Joshna Chinappa crashed out of the women's singles while National champion Saurav Ghosal got the better of compatriot Ritwik Bhattacharya to breeze into the men's semi-finals at the squash competition of the Asian Games.
The 20-year-old stormed into the final of the 15th Asian Games beating China's top seed Na Li.
The top seeded Indian pair beat Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi and Aqeel Khan in the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Asian Games.
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The defeat against Chinese Taipei put India out of the tennis team event at the Asian Games.
'Modi has visited all these three countries (the UAE more than once, inexplicably) but has left out Kuwait and Oman, the two Gulf countries that are closest to India in their political, cultural and civilisational ethos,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The spacecraft is expected to reach Mars orbit in about 200 days from now and then begin its mission to study the Red Planet's atmosphere.
Images from Friday's proceedings at the World Athletics Championships, in Doha.
'For 10 years, the Russians did not capture even one leader of the Afghan mujahedeen with the full forces everywhere. So I think it is a little bit difficult,' says Osama's brother-in-law and former best friend.
The 15-year old Indian Formula BMW junior and rookie astounded the Asian racing fraternity with a brilliant victory in Round 4 of Formula BMW Asia.
'The undiminished threat, therefore, has the potency of sustaining itself in multiple ways in the near and medium term.' 'The state agencies need to utilize innovative methods in countering radicalization and violent extremism to address this growing threat'.
A towering inferno has ripped through a residential skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates -- the third such incident in just over a year.
Gianni Infantino opened FIFA's new museum in his first official act as president of football's governing body on Sunday.
A member of Bahrain's royal family might bid for debt-ridden Leeds United, providing a possible rescue for the club.
Available on both Android and iOS, the company has partnered with Cleartrip and Yatra. Shameen Alauddin reports.
The two, whose names have been withheld, were being questioned by a joint team of intelligence agencies.
In a crackdown ahead of Republic Day, the National Investigation Agency has arrested 13 suspected Islamic State sympathisers for plotting attacks in different parts of the country.
The American won in a season's best time of 9.76 seconds with his compatriot Justin Gatlin second in 9.89 and Canadian Andre de Grasse third in 9.90.
US sports television network ESPN has invited the five candidates in FIFA's presidential election to participate in a debate on the future of the crisis-hit governing body for world football.
An American news website has removed the name of Congress President Sonia Gandhi from the list of richest leaders of the world after the party derided the portal for the "absurd and ridiculous" item.
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According to media reports, the Janood-ul-Khalifa-Hind, the alleged Indian wing of terror outfit Islamic State, had considered extorting money from Bollywood stars.
In a statement, Zurich-based FIFA said the candidates proposed are: Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Musa Hassan Bility, Jerome Champagne, Gianni Infantino, Michel Platini, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Tokyo Sexwale.
A definitive guide to the movers and shakers who sit at the helm of the Asian sports boom.
Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya's future was in doubt on Friday after she said she would not take medication to lower her testosterone levels to comply with new rules for the 800 metres.
Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 metres gold on Sunday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.
Jalaluddin Haqqani died a year ago due to prolonged illness and was buried in Afghan province of Khost.
Key developments and reaction when world football's governing body FIFA elected Gianni Infantino as new president and voted in a series of reforms at its congress on Friday
Factbox explaining how the voting system will work at the FIFA presidential election on Friday.
Prince Ali is one of five candidates standing to replace Sepp Blatter to try to lead FIFA out of its crisis.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
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Spending has begun rising in infrastructure, construction and Indian firms have started to benefit.
Dina Asher-Smith seized her golden opportunity to win the World Championship 200 metres on Wednesday and become the first British woman to claim a global sprint title.
Neeraj Shekhar, son of late PM Chandra Shekhar with whom Chandraswami was closely linked, attended the cremation.
The 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar because of the scorching temperatures in the Middle East country, FIFA Executive Committee member Theo Zwanziger said on Monday.
Longtime FIFA president Sepp Blatter is disappointed the global soccer body's appeal committee upheld his ban from the sport, he told a Swiss newspaper in an interview published on Friday.
