Roger Federer cruised into the quarter-finals of the Estoril Open with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Romania's Victor Hanescu in a match played in the rain on Thursday.
World champions Italy face a tough task if they are to add the European title to their world crown after being grouped with the Netherlands, France and Romania in the finals of Euro 2008 on Sunday. The draw, made at Lucerne's Congress and Culture Centre, was not particularly kind to either of the co-hosts either with Switzerland facing the Czech Republic, Portugal and Turkey in their group while Austria meet Croatia, Germany and Poland.
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas said he was keen to carry on racking up the international accolades after equalling the record for most caps by a European player but acknowledged he was closing in on retirement.
Even as domestic passenger car sales declined 29.4 per cent between April and August this year, exports grew 6.5 per cent, partially cushioning the blow from slowing sales.
Djokovic is clubbed with Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Goffin and Alexander Zverev.
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It is suspected that the electronic device at the ATM counter enabled the fraudsters to collect the secret pin code and card details.
Arnaud Clement and Michael Llorda guided France into Davis Cup quarter-finals following a 6-3 6-4 6-7 3-6 6-2 doubles win over Romania on Saturday.
The India-Japan joint naval exercises are a strategic signal for China, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
India have been seeded third in Group I of the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania zone. They have been given a bye in the first round before taking on the winner of the match between Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan in the second round, scheduled from March 6 to 8, 2009.
Led by reigning World champion M C Marykom, the won five gold, four silver and a bronze medal at the Venus Cup International.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is undecided about her participation in next month's Rio Olympics over concerns about the Zika virus, the 22-year-old said.
The India-Pakistan pair beat Adrian Cruciat of Romania and Adrian Menendez of Spain to make the grade in the ONGC ATP Challenger.
The Netherlands and Germany scored morale-boosting wins in friendly matches on Wednesday.
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