Wild card Mustafa Ghouse battled past compatriot Tushar Liberhan to enter the second round in the ITF Satellite tournament.
The world number one began his Australian Open campaign in impressive form dismissing Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
The world number one admitted he is concerned about finding out something about his first round opponent, Uzbek Denis Istomin.
Mohammad Yunus Qanooni says he has evidence indicating large scale fraud in the Afghan elections.
K Ratnakaran defeated Grandmaster R B Ramesh to emerge joint leader after the end of the fifth round in the Pune International Open Chess on Tuesday.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Favourites India demolished hapless Russia 10-0 in their opening match of the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament to start their 2020 Olympics qualification campaign on a rousing note, Bhubaneswar, on Thursday.
The Uzbekistan Grandmaster will meet Michael Adams of England in the final of the World chess championship.
Supporters of Uzbek leader General Abdurrashid Dostum and Tajik General Attah Mohammad had clashed in the fiercest battle in the past two years.
A winner of 12 Grand Slam titles, the Serb has suffered a noticeable dip in form since winning his maiden French Open last June, relinquishing top spot in the ATP rankings to Briton Andy Murray five months later.
Several explosion were heard and there was heavy firing through the day, witnesses said.
The Uzbek Grandmaster edged out Pavel Kotsur and Surya Shekhar Ganguly after a tie for the top spot.
A floundering Novak Djokovic should seek advice from evergreen Swiss maestro Roger Federer in order to rediscover his vintage self, the Serb's former Davis Cup coach Bogdan Obradovic said.
The Kolkata giants were beat 0-1 by the Jordanian side in their second leg AFC Cup meeting at home.
While knowing the limits of his body and full of praise for his team for being able to patch him up repeatedly, the 37-year-old admitted fortune has played a part in his longevity.
They recovered from a 0-3 deficit to earn a 3-3 draw in the JRD Tata under-19 football tournament.
The teams were locked 1-1 in the JRD Tata international football tournament.\n\n
Third seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya went down to Kuwait's Mohammed Al Ghareeb in the first round of the Asian Tennis Championship.
The Indian girls will be looking to avenge last week's defeat against the 20-year-old Uzbek.\n
The Karnataka lass achieved the Olympic qualifying time while claiming the silver in the women's 50 metres freestyle at the Afro Asian games.
The defending champions won their National Football League match 5-1.
The up-and-coming Indian player was beaten by top seed Igor Kunitsyn of Russia in the ATP Challenger in Uzbekistan.
Indian grapplers finished their campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championship in Bangkok, Thailand with nine medals, including a gold, in the five-day event.
Clijsters says she hopes she has discovered the "magic formula" to beating the Williams sisters.
Two cars, allegedly used to ferry the prostitutes, and 12 mobile phones were seized during a raid on Hotel Marina in Connaught Place late on Friday night.
The Indian ace was beaten by Dmitry Mazur of Uzbekistan in the second leg of the ITF tournament.\n\n
Abdiev Asliddin scored in each half as Uzbekistan beat India 3-0 in a crucial Group A encounter of the AFC U-29 Championship (Qualifiers) at the Al Arabi Stadium in Doha on Thursday. Abdiev scored at the end of first half and beginning of the second, and set up another goal to hand his side three important points.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Many soccer fans knew little or nothing about Russian cuisine before the World Cup, but have tucked into local gastronomy with relish, trying everything from luxurious caviar to staples like veal tongue.
The Indian ace rallied splendidly to beat Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan in the final.
The Uzbekistan Grandmaster beat Michael Adams of England 1.5-0.5 in the tie-breaker to win the title.
A US drone strike on Thursday killed at least 7 militants including a commander of the dreaded Haqqani network in northwestern Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went through several anxious moments before getting past Russian girls Daria Kasatkina and Alexandra Panova in their opening doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. The reigning Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champions prevailed 7-6(4), 6-2.
They got the better of Flavia Pennetta and Akiko Morigami in the semi-final of the WTA Indian Open.
In a big setback to the Indian Davis Cup team, country's leading singles player Yuki Bhambri was, on Sunday, ruled out of the upcoming tie against Uzbekistan due to a knee injury.
When Meenakshi Arvind and Mookambika Rathinam took an epic car journey from Coimbatore to London, they encountered a world that was more good than bad. In the cry for freedom in a dark corner of the globe, they discovered that The Mahatma remained India's greatest icon.
Back to the Olympiad after a gap of 12 years, Anand was precise in calculation and brilliant in judgement giving away nothing to Ragger who was all at sea defending a difficult position out of the opening on Tuesday evening.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
