His goal in his team's 2-2 draw with Tunisia came 12 years after his first goal in the World Cup finals against Morocco in 1994.
Indian men bounced back with a convincing 4-0 victory over Cyprus in the second round of the Chess Olympiad
Martin Lel of Kenya won the men's London marathon with Jaouad Gharib in second and Hendrick Ramaala in third place.
The Australian is still suffering the effects of an injury he picked up during the US Open and had been rested as a precaution.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
Roger Federer began the defence of his Dubai Open title with a 7-6, 6-3 win over compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka
Hispano Maghreb, the fully owned subsidiary of Hispano Carrocera in which Tata Motors has a 21 per cent stake, has bagged a contract to supply 800 urban buses to Casablanca's urban transport operator, M'Dina Bus.
The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday elected Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning in January 2014.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
The indictment said the suspects, mostly Moroccans, had formed two Al Qaeda terror cells in 2003 --one in Morocco and one in Madrid.
Gomes, who also played in Spain and Morocco, died after a long illness.
Sanam Singh and Vijayant Mailk raised hopes of an all-Indian final at the US $15,000 ITF men's singles Futures tournament in Toronto, Canada, after winning their respective quarter-finals. Second seed Sanam beat Canadia's Braydenx Schnur 7-5, 6-1 while fourth seed Vijayant got the better of eighth seed Fritz Wolmarans of South Africa 7-6(3), 6-2.
The United States government has expanded trade preference benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences to cover about $900 million more imports a year from India.
Morocco's Jaouad Gharib became only the second athlete to retain the marathon title at the world championships.
Francesco Molinari was only half joking when he said his stunning British Open victory might make the headlines back home - as long Ferrari had not won the Grand Prix in Hockenheim.
The police identified 2 of London attackers as Khuram Shazad Butt and Rachid Redouane.
Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia will make a 45-minute presentation to FIFA president Sepp Blatter.\n\n
This year's Laureates have shown how the problem of global poverty can be tackled by breaking it down into a number of smaller - but more precise - questions at individual or group levels, he Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa have confirmed participation in the tournament, to be played in Hyderabad.
Back in his hometown of Bondy, on the gritty northeast outskirts of Paris, there is immense pride at his exploits, but not that much surprise -- they always knew he'd make it big.
Asia's representatives are once again heading home before the business end of the World Cup gets going.
Briton Kelly Holmes deposed friend and training partner Maria Mutola as women's 800 metres Olympic champion.
The World Cup lost its headline acts on Saturday as the game's two biggest stars, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, readied to leave Russia after their teams were eliminated in the round of 16. Messi's Argentina lost 4-3 to France and hours later Ronaldo's Portugal went down 2-1 to Uruguay, leaving the tournament without its two best known and most loved players.
Fabien Barthez could be punished after a referee said the Olympique Marseille goalkeeper spat at him during a friendly match.
Infinite Analytics CEO Akash Bhatia and Lead Scientist Joseph Kibe reveal how AI reads Wikipedia index noise to pull out the winners.
Cosmas Lagat of Kenya and Worknesh Alemu of Ethiopia surprised pre-race favourites to win the men's and women's crowns respectively in the US $405,000 Tata Mumbai Marathon, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz reacted angrily after a 1-1 draw with Portugal on Monday doomed his team to elimination from the World Cup, saying they had deserved to win.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said two African nations could co-host the 2010 football event.
