In the men's draw, HS Prannoy, went down to giant-killer Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram notched up contrasting victories in the women's and men's singles competition respectively to reach the semi-finals of the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, in Kuching.
It was a memorable day for Indian tennis as Rohan Bopanna won the Erste Open in Vienna, partnering Pablo Cuevas, while the team of Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth clinched the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City.
The trial of Batla Jatin Navin, a 21-year-old Polytechnic student in Singapore, has been scheduled at the high court for July 2-13
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Two Indian workers were on Thursday sentenced to jail by a Singapore court after they admitted their involvement in the Little India riot last December, the city-state's worst street violence in 40 years.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal survived an early scare from Indonesia's Dinar Dyah Ayustine to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Thursday. After going down in the first game, the London Olympics bronze medallist rebounded strongly to register a 17-21, 21-18, 21-12 win over her Indonesian opponent in the women's singles clash that lasted about an hour.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram emerged as the lone survivor at the Korea Open after he defeated Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent to reach the quarterfinals of the men's singles event even as P V Sindhu bowed out of the Super Series tournament, in Seoul, on Thursday.
He defeated Wai Hang Wong of Hong Kong 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 in Chennai on Saturday.
Trump has been very critical about the media after becoming the US president.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap and young H S Prannoy registered contrasting wins in the men's singles to enter the second round of the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt and young B Sai Praneeth advanced to the main draw of Singapore Open Super Series.
Chinese mobile phone major Bird is considering setting up a manufacturing facility in India and will take a decision after discussing with partner suppliers, including software developers, back home.
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Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy scored a stunning straight games victory over world No. 18 Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu to make it to the second round in the women's doubles at the US $350,000 India Open, in Delhi, on Tuesday.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife has sued Daily Mail and a US-based blog over stories that had alleged she worked as an escort in the 1990s.
India 'A' routed USA 'B' 9-0 in the ISBF World Snooker Team Championship.
Top Indian shuttlers, including K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap in men's singles and P V Sindhu in women's singles, advanced to the second round after easy victories on the first day of the main draw in the Syed Modi International Badminton tournament, in Lucknow, on Wednesday.
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Top seed Saurav Ghosal and second seeded Wai Hang Wong of Hong Kong carved out contrasting victories to set up a meeting in the final of the fifth ICL Chennai Open Squash championships in Chennai on Saturday.
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Defending champion P V Sindhu and fellow-Indian H S Prannoy marched into the semi-finals of the women's and men's singles respectively at the US $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold on Friday.
Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman to win a four-star badminton event.
A life-threatening blizzard which is expected to pound a record 30 inches of snow has hit most part of the US' east coast.
People were seen breaking into high end stores around Manhattan's Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue, home to almost all luxury and high-end brands from around the world, and running way with merchandise from the shops. Groups of people also looted pharmacies, electronic stores and other businesses across the city.
"The China-India business synergy is the tip of the iceberg of immense economic power," said Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, economic advisor to MasterCard International in Asia/Pacific.
A research team found that oral cancer can be detected with saliva with 91 per cent accuracy.
Melania Trump, wife of the Republican presidential candidate said that two were engaged in "boy talk, and he was led on, like egged on from the host to say dirty and bad stuff".
Agnieszka Radwanska collected her 20th career WTA title after a dominant 6-4, 6-2 victory over Britain's Johanna Konta in the China Open final on Sunday.
In photos: After US visa battle, all-girl Afghanistan team competes in the first international robot Olympics in Washington, DC
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Former champions P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the second round in the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton scoring contrasting victories, in Delhi, on Wednesday. Si
nited States of America President Barack Obama sold optimism to the nation as he delivered his final State of the Union speech on Tuesday. Among the hundreds attending the event, there were some special guests, including a Syrian refugee, heroes and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
States across America are beginning the process of digging their way out of record-breaking snowfall on Monday after Winter Storm Jonas battered the nation's East Coast, wreaking havoc on millions and turning major cities into ghost towns.
Perak FC edged out Serawak 4-3 on aggregate in the Malaysia Cup football tournament.
Trump, 74, in his acceptance speech from the South Lawns of the White House amidst cheers from his supporters on Thursday night, said: "My fellow Americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, I proudly accept this nomination for President of the United States".
The Republican presidential nominee race has hit a new low with front-runner Donald Trump and his nearest rival Ted Cruz dragging each other's wives in their political squabbling.
