P Kashyap and Arvind Bhat did the star turn as India trounced Australia 4-1 and advanced to the last eight stage of the Thomas Cup finals even as the women's team went down 1-4 to Korea despite Saina Nehwal's thrilling win over Seung Hee Bae in the Uber Cup, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
India were drawn in Group A with Korea, Iran and Macau for the Asian Zone tournament.
Apparently, there are something like 25 million passports in the country, in addition to those of about five million semi-skilled and unskilled Indian workers in the Gulf, southeast Asia and elsewhere.
India tasted its fourth defeat in five matches, losing to Korea 3-2 in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Santiago Freixa scored twice in Spain's 3-1 victory over the World cup runners-up.\n\n
The Spices Board will take part in 13 global fairs during the current financial year.
The Indian ace beat Muhd Hafiz B Hashim of Malaysia and stormed into the men's singles quarter-finals at the World Badminton Championships.
Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde bowed out after losing their first round singles matches at the World Badminton Championships at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He also made it clear that the government had nothing to hide on the Volcker issue and that there was a procedure to be followed.
Five goalkeepers, four full backs, 10 mid-fielders and 11 forwards figure in the 30-man list.
Pakistan take on Nigeria in another match in the Afro Asian Games hockey tournament.
His final margin of victory over second placed James Winslow was a whopping 31 seconds.
The 18-year-old displayed his mastery of wet conditions to take his first Formula Renault V6 race victory.
Sania Mirza and Poojashree Venkatesha notched up straight-set wins as India blanked Singapore 3-0 in a Group A rubber to get off to a flying start in the Asia/Oceania Group II competition of the Fed Cup tennis tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
They will meet Iran in the title match on Sunday.
Roger Federer will play Pete Sampras in an exhibition match in Kuala Lumpur in November.
The Olympic gold medallist breasted the tape in 13.30 seconds, the fastest in the history of the Asian Athletics Championships.
Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmed have been included in the squad for the Champions Trophy.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has added cricket to the 2010 Asian Games schedule after the organisation voted to include the sport at a general assembly in Kuwait earlier this week.
He scored a comfortable 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 victory over Tinothy Arnold at the CIMB Squash Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
India's hockey coach Rajinder Singh (Jr) said the team could not have asked for a better finish in the Azlan Shah Cup tournament.
Two field goals late in the match gave the Koreans a 6-4 victory in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Jaime Dwyer scored a brace as the Olympic champions and holders won the Azlan Shah Cup hockey match 8-3.
India suffered their second defeat in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, losing 1-4.
Pakistan captain Muhammad Saqlain was suspended for one match for injuring a South Korean player.
Sweden's Peter Hedblom won the Malaysian Open golf tournament.
He said he was opposed to terrorism but wanted the root cause of the menace to be addressed by the 116-member grouping.
They blanked hosts Malaysia 3-0 in the final. Probodh Tirkey was voted player of the tournament.
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