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.
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.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
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.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
Zhang Lin, 37, received not only a new ID card showing he was now a woman, but a marriage certificate.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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
Teenage striker Dong Fangzhuo signed for the English premiership champions in a 3.5m pound deal with Dalian Shide.
China has expelled four table-tennis players in accordance to an unwritten law in the country that bans romance while training.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
They picked gold medals in the men's 85kg and women's 58 kg events respectively at the Afro-Asian Games.
India's women recurve team kept itself in medal contention by moving to the semifinals of the Asian Games even as the men's recurve team suffered a close 3-5 defeat against Hong Kong to crash out in the elimination round of the archery competition.
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom remained on course for a fifth gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships after she advanced to the final of the event on Tuesday.
The Indian golfer moved into the joint lead with Lin Chie-Hsiang of Chinese Taipei after the third round of the Taiwan Open.
Indian shooter Manavjit Sandhu rallied to third place after the second day of qualification in the Men's Trap Shooting event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup being held at Rio di Janerio's Olympic Shooting Centre.
Sharapova was broken in the first game but fought back to draw level before going on to take the first set with a hold to love.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa suffered a loss in the second round, going down fighting 23-21, 8-21, 17-21 to sixth seeded Indonesian pair of Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii.
The No. 1 player on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour shot a four-under 68 on the opening day of the London Myanmar Open.
'The Chinese will be gunning for revenge now after Sindhu's victory.'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
India added a silver and bronze to swell their medal tally to six in their controversy-ridden Asian Youth Games campaign on the fifth day of the multi-sporting event, in Nanjing, on Tuesday.
A poor transition from prone to the standing series cost Sanjeev Rajput dear as he finished fifth in the 50 metres rifle 3 positions event.
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