The Dutch envoy said to Tirumurti "You should not have abstained in the GA. Respect the UN Charter."
Konta, the world number eight who will carry Britain's hopes into Wimbledon along with Andy Murray, won 6-4, 6-1 against the Belgian Wickmayer and will face Australian Ashleigh Barty next.
British world number 55 Jack Draper had no time to enjoy sealing what he described as one of the most satisfactory wins of his career at the Australian Open on Tuesday as he was forced to race to a courtside bin to throw up.
Andy Murray joined Emma Raducanu through the exit door after a four-set defeat by John Isner.
With the Tokyo Olympics set to start on July 23, here is some trivia from the first two editions of the modern Olympics held in 1896 and 1900.
Britain's Mo Farah stormed down the final straight to retain his 10,000 metres world title in some style on Saturday and extend his dominance of men's distance running at major championships.
The Mercedes driver smashed the Monza track record with a sensational lap of one minute 18.887 seconds to lead team mate Valtteri Bottas in another front row lockout.
Agnieszka Radwanska collected her 20th career WTA title after a dominant 6-4, 6-2 victory over Britain's Johanna Konta in the China Open final on Sunday.
Divij Sharan and Samantha Murray Sharan paired on the mixed doubles court for the first time and defeated Ariel Behar and Galina Voskoboeva 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the first round on Friday.
Speaking to PTI, Sood, who was born and raised in Ludhiana, said that it was a great honour for her to be selected for the position and would do her best to serve the multicultural city that has a large number of people of Indian origin. She said that she will wear a sari for the historic occasion.
At its executive board meeting last year, the International Olympic Committee had made provisions for flag-bearers from both genders at the opening ceremony.
I don't read anything into it until I see what their actions are, Biden told reporters.
World number one Andy Murray is battling to recover from illness before the French Open begins on Sunday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is determined to give it his best shot in Paris to win the elusive Olympic gold medal.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
World champions Australia rallied from a two-goal deficit to prevail 4-3 over Olympic gold medallists Germany to bolster their position in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre.
Eight-time champions India have been clubbed alongside title holders Germany and World No 2 Netherlands in Pool B at the men's hockey competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday wrote a passionate coloumn to launch the first new national daily in the UK in 30 years to call for Britain to stay in the European Union.
Novak Djokovic has only faced Nick Kyrgios twice in his career, losing twice to him in 2017, so while he will be favourite to claim a seventh Wimbledon crown, he knows exactly how dangerous the unpredictable world number 40 Kyrgios can be.
Britain has ordered a scoping review into the police handling of hate crimes after a sharp rise.
The yorker that cleaned up Ollie Pope's stumps on Saturday, February 3, 2024 on Day 2 of the second England-India Test at the Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA cricket stadium in Visakhapatnam.
As India observes state mourning on Sunday over Queen Elizabeth II's death, many people questioned the decision after the government's attempts to remove 'symbols of slavery' by rechristening Rajpath and unveiling a new naval ensign drawing inspiration from Chhatrapati Shivaji.
"Bapu, I am here today not as a Prime Minister, but as a Hindu," said Sunak, opening his address at the gathering.
Former world number one Andy Murray looked back to his best on grass as he beat Nick Kyrgios 7-6(5), 6-2 to move into the final of the Stuttgart Open on Saturday after the Australian lost his cool in the second set and said he was racially abused by a fan.
Wealth-X found that the unborn child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is already a billionaire, given the fortunes of the immediate members of the British royal family, including great grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, great grandfather Princes Philip, grandfather Charles and father William.
The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bengaluru Open 2 ATP Challenger, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.
Briton's Paralympic champion David Weir became the first wheelchair athlete to complete a mile in under three minutes on Sunday.
In the final, Mirza incurred 12.40 penalty points for an overall 59.60 that included the points from the three rounds of qualifying events -- dressage, cross country and jumping.
The Mahatma rubs shoulders with nearly 55,000 people in the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Monday. Check out their schedule.
The results of Indian athletes participating in the Olympics on Day 5.
The highest water-use efficiency of more than $ 50 per cubic metre is in Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, Denmark, Finland, and Great Britain while the lowest is in Central and South Asia, including India, at less than $ 10 per cubic metre.
Kyle Edmund has the most destructive forehand in tennis and it can power him into the world's top 10, according to three-times Australian Open champion Mats Wilander.
On this day 72 years ago, the Indian hockey team gave the country its first major sporting triumph as an independent nation when they clinched the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
