Pakistanis are objecting to Stanford University's invitation to former president Pervez Musharraf to lecture at the varsity later this week.
Top seed Anna Chakvetadze defeated India's Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-2 to win her first Stanford classic title.
The $20 million winner-takes-all Twenty20 Stanford match between England and a West Indies team will go ahead in Antigua on Nov. 1, the BBC reported on Thursday. The BBC quoted tournament organisers as saying a dispute between the organisers and the sponsors of West Indies' cricket had been resolved.
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The Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan has put in his papers to take up an assignment at the Stanford University in the US.
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore and Graduate School of Business, Stanford University will sign a memorandum of understanding to facilitate exchange of business and management strategies.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. In a civil complaint filed in federal court in Dallas, the US Securities and Exchange Commission accused Stanford, who sponsored international cricket matches, and two other executives of fraudulently selling $8 billion in high-yield certificates of deposit in a scheme..
According to the National Democratic Alliance sources, the new government may allot five to six ministerial berths to the allies Janasena and Bharatiya Janata Party.
France's Marion Bartoli upset American Venus Williams 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to win the Stanford Classic on Sunday.
Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was sent to a US prison hospital for drug addiction treatment, officials said Tuesday. The decision was taken so he can be fit to stand trial on charges of running a $7 billion fraud.
England have omitted fast bowler James Anderson from the team to face the Stanford Superstars in Saturday's US $20 million match in Antigua. Anderson joins Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara and Ryan Sidebottom as the players to miss out, with captain Kevin Pietersen opting to include spinner Graeme Swann alongside Nottinghamshire team mate Samit Patel.
Canadian qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak captured her first career title by defeating sixth seed Marion Bartoli of France 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Stanford Classic.
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Marion Bartoli overpowered Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 to move into the final of the Stanford Classic on Saturday. The sixth-seeded Frenchwoman will meet Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak, who advanced when top seed Serena Williams was forced to retire with a knee injury down 6-2, 3-1.
Serena Williams has withdrawn from next week's Stanford Classic due to a thumb injury, organisers said on Thursday.
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has decided to end his five-year contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board for an annual one-day series after he lost $ 40 million in the first year itself, sending ECB into a financial tailspin, media reports said in London on Wednesday.
Sania Mirza entered the main draw after Chanda Rubin pulled out with an ankle inflammation at the WTA event.
Holder Marion Bartoli advanced to the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former world number one Ana Ivanovic, while Maria Sharapova also advanced to the last eight. Russian Sharapova, a three-times Grand Slam winner, beat Belarus's Olga Govortsova 6-3, 6-3 while Maria Kirilenko defeated sixth seed Shahar Peer 6-4, 6-3.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that he did not imagine his disqualification from Lok Sabha was possible when he joined politics but asserted that it has given him a 'huge opportunity' to serve the people.
Sibal's statement is significant in the light of the fact that the Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations) Bill, 2010, was tabled in the Lok Sabha two weeks back.
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams advanced to the Stanford Classic final after she crushed Sorana Cirstea 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday and will meet fellow American Coco Vandeweghe who made her first WTA final after she overpowered Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Sluggish Serena Williams struggled through her jet lag to complete a 6-2, 6-1 victory over collegiate champion Nicole Gibbs in the second round of the Stanford Classic on Wednesday.
The $20 million Twenty20 Stanford match between England and an all-star West Indies team could be in doubt after the Caribbean islands' board lost a High Court case.
There was simply no end to Sania Mirza's misery in the WTA Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament as after her misadventure in the singles event, the Indian ace made a first round exit from doubles as well. Sania and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze were brushed aside by the unheralded Czech pair of Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova 6-3 6-4 in the Tier II event in Stanford.
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Runner-up Pliskova will move into the top-10 of the world rankings for the first time in her career
Disgraced American businessman Allen Stanford, who bankrolled a $20 million Twenty20 match between England and West Indies before being convicted of defrauding investors, has been sentenced to 110 years in prison.
Serena Williams has still not kicked post Wimbledon jet lag, but she still managed to beat Chanelle Scheepers 6-4, 6-0 in the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday.
India's economic reforms are the subject of a three-day conference at the Stanford University in USA from June six, with several Indian experts being among the participants.
Top seed Serena Williams won the final eight games to rout Andrea Petkovic in the semi-final at the Stanford Classic in California on Saturday.
Top seed Serena Williams came from a set down to book her place in the Stanford Classic semi-finals with a hard-earned 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win against fifth-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday.
Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer labored past Kai-Chen Chang 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Stanford Classic on Monday but all eyes will be on Wimbledon champion Serena Williams who begins her title defense on Wednesday.
Australia's Samantha Stosur employed a huge serve, hard forehand and deft backhand slice to upset Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday.
Comeback queen Serena Williams crushed Germany's Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-2 to move into the final of the Stanford Classic on Saturday.
The Stanford Superstars scooped the richest prize in cricket after crushing England by 10 wickets in a one-sided Twenty20 $20 million (12.4 million pound) challenge in Antigua on Saturday. The West Indian select team bowled England out for 99 in the last of their 20 overs and then raced to their target with seven overs to spare led by captain Chris Gayle, who ended unbeaten on 65 after finishing the match with a six.
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