A scarcity of gold medals in the first few days of the Olympics is leading China to reflect on its past obsession with finishing first, amid agreement that being champion is no longer everything.
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India's Sania Mirza continued to stay on top of the WTA women's doubles ranking following her recent victory in the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The external affairs ministry said the talks were 'positive'.
Shokeen conceded his second round match to Chinese Taipei's Tsung-Hua Yang, while Kannan went down fighting to Brazil's Guilherme Ochiai in the ITF Futures tournament in Dehradun.
Japanese judoka Uta Abe triumphed in the women's 52kg category in Tokyo on Sunday, hours before her brother Hifumi took gold in the men's 66kg final, making history as the first siblings to win gold medals on the same day.
World championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen entered his maiden World Tour Super 500 summit clash on Saturday with a come-from-behind win over Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open in New Delhi.
15-year-old Bernard Tomic became the youngest junior Grand Slam champion when he won the Australian Open on Sunday.
China's stand on the Indo-US nuclear agreement could be crucial as there should be 'consensus' within the NSG members to amend its rules to pave the way for the implementation of the deal.
Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni and Grandmaster S P Sethuraman made history, winning the gold medal in the Asian Continental Women's and Open chess championship that concluded in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
Lakra, who has earned a berth for Beijing Olympics, lost 6-17 to Asian bronze medallist Yang Li in the feather weight category at the University of Chicago's UIC Pavillion on Friday.
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Young Indian shooter Lakshay claimed the silver medal in the men's trap event of the Asian Games, in Palembang, on Monday.
China thumped minnows Thailand 13-0 while Bangladesh overcame Sri Lanka 3-2 at the Asia Cup.
Delhi-lad Yuki Bhambri set up a second-round clash with top seed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan after an easy first-round victory at the ITF tournament in Delhi.
On the border dispute, officials on both sides say the protracted boundary talks made progress, while both sides made attempts to avert tensions along the 3,488-kilometre-long Line of Actual Control, which remains undefined.
'We will continue to brief the Indian side on the latest development in a timely manner,' a Chinese official said with reference to the artificial lake in Tibet.
Stephen Amrtiraj and Mustafa Ghouse won the doubles title at the Dehradun Futures.
Top seed Karan Rastogi defeated Aditya Madkekar 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 to enter the last four.
The Indian ace was beaten in the men's singles semi-finals of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
Korea's squad for the 12th hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
The Pool B comprises Chinese Taipei, Japan, Thailand and Korea.
The Indian golfer had a successful season where he lifted four titles and topped the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
The ace Indian golfer had a successful season where he lifted four titles and topped the Asian Tour Order of Merit.
The fifth seeded Indian ace will take on top seed Gao Ning of Singapore.
Officials say the move would simplify an irregular process and some estimates say it could quickly reduce the number of executions by 30 percent.
China's biggest computer-maker Lenovo has expressed optimism about completing the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business by June despite the deal facing challenges from the US Congress.
Defending champions China easily beat hosts Indonesia 3-0 to win its sixth straight Uber Cup title on Saturday.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the China National Narcotics Control Commission, Yang Fengrui, told reporters \n\nthat the case was a good example for international cooperation in cracking down on cross-border drugs trade.
Sania Mirza returned to the court to save India from demotion as India beat Hong Kong 2-1 in the Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I relegation play-off on Saturday.
Unheralded Mohan Bhardwaj also shared the limelight as he stunned reigning World champion Nico Wiener en route to winning a dream World Cup individual silver medal as Indian compound archers outshone their much-fancied recurve teammates.
The Polar Bear Hotel, part of the Harbin Polarland theme park in Heilongjiang's capital and largest city, Harbin, opened its doors on Friday with the promise of round-the-clock polar bear viewing from all 21 guest rooms.
The Indian ace battled a bout of flu to lead Korean Yong-eun Yang and Japan's Takuya Taniguchi and Toru Taniguchi after the first round.
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