Russia's interior ministry has confirmed that athletes at the Winter Olympics will be arrested if they breach Russia's controversial gay propaganda laws.
Observing that subsidies, high tariffs and government involvement in markets continue to stand in the way of many potential partnerships between American and Indian businesses
'We are now engaged in a serious dialogue to see what kind of things we might be able to do on the civilian nuclear side,' says US Charges de affairs Robert O Blake.
The world was in for a blockbuster on Sunday night when a total lunar eclipse shared the stage with a supermoon on Sunday night.
The vehicle will not be available until end-2017, or later.
Thai Paradorn Srichaphan will take on James Blake in the final of the Stockholm Open.
US President George Bush is likely to visit India later this year or early next year, a US State Department official said in Kolkata on Monday.
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The United States on Friday opened its first customs office in the country with a view to check, among other things, smuggling, money laundering and shipment of weapons of mass destruction to America.
The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.
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US official says India must resort to greater liberalisation so that US investors have as many opportunities here as Indians have in the US.
The former world No.1 told organisers of the Perth event that she wants to concentrate on defending her title at the Australian Open.
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Andy Roddick beat Nicolas Massu after Fernando Gonzalez stunned James Blake in the Davis Cup quarter-final.
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The US Open women's semi-finals scheduled for Thursday evening have been postponed due to the threat of rain.
Double Olympic champion Valerie Adams feels the suspension on Russian athletes from the Rio Games is a positive step towards eradicating doping and the New Zealand shot putter has called for a life ban on drug cheats.
They beat the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.
Usain Bolt was beaten into bronze medal position by Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman who won gold and silver respectively in the World Championships 100 metres final.
Two goals in four dramatic second-half minutes set lowly Costa Rica on their way to a deserved 3-1 victory over Uruguay on Saturday in the biggest upset of the World Cup so far.
World champions Australia rallied from a two-goal deficit to prevail 4-3 over Olympic gold medallists Germany to bolster their position in the 36th Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre.
World No.1 Australia scored all their goals from penalty corners through Jeremy Hayward (4th minute), Blake Govers (19th) and skipper Aran Zalewski (37th) at the Kalinga Stadium.
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For India startups, pulling in the reins now may enable them to live longer - even if it means shedding their unicorn status, says Una Galani.
The Australian Open champion fought off a match-point to beat Vladimir Voltchkov and book his spot in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open.
Australia's quest for a record hat-trick of titles started with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ireland in the opening Pool D match of the men's hockey World Cup, in Bhubaneswar, on Friday.
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Goran Ivanisevic and Ivan Ljubicic rallied from two sets down to beat James Blake and Mardy Fish in the doubles, in the Davis Cup first-round tie.\n\n
The 71st Emmy Awards have been announced, and there have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
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Dulal Karmakar is a proud man today even if her daughter Dipa missed a historic Olympic medal in gymnastics by a whisker in Rio Games, saying the 'Produnova' girl will come better and stronger in 2020 Tokyo Oylmpics. "I am feeling very proud of her accomplishment. I am not at all sad. This was her first Olympics. Next time, when the Olympics will be held in Japan, she will perform much better and bring a medal (for the country)," a seemingly proud Dulal said. Dipa missed a bronze medal by a whisker to finish fourth in the women's vault finals in the Rio Games but still created history by producing the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast in the Olympics history.
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