It was a memorable day for Indian tennis as Rohan Bopanna won the Erste Open in Vienna, partnering Pablo Cuevas, while the team of Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth clinched the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City.
Kim Clijsters bid a teary-eyed farewell to her home fans after losing to France's Amelie Mauresmo in the final of the Diamond Games.
The French world No 3 is aiming to take home a diamond studded racket, awarded for three title wins in five years, following her back-to-back victories at the Diamond Games in 2005 and 2006.
Russian Nadia Petrova ended Lucie Safarova's brilliant run at the Paris Open when she outfoxed the Czech 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 in Sunday's final
The world number four has pulled out of next week's tournament in Paris due to a hip injury but still expects to participate in the Diamond Games event on home turf.
The former world number one celebrated her long-awaited return from a serious wrist injury with a demolition job against Croatia's Jelena Kostanic in the Antwerp Open.
Bank of India is looking to acquire a small bank in Indonesia and expects to open branches in Antwerp (Belgium) and Shenzen (China) soon to expand its business.
- 'I hope our training on creating early pressure will be evident when we go into the competition'
"My body is already giving me a lot of problems," the 22-year-old Belgian said.
India processes around 90% of the world's supply of rough diamonds.
All her physical failings could well be a psychological weak spot that ends up driving her out of tennis.
Belgium's Kim Clijsters downed Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-5 to win the Nasdaq-100 Open and claim her second consecutive title
By far the most successful of the flying Finns who dominated middle- and long-distance running in the 1920s, Paavo Nurmi pioneered today's training methods.
Pakistan men's team slumped to a new low as it failed to qualify for next year's Rio Olympics.
Injury-hampered Venus Williams made a first-round exit at the Dubai Open on Monday.
Maria Sharapova beat Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-4 in the semi final to set up a title clash with Australian Alicia Molik.
She will meet Anastasia Myskina or Venus Williams who were playing their semi-final later on Saturday.
Hockey India (HI) has lifted the nine-month ban on Gurbaj Singh with immediate effect in the wake of Punjab and Haryana High Court's order that termed the suspension of the senior player "illegal".
"I am fortunate to be part of this important tournament and it becomes more special as I will be playing along with my brother Devindar Walmiki. This is like a dream come true as we always spoke about representing the country together and this dream is soon to get realised."
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Each company has tied up for different quantity and different quality of diamonds.
The world number two underwent an operation to remove a cyst on her left wrist.
The world number two said she plans a more attacking approach for the last three Grand Slam events of the season.
Tomic has withdrawn from his last four tournaments, pushing his ranking to depths that will require him to battle on lower-tier tours or beg for wildcards from tournament organisers next year.
A man who tried to rob Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac at knifepoint in a failed North London carjacking last July was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Friday.
These architectural masterpieces have retained the flair of the era gone by and they still remain part of commuters' daily life.
Barely five months into the job, uncertainty looms large over Paul van Ass continuing as chief coach of India's men's hockey team.
At one stage Yuki was a break up, serving for the opening set but lost his serve and eventually the set. After drawing parity, Yuki twice lost his serve to fall behind 0-3 in the decisive set and never recovered.
Ved Prakash who has been working in the field of recyclable raw materials for 29 years aims to 'create value' every day.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
'Chinese companies have acquired stakes in 13 ports in Europe, including in Greece, Spain and, most recently, Belgium.' 'Those ports handle about 10 percent of Europe's shipping container capacity,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The proposed exchange is likely to be almost as big as Mumbai's Bharat Diamond Bourse, now said to be fully occupied.
'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
Indian hockey team's captain PR Sreejesh has apologised for letting the nation down after his team's 1-3 loss to Belgium in the quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for the Belgian capital as part of a three-nation tour during which he will attend the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington and visit.
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