricket, has said that he is keen to play in the Big Bash and Sheffield Shield having relocated to Sydney with his family.
Grandmaster S P Sethuraman continued with his dream run and played out a fighting draw with higher ranked Anish Giri of Holland in the first game of the third round of World Chess Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke will headline Hong Kong's Twenty20 Blitz this month as he pursues a comeback in cricket's shortest form. Clarke, one of the top batsmen of his generation, will star at the four-team tournament from May 28-29 in a rare appearance since his retirement last year. "While I have never been to Hong Kong before, I have heard so much about what a great place it is for sport," he said in a statement from organisers on Wednesday. "I can't wait to meet my team-mates and experience the city, while also hopefully contributing to the game of cricket in Hong Kong which I know has been coming on leaps and bounds in recent years." Injury-plagued Clarke, 35, retired last August after playing 115 Tests for Australia, 47 as captain, and 245 one-day internationals, but only 34 T20 internationals.
Mumbai Masters owner Sunil Gavaskar is waiting with bated breath to meet the world's No 1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei. He says it will be a "thrill" to watch the Malaysian in action in the inaugural Indian Badminton League.
PCB Chairman, Najam Sethi is in the UK meeting with the British legal firm for advise. PCB's chief operating officer, Subhan Ahmad has also flown to London for the same purpose.
The Jwala Gutta-led Krrish Delhi Smashers will lock horns with Ashwini Ponnappa's Pune Pistons in the tournament opener of the inaugural Indian Badminton League, which kicks off in Delhi on Tuesday.
Top badminton stars, including two-time All England champion Tine Baun of Denmark and world No.4 Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro will participate in the inaugural edition of the US$ 1 million Indian Badminton League.
The 63-run win at the Wanderers ensured that South Africa cannot move ahead of India in the ICC Test Team Rankings at the 3 April cut-off date, even if they go on to win all four Tests against Australia in March.
Rishabh Pant of the Delhi Daredevils, with a most valuable player index of 897, is the most valuable player of IPL 11.
Richie Ramsay of Scotland birdied four of his closing five holes as he raced into a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Hero Indian Open on Friday. The overnight co-leader fired a second successive five-under-par 66 for 10-under-par 132 at the Karnataka Golf Association course, in Bangalore.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India almost doubled to $2.16 billion in December 2014, compared to $1.10 billion in the same month of 2013.
Indian stalwart Gaganjeet Bhullar will be chasing his third Asian Tour win this season when he tees off in the Indian Open golf tournament in Bangalore on Thursday.
Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek overcame a second-set lapse to defeat Andy and Jamie Murray and enter the semi-finals of the US $1,280,565 ATP Japan Open, in Tokyo, on Friday. The top seeded Indo-Czech pair defeated the British brothers 6-4, 3-6, 10-2 in 77 minutes.
'The better developers are seeing good demand (for their housing projects). There are consumers who are buying houses.'
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's donation of US $ 1million to the famous Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti at Ajmer will be paid from Pakistan's public exchequer, his spokesman has said
Ishant Sharma's fantastic bowling in Australia was rewarded with a lucrative Indian Premier League contract. The young Delhi speedster was purchased by Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata team for an astonishing US $950,000 in the players' auction in Mumbai on Wednesday. He registered the fourth highest amount in the IPL auction after Mahendra Singh Dhoni (US $1.5m), Andrew Symonds (US $1.35m) and Sanath Jayasuriya (US $975,000).
Australia's Andrew Symonds became the most expensive foreign player after round three in the Indian Premier League players' auction after Deccan Chronicle's Hyderabad franchise bought the all-rounder for US $1.35 million.
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has recommended Singapore as the best place to float the motor racing business, seeking to tap Asian enthusiasm for international sporting brands.
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'I think it was a fantastic game for me. I started off really well in the first game but he was playing well in the second game, leading 11-6 at the break and fighting it out. But overall, I think my game was going great, my attack was going well for me'
In January 2014, the country had received $2.18 billion FDI.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi in connection with an alleged money-laundering case registered against him in Mumbai.
A former official of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China has been executed for taking bribes and embezzling US$ 1.97 million.
Left in the lurch after India shortened its tour, South Africa will now host Pakistan for a three-match ODI and two-match Twenty20 series from November 18, the two countries' boards announced on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhuapthi and Rohan Bopanna, who need to improve their rankings to earn a direct entry to the London Olympics, stormed into the final of the ATP Dubai Open on Friday. The fourth seeded Indian pair got the better of the giant-killing Austrian pair of Julian Knowle and Alexanderin Peya 7-6(2), 7-6 (7) in the semi-finals of the US $1,700,475 hardcourt event.
Mahesh Bhuapthi and Rohan Bopanna progressed to the quarter-finals of the ATP Dubai Open, but Chennai Open winners Leander Paes and Janko Tipsarevic were ousted in the first round.
Amongst the top 10 sectors, telecom received the maximum FDI of $2.47 billion
Ram Jethmalani has urged the Narendra Modi government to refer the long-pending Sino-India border dispute to the International Court of Justice for a decision.
Simona Halep became the first Romanian in 40 years to lift the French Open trophy at Roland Garros on Saturday.
Former West Indies cricketer Franklyn Rose says he faced racial injustice in New Zealand and was wrongfully deported from the country he visited for a coaching assignment four years ago.
Former Australia pacer Nathan Bracken has dragged Cricket Australia to court, claiming he did not get enough support from the Board when he was struggling with a career-threatening knee injury.
Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday after his demand for US $1 million (approximately Rs 5 crore) per season for media and governing council-related activities involving the Indian Premier League was turned down by the board's working committee.
The 48th edition of the prestigious Indian Open, which returns to the Asian Tour schedule, will be held from October 13-16, with a record prize purse of US $1.5 million.
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'However, to be fair, the history books will record that it was the BCCI that got the job done and, in 2008, created the tournament that transformed the game'
India is set to emerge as the world's third largest economy by 2030.
The government has decided to extend the visa of noted Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who was detained by revenue enforcement authorities at the Delhi airport for allegedly carrying US $ 1.24 lakh.
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'There is gradual rise in the number of nations viewing Pakistan as the nursery of global terror.'
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