Reigning champions Manchester City took the lead after 24 seconds but suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United.
Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina, Mumbai Indians spinner Harbhajan Singh and Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar have got a place in former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's Best XI of Indian Premier League 2017.
Somdev Devverman's dream run came to an end with a 5-7, 1-6 loss against the towering Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in the singles third round of the USD 1.4 million Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.
With the Mumbai Marathon coming up on the weekend, fitness expert Leena Mogre gives us the final checklist of how to get kitted out and things to carry with you on the big day.
India's campaign in the Aviva Singapore Super Series came to an end on Friday after both Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar lost their respective quarter-finals. Tournament sixth-seed Saina went down 21-19, 19-21, 14-21 to China's Wang Lin in the women's singles while qualifier Sridhar's dream run was cut short by Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana. The Indian lost 11-21, 8-21.
Maruti Suzuki, the country's largest car maker, continued its three-month dream run by notching up a 15 per cent jump in domestic sales in March. Maruti's March sales follow a 19 per cent growth in February, when it sold a record 70,625 cars -- the highest ever by the company. In March 2008, the car maker sold over 64,000 cars.
A summary of the second day's play in Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Indian wildcard Somdev Devvarman toppled world number 25 Ivo Karlovic to reach the semi-finals of the Chennai Open on Friday.
The XIth Plan targets should be recalibrated if the plan is to remain credible.
It was a case of down but definitely not out as a Rafael Nadal kept picking himself off a slippery and dusty Centre Court surface to storm into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a pulsating 7-5, 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 over Juan Martin del Potro.
India bagged a silver and a bronze medal in the men's recurve section at the Indoor Archery World Cup in Singapore on Monday.
Sometimes it is not meant to be, says legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar after the Indian team faced defeat by nine runs to England in the ICC Women's World Cup.
'It is easy to dramatise the events of today, but it is far more important to focus on the fact that we have a radically overvalued financial sector. It is a house of cards.'
Sonia Chahal stormed into the finals of Women's World Boxing Championships by outclassing her North Korean opponent Jo Son Hwa
Saina Nehwal on Sunday capped her dream run in the Chinese Taipei Open by clinching the title to become the first Indian woman shuttler with two Grand Prix crowns under her belt.
The Bollywood heavyweight will be conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, on Friday.
The 26-year-old Abshero, a former world junior cross country champion, would be looking to make a big impact on his first trip to India with a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and 23 seconds, the best among those who have entered the race.
Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman stretched his dream run to the semi-finals of the US $ 50,000 ATP Challenger tournament in Lexington after outplaying Italian Andrea Stoppini in straight sets. Somdev, who is in red-hot form, overwhelmed his Italian opponent 7-6 (5), 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the hard court event.
Grandmaster S P Sethuraman continued with his dream run and played out a fighting draw with higher ranked Anish Giri of Holland in the first game of the third round of World Chess Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.
'I wake up today and say to myself, 'Today is the day that I'll play'. I need to play with the right energy, and I need to increase the level of my game'
Rohan Bopanna's dream run at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships came to an end after he was handed a straight-set defeat by Prakash Amritraj in an all-Indian quarter-final of the USD 385,000 event in Newport, United States.
The Indian challenge ended in the $ 15000 ITF Futures men's singles event with the straight sets defeat of unseeded Rohan Gajjar in a semifinal in New Delhi on Friday.
The defeat saw the Indian Grandmaster slip to fifth place in the Blindfold World Cup chess tournament.
Rakshita Verma participated in the Half Marathon on Sunday Here's a first person account.
If you're planning on running this January 20 -- to support a worthy cause or just because it's on your 'List of things to do before I die', here are a few facts you should know before you put those running shoes on.
Greek tyro Stefanos Tsitsipas' dream run at the Rogers Cup continued on Friday as the teenager toppled defending champion Alexander Zverev 3-6, 7-6(11), 6-4 to reach the semi-finals in Toronto.
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The 17-year-old who survived several rounds in the show despite numerous questions being raised about his singing prowess, has been invited to the glittery event by the People magazine.
The defending champion needed only 38 minutes to pack off the Indian in the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships.
Defending Champion and winner of a rare double in 2007, Xavier Malisse of Belgium has confirmed his participation for Chennai Open 2008, the 13th edition of which will be held from December 31 to Jan 6, 2008 at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam in Chennai.
The Indian randmaster beat the former Russian champion in the second round of the Aeroflot International chess tournament.
A look at the seven Malayalam films that scored in the first half of 2016!
Market analysts are bullish about the dream run at the bourses.
The total market valuation of the BSE-listed companies is nearing the Rs 100 lakh crore-mark following the continued dream run of the bourse.
The 22-year-old fast bowler has played a key role in Bangladesh's rise in international cricket.
Fourth-seeded Russian Maria Kirilenko crushed unheralded Ukrainian Mariya Koryttseva in a one-sided final to win the US $175,000 WTA event.
Yuvraj Singh himself has been left surprised by his dream run at the Twenty20 World Cup.
Indian girls went down 0-3 to Thailand in the Asia/Oceania Zone of the World Junior tennis.
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon will take place on January 21, 2007.
Fourth seed Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan beat unseeded Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland to clinch the singles crown in the University of Mumbai ITF women's tournament.
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