Jyoti Randhawa was the lone Indian to return a sub-par card as he and Jeev Milkha Singh made the cut while compatriots Shiv Kapur and SSP Chowrasia fell by the wayside in the Qatar Masters, in Doha on Friday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Rafael Nadal will skip the Miami Open that begins later this month in a bid to recover from a back injury in time for the clay court swing
A rested Roger Federer will come out swinging when he begins his French Open campaign after being left behind by favourites Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal.
'We have played just two matches, and we have played well, that too against two powerful teams. It gives us that added motivation and confidence that in football, anything is possible'
Sania Mirza pulled out of the doubles event at the Qatar Open on Tuesday with a calf injury.
The team drew with Kazakhstan in the final round to log 22.5 points in the nine-round Swiss league and emerge runaway winners.
India unnerved a technically superior Qatar by taking the early lead but were eventually outplayed 1-3 in Doha in their second round qualifying football match for the 2012 Olympics.
India will seek inspiration from their impressive show against Qatar in the Asian Games last year when they face the same opponents in the Olympic football qualifiers second round match in Doha on Sunday.
Star India grappler Vinesh Phogat won her second consecutive gold in 53kg
Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten start to the season to 15 matches as he swatted aside German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-1 with ease on Wednesday to reach the Dubai Tennis Championships quarter-finals.
The International Olympic Commission will not change its decision to move the 2020 marathon to Sapporo to avoid the heat, a top Tokyo Olympics planning official said on Friday, despite pleas from Tokyo's governor to keep the race in the capital.
The fourth seeds beat Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Flavio Cipolla 6-4, 6-1 in the first round.
A composed Jyoti Randhawa kicked off his campaign with an opening round of two-under 70 to be tied 10th, even though his compatriots Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh went over-par in the $ 2.5 million Qatar Masters in Doha on Thursday.
K Sasikiran, Koneru Humpy and P Harikrishna beat Iran 2.5-0.5 in the seventh round to maintain a huge lead over their nearest rivals in the mixed team's classical swiss event.
India had 2.5 points lead over Qatar at the end of the fifth round, but now they increased the lead to 4.5 points.
Jaspal Rana equalled the world record in the men's 25m centre fire pistol event by aggregating 590 points at the 15th Asian Games.
The 19-year-old Indian Grandmaster earned India its first gold at the Asian Games, winning the women's rapid tournament.
The WADA first suspended NDTL in August last year for a period of six months. A fresh round of inspection by the world body, much to the embarrassment of country's sporting establishment, showed that non-conformities still existed.
India has been placed in Group D along with Iran, Hong Kong and the Maldives for the football\ncompetition at the Doha Asian Games, later this year.
Adil Khan ensured that India at least secure a point from the home match
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
The former India football captain said the onus is on the strikers to deliver against Bangladesh on October 15 in Kolkata.
Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal and new woman national champion Poulomi Ghatak were among four Indian paddlers who have qualified for the main draw of Pro Tour Qatar Open in Doha.
Former champion Stan Wawrinka battled past Russian fourth seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 victory. Fifth seed Dominic Thiem kept his flawless record against Gael Monfils intact with a trouble-free 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 victory on Monday to reach his maiden Australian Open quarter-final.
SSP Chowrasia fired four birdies on the back nine as he recovered from an early triple bogey to finish tied 47th after carding two-under 70 in the final round of the Qatar Masters, in Doha, on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3 in the fourth round in Miami.
Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh finished in a tie for 38th place even as Branden Grace produced a stunning eagle on 16th and a closing birdie to grab the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament on Saturday.
Unseeded Indian Siddharth Suchude moved into the quarterfinals of the Rhode Island Open squash tournament in the US, beating Malaysia's Muhd Asyraf Azan in a tough five-game affair.
Minister for Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath, who arrived in Washington had critical bilateral discussions with senior administration and Congressional leaders on issues related to WTO and bilateral issues.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis survived a scare before pulling off a three-set win over the Chinese pair of Yi-Fan Xu and Saisai Zheng in the WTA Qatar Open to extend their unbeaten streak to 41 matches in Doha on Wednesday. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair toiled for one hour and 24 minutes to prevail 6-4 4-6 10-4 over the unseeded Chinese duo to enter the quarterfinals. They got a bye in the first round in the hard court USD 2,818,000 prize money tournament. Sania and Hingis have together won four titles this year out of an overall trophy count of 13. They started the year with wins in Brisbane and Sydney before completing a hat-trick of Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open. The duo had won the St Petersburg Ladies title earlier this month. Just before the tournament started, Sania took some time out to visit the DPS-Modern Indian School here and she interacted with the children.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
An elbow injury may force the Indian tennis ace to pull out of the Qatar Open, which begins in Doha from February 27.
Brazil rounded off a very good pre-World Cup year with a lacklustre 2-0 win over Oman in a friendly on Tuesday to take their tally to 14 victories in 17 matches.
Champion Novak Djokovic wasted little time in advancing to the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday then just as effortlessy dismissed the pre-tournament favourite status of Britain's Andy Murray.
A struggling India escaped with a 1-1 draw against lower-ranked Bangladesh in their FIFA World Cup second round qualifying match in Kolkata.
India began the year on 97 in FIFA rankings, but after two wins, four draws and seven losses, the country ended 2019 at 108
The matches, to be played from Aug 30 to Oct 18, were called off until further notice.
Afghanistan will remain a frontline state for Washington for a foreseeable future in terms of the potential threats to US national security from terrorist groups, asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who played a stellar role in beginning India's dealings in Afghanistan in 1994.
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