But national champion Chetan Anand fell by the wayside in the the Asian Badminton Championships.
Indian men went down to South Korea 0-5 in their last league encounter to finish second in Group 'A' of the Thomas Cup preliminaries.
India upset Hong Kong 4-1 in the league encounter of the Uber Cup (preliminaries) Asia Zone badminton tournament.
India earned five Olympic quota places and 10 gold medals in the 10th Asian Shooting Championships.
Aparna Popat and Trupti Murgunde won their singles matches but could not prevent a 2-3 defeat in the Uber Cup.
Ronak Pandit won the gold in the junior men's 25m rapid fire pistol at the 10th Asian Shooting Championships.
A Malaysian Sikh high school student has been told by his school authorities that he must shave his beard and moustache or move on to another school, a media report said in Kuala Lumpur Saturday.
The Koreans routed Malaysia in their last league match to finish third, a rung above the Germans.
The Indian coach said that his team will make every effort to win at least one game when they take on Spain.
Lee Jung Seon scored twice in a 4-1 victory for the Asian Games champions in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The drag flick ace rallied Pakistan to a 4-3 win over the World champions in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Germany's third straight win put them on top with nine points in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Malaysian coach Paul Lissek feels that India's decision to play agressively would help his side.
Rehan Butt scored twice in a 4-2 victory over Korea in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Six highest-placed teams in the ICC rankings as on April 1 along with hosts England will get direct qualification into the competition, the cricket global governing body had announced in November.
Jet Airways on Tuesday said it would commence its daily direct service on the Chennai-Singapore sector from December 7, using next generation Boeing B737-800 aircraft.
The top two teams in the 12-nation qualifier automatically sealed spots at the November 17-20 WGC-World Cup.
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Bangladesh placed last, losing to Hong Kong in the match for seventh-eight positions.
Coach Rajinder Singh is hoping his forwards come good in the semi-final of the Asia Cup.
India's hockey coach said With Jugraj the penalty-corner conversion rate had gone up by 60-70 per cent.
The team wants to practice under floodlights as all the Asia Cup matches will be held at night.
As part of its drive to enhance its market share, Air-India will launch 14 additional flights to Bangkok, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Osaka including non-stop flights from Mumbai and add Seoul as a new destination from Thursday.\n\n
Indian Oil is exploring possibility of bidding for Iraqi oil in future export tenders the company said on Monday.
The AFC had slapped a year's ban on India hosting foreign team following violence in the IFA Shield final.
A decision on the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline between Iran and India, which will pass through Pakistan will be made in two weeks, a senior Iranian minister said in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
The Kashmir issue can be solved in two weeks if leaders of both India and Pakistan display the political will, President Pervez Musharraf said in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.
India prevailed over hosts Malaysia 2-1 with a 76th min golden goal to finish fifth at the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Jaime Dwyer scored the all-important goal in a 1-0 victory in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
After a goalless first-half, the Koreans scored four times without reply to emerge handsome winners in the Azlan Shah hockey match.
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