A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
An aggregate of eight-under 136 placed Amandeep Johl in fifth place after the second round in the Crown Plaza Open, five shots behind the leader, Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang.
Legendary Prakash Padukone was revered as the world number one player during his hey days before the modern day computerised ranking system was introduced.
Pune FC played out a 2-2 draw with Nay Pyi Taw FC in their AFC Cup 2014 Group-H opener at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex, in Balewadi, Pune, on Wednesday. The point from the match meant Pune FC occupy the second place in the table along with Nay Pyi Taw FC, behind leaders Hong Kong's Kitchee (3 pts).
After adding 271 people last year, the Academy sends out invitations to more than 300 people this year.
Celebrated boxer M C Mary Kom will aim for a historic sixth gold at the AIBA Women' World Championships, the build up of which has been marred by a row over lone Kosovan boxer's participation and poor quality air in the national capital.
China moved closer to defending their titles in the Thomas and Uber Cups with easy quarter-finals victories.
Chetan Anand provided the lone resistance as India went down 0-5 to China in their opening match of the Thomas Cup badminton finals.
South Korea's women archers mastered trying conditions in the individual competition on Sunday.
From a laidback boy with poor dietary habits, Kidambi Srikanth has become an attacking player who can quickly deploy his considerable skills against tough opponents, writes Anand Datla
After losing the first game, the 24-year-old Indian rebounded strongly to clinch a 15-21, 21-13, 21-13 win over Wan Ho in a gruelling second-round clash that lasted almost an hour.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
The beach had sparked a lot of debate, with supporters saying nude swimming helped humans stay in touch with nature, and opponents arguing the move would erode community morals.
Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia became the first player to hold the Olympic and World titles at the same time.
Musharraf said Kashmir was not a complex issue and the leaderships of both the countries have to show maturity, sincerity, develop confidence and trust in each other to settle it in a "reasonable time-line"
New Zealand will be at full strength for their tour of England starting next month.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Tourism Minister Rais Munir said train links between the two countries will be restored next month.
The Indian pair was beaten by third seeds Woon Fui Lin and Mohd Fairuzizua Mohd Tazari of Malaysia in the Asian Satellite badminton championships.
The Indian pair shocked second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand in the Asian Satellite badminton championships.
Fed up by his constantly out of action BMW, Lin attempted to drag it thousands of kilometres from Beijing to Hangzhou.
Sports Minister Vikram Verma ruled out immediate resumption of ties with Pakistan despite signs of a thaw in relations between the two countries.
Dalian Shide have been offered more than a million pounds for their 18-year-old Chinese striker Dong Fangzhuo, according to a Chinese newspaper.
The Indian stalwart opened up a four-shot lead at the halfway stage of the US$830,000 Asia Japan Okinawa Open.
Zhang Lin, 37, received not only a new ID card showing he was now a woman, but a marriage certificate.
Jeev Milkha Singh was nine-under 207 after three days and in joint lead with Japan's Shingo Katayama and K C Lin of Taiwan
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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