India continues to be the sole leader despite a shock defeat against Philippines in the seventh round of the World Youth Chess Olympiad.
They were knocked out by top seeds Wesley Moodie and Fabrice Santoro at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport.
The Indian Davis Cupper was beaten by South Africa's Wesley Moodie in the first round singles qualifier at Wimbledon.
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.
Arnaud Clement stunned third seed Lleyton Hewitt 7-6, 6-4, to record his first win over the Australian in eight attempts
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Suparn Verma may have issues with The Expendables 3 but the joy of watching these heroes together on screen is a movie event marked in his calendar until they keep making them.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Mahesh Bhupathi is looking forward to a successful year along with the Wesley Moodie
The Indo-Croatian pair lost to John Stephens and Wesley Moodie in the quarter-finals of the St Petersburg Open.
West Indies registered a controversial two-run victory against Zimbabwe to enter the quarter-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Chittagong, on Tuesday.
Roger Federer beat defending champion Wesley Moodie 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
Veterans Arjen Robben (21) and Wesley Sneijder (34) laid the groundwork for a Dutch victory in coach Dick Advocaat's first game in charge.
Argentina beat the Netherlands 4-2 via penalties to enter the final of the World Cup on Wednesday. The teams were goalless at the end of 120 minutes, and extra-time in the second semi-final.
Mahesh Bhupathi won his first doubles title in 2006 when he claimed the China Open on Sunday with Mario Ancic.
Brazil made a strong statement with a 2-1 victory over Spain in their opening Group D clash on October 7, and they would now look to build on the winning momentum.
James Blake ended the run of Wesley Whitehouse, beating the South African qualifier 6-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Andy Roddick entered the fourth round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Julien Benneteau
World number 512, Wesley Whitehouse beat Marat Safin 6-1, 6-4 at the RCA Championsships.
Both were knocked out of the men's doubles in the second round at the Rome Masters.
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
The Indo-Czech Republic pair shocked second seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belaruss in the men's doubles at the Australian Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Wesley Moodie rallied from the brink to beat Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra in the men's doubles second round at the Australian Open.
The seventh seeds overcame the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3
The Indian doubles ace and his new partner Wesley Moodie of South Africa lost to Oliver Marach and Lukasz Kubot at the Doha Open.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
The wins marked a sweep in the south that extended his dominance to every region of the country.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a second straight draw by holding Fabiano Caruana of the United States easily in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess tour.
N Srinath regined supreme in the boys' Under-12 section in the World Youth Chess Championships.
Vishy Anand face world champion Magnus Carlsen for the first time in India since his 2013 World Championship defeat in Chennai, during the Tata Steel Rapid and Blitz tournament to be held in Kolkata from November 22 to 26.
He has won all but two of the 12 Democratic primaries so far.
