Not even the curse of the pommel horse could halt Japan's march to the men's team gymnastics title at the Rio Olympics on Monday as China's eight-year reign as champions came to an end after a day of slips, trips and stumbled landings.
China on Thursday said its joint military exercise with India next month is not targeted at any "third party" and expressed the hope that it would enhance mutual trust between the two neighbours.
World men's No.7 Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong believes that the Ultimate Table Tennis league, which will begin from July 13, will benefit the sport in India.
A world record pole vault for Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva and an electrifying 800 meters run by 18-year-old Kenyan Pamela Jelimo lit up the Bird's Nest Stadium on Monday evening.
Defending champion Lee Chong Wei produced one of his finest performances to retain the men's singles title with a straight-game victory over familiar foe Chen Long of China in the final of the US $250,000 Yonex Sunrise Metlife India Super Series in Delhi on Sunday. In an all-Chinese women's singles final, All-England champion Shixian Wang, seeded second, kept her cool at crucial moments to overcome Olympic champion and top seed Li Xuerui 22-20, 21-19 in 47 minutes.
This is the first such incident along the border with China that Indian armed forces personnel have been killed after a gap of nearly 45 years.
Manika Batra and Mouma Das made history by becoming the first Indian pair to reach the quarter-finals of the World Table Tennis Championships in Dusseldorf, on Thursday.
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their impressive run, progressing to the semi-finals with another stunning victory, but it was curtains for Saina Nehwal at the US $700,000 French Open, in Paris, on Friday.
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Chinese experts on international studies warn that the strengthening of the US-Japanese alliance is targeted at China and would further complicate the nation's security environment.
Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth moved into the quarter-finals of Japan Open badminton tournament after registering contrasting wins but it was curtains for H S Prannoy.
There was no specific information about the time and date of the talks between the special representatives of these countries.
China has said that it enjoys good relations with both India and Pakistan.
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With nearly 100 countries closing national borders during the past month, the movement of people and tourism flows have come to a screeching halt. The contraction could be even higher if governments fail to provide income support and help boost consumer spending.
China has grown leaps and bounds in the dairy sector. In its latest achievement, China has overtaken Russia and Pakistan to become the third largest producer of dairy products in the world after India and the US.
Chinese swimmer Li Yang clocked 28.09 seconds to better the World record in the 50 metres backstroke at the 4th World Military Games in Hyderababd.
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China has said it is not against Indo-US relations but they should be within the NPT framework.
The test made China only the third country in the world -- after the US and the former Soviet Union -- to have the ability to shoot down an object in space.
The Olympic committees of both countries signed an agreement that will pave the way for the \nexchange of sports experts and technical information.
"We want to see it just stop. We are very much involved in that (process)," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office.
The 30-year-old Indian clocked 4 hours 7 minutes and 55 seconds, which was 26:57 seconds behind the timing of gold medallist Matej Toth of Slovakia.
The South Americans beat China for their second straight victory in the tournament.
The President went inside the cenotaph chamber where he heard the famed 15-second echo -- of a 'muezzin' calling out and the sound reverberating for 15 seconds.
"Any attempt to endanger national sovereignty and security, challenge the power of the central government and the authority of the Basic Law of the HKSAR (Hong Kong Special Administration Region) or use Hong Kong to carry out infiltration and sabotage activities against the mainland is an act that crosses the red line, and is absolutely impermissible," Xi said.
Ankita and Sanaa, made premature exits from the main draw in the University of Mumbai ITF Women's US $25,000 Tennis Tournament at the Kalina Campus, in Mumbai, on Monday
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A new Border Personnel Meeting point was on Saturday operationalised at Daulat Beg Oldie along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh sector, which would serve as the northern-most meeting point between armies of India and China.
The India ace proved too good for Jie Liu of China into the girls' singles semi-finals at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
The Indian ace proved too good for Soo Young Jang of Korea at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
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Wen would meet senior leaders in New Delhi to resolve the vexed boundary issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.
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Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal as he shattered his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06m, in Jakarta, on Monday.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
