Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten's hopes of reaching the Las Vegas Open quarter-finals were dented when he lost to the German in his opening round-robin match.
Defending champion James Blake was humbled 6-2, 6-4 by 19-year-old Russian Evgeny Korolev at the Las Vegas Open.
Former world number one Gustavo Kuerten earned his first hard court victory for 18 months when he booked a place in the round-robin section of the Las Vegas Open on Monday.
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Goa enjoys the status of having the first-ever floating casino in India, which was started by the Advani group along the Mandovi river here in the capital city.
Mayweather, 38, outboxed his younger opponent over the 12 rounds to retain his WBC and WBA welterweight titles and improve his perfect career record to 49-0, matching the benchmark set by former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano.
Glendale Tea estate at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu says the black tea it has made is of SFTGFOP (Super-Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe) grade and fetches a price of $600 for a kilo.
Indian restaurant Rasika has been chosen as one of the top 20 eateries in the US for the year 2006 in a listing by leading men's magazine Esquire.
Former world lightweight champion Leavander Johnson died in hospital, five days after suffering brain damage in a title bout.
The victory earned the American a place in the Pacific Life Open final against Roger Federer.
Pankhuri Gidwani took a year's break to focus on the pageant, but scored brilliantly in her CBSE Class 12 exams this year.
Conor McGregor said on Tuesday he was retiring from the sport, five months after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a controversial title fight
Filipino Manny Pacquiao has sparked criticism in his country after describing gay couples as 'worse than animals'.
'Narsingh is a very senior wrestler and has done a fabulous job by sealing the Olympics berth.' 'But he needs to understand that the berth belongs to the country and not any individual.'
Satnam Singh made his second consecutive appearance for Dallas Mavericks as they ended up on the losing side against Portland Trail Blazers in the 2015 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Dallas Mavericks lost 80-93.
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Two-time Olympic-medallist Sushil Kumar has opted out of the World Championships after sustaining a shoulder injury, thereby taking the sheen out of the upcoming selection trials, slated for July 6-7 in New Delhi.
Ukraine's Vitali Klitschko stopped Britain's Danny Williams in the eighth round to retain his World Boxing Council heavyweight crown.
Indian beauty Urvashi Rautela put her best forward in the National Costume Round and Talent Show.
An Indian citizen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to support terrorist attacks in India, including assassination of an Indian government official, as part of the Khalistan movement to create an independent Sikh state.
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Customers of US cable companies took to social media on Saturday to report problems ordering the pay-per-view (PPV) for the boxing megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, which was expected to smash records.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly joined GM Nigel Short of England at the top of the table after the penultimate round in the Gibetelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.
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