Scotland shocked World Cup finalists France 1-0 while England were held to a goalless draw by Macedonia.
It will motivate him to keep working hard and move to the top 100, feels India's Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi
The unheralded Ramkumar, ranked 222 in the world, brushed aside the Austrian's challenge 6-3, 6-2 in only 59 minutes to make it to the last eight of the $439,000 prize-money tournament.
The first flight will take off at 0800 IST while the second jet will fly to the Cypriot capital at 1000 IST and both aircraft will return the same day.
Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi is closely monitoring the evacuation operation.
Second seed Rafael Nadal ground down Finland's Jarkko Nieminen to set up a meeting with Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.
Ireland are fourth on 16 points, one point behind Switzerland and France and two adrift of group leaders Israel.
Both players were taken to three sets by lesser-fancied opponents in the semi-finals.
Overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta tackles these are other queries related to studying abroad.
"INS Mumbai has docked at Beirut around 1220 hrs IST and is in the process of bringing out the first batch of 1,000 Indians assembled at the port for evacuation", an official said.
David Trezeguet will miss France's final two World Cup qualifiers after pulling a thigh muscle during a 2-0 win over Inter Milan
Dementieva will face third seed Maria Sharapova, who beat Martina Hingis, in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece
They beat beat local rivals Olympiakos 3-1 to complete the first leg of a possible domestic double.
Germany defender Nico Schulz scored a late winner as their new-look side snatched a 3-2 win away to the Netherlands in their opening Euro 2020 Group C qualifier on Sunday, an absorbing clash that swung in fortunes from one side to the other.
The defeat at the Lyon indoor tournament means Baghdatis faces a struggle to make the season-ending Masters Cup.
Grandmasters Jonathan Rowson and Vasilios Kotronias tied for the first place in the Hastings chess tournament.
The Indian GM beat Alexander Cherniaev of Russia in the eighth and penultimate round in the Hastings Chess Congress.
The Indian Grandmaster drew with Ukraine's Kateryna Lahno and is placed fifth after the fifth round in the Hastings chess tournament.
The ace midfielder was named in the team for France's final two World Cup qualifiers next month despite a groin injury.
The Indian Grandmaster was held to a draw by International Master Daniel Gormally of England in the seventh round of the 10-player Hastings chess tournament.
Pankaj Advani led with back-to-back wins as Indian cueists had a field day in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
Gurjit Singh, working on the 480-foot Tatiana L, a freighter from Cyprus, fell off the cargo ship after it left Port Everglades in Florida on Tuesday night.\n\n
Klopp has led Liverpool to back-to-back Champions League finals but is adamant that their impressive recent track record does not make them the title favourites.
The medal table of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
The defending champions will become the first team to qualify for next season's finals if they beat Cyprus and other results go their way on Saturday. \n\n\n\n
The Indian GM drew his final round game with GM Joe Gallagher of Switzerland to finish on top.
Check out India's schedule on Day 9 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Friday.
Construction major Larsen & Toubro invested $160.80 million in its wholly owned unit in the United Arab Emirates for business in financial services.
The 17-year-old rallied to make the grade in the Osaka Mayor's Cup tennis tournament
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