Sania Mirza yet again failed to move beyond the first round of a WTA tournament and crashed out of the USD two million Dubai Tennis Championships following her 3-6, 4-6 defeat against Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in Dubai on Monday.
Former champion Mirabai Chanu bettered her own national record but missed out on a podium, finishing a creditable fourth, in the women's 49kg event at the Weightlifting World Championships.
The Indian ace overcame a sluggish start to beat Ekaterina Makarova of Russia in the first round on Monday night.
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The rescued boys are said to be in "high spirits."
Vera Zvonareva of Russia beat India's Sania Mirza 7-5, 6-1 to win the Pattaya Open on Sunday.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a 32-member team in the three-day championship, starting in Doha on Thursday.
These activities at places like Monaco, Moscow, London and Pattaya are part of a campaign titled "Ten Things To Do Before You Die," and the winning bid would be inclusive of travel and staying costs for each of the events. However, the bids for two of the auctions -- flying a Combat aircraft in Moscow and watching F1 Grand Prix in Monaco -- have already reached over Rs 21,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively within hours of bidding starting this morning.
India's Sunitha Rao bowed out of the $ 170,000 WTA Pattaya Open in Thailand, going down in straight sets to Russian Ekaterina Bychkova in the second round on Thursday.
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The Indian star scored an unconvincing 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Martina Sucha in the Bangalore Open first round.
The Indian ace was beaten by Argentine Gisela Dulko in the semi-finals of the WTA Tour event in Pattaya.
After successive weeks of upward surge, Sania Mirza slipped one place to 49 in the singles charts.
The Indian ace was beaten by Argentina's Gisela Dulko 3-6, 4-6 in the $1,340,000 Kremlin Cup in Moscow.
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The Tata Athletic Academy lass won India's only gold medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
Former tennis world number one Martina Hingis was reduced to tears on Monday after meeting children orphaned by the tsunami in Thailand.
Former world number one will play a comeback tournament in Thailand this month.
While Paris, which ranked the 10th position last year has moved upward to the eighth spot, followed by Las Vegas.
The Indian retired in the first race, but managed to finish fourth in the second race in Pattaya in the Formula BMW Asia Series.
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Top seed Vera Zvonareva beat Germany's Anca Barna, while Spain's Conchita Martinez knocked out Croatia's Silvija Talaja in the second round of the Thailand Open.
Mirabai made a strong comeback from a lower back injury that had kept her out of action for nearly nine months post the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
On June 23, the boys and their 25-year-old coach had entered the Tham Luang network of caves on a team outing. However, they were stranded following a heavy and continuous downpour that flooded the cave.
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Lonely Planet unveiled its list of Asia's Top 10 destinations for 2018.
Available on both Android and iOS, the company has partnered with Cleartrip and Yatra. Shameen Alauddin reports.
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India's Shiv Kapur produced a dramatic turnaround in the closing stages to win the Royal Cup and end the year on a high note by claiming his third Asian Tour title of 2017 in Pattaya.
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Babbar Khalsa militant Jagtar Singh Tara, convicted for life in the then Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh's assassination, was brought in New Delhi on Friday night by a team of Punjab Police after being extradited from Bangkok.
The director successfully maintains a fine balance among the three leading men in Amar Akbar Anthony, says Paresh C Palicha.
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be the first in more 35 years to be held without spectators after organisers introduced tighter measures to protect against the coronavirus. Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
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