India, which was listed 78th last year, has improved its ranking, figuring at 75th position with a visa-free score of 51
Sports Awards could to be delayed: Ministry official
German seventh seed Alexander Zverev recovered from a slow start to beat former champion Stan Wawrinka 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in the Australian Open on Wednesday to reach his first career Grand Slam semi-final. Swiss Wawrinka, who won the first of his three Grand Slams at Melbourne Park in 2014, broke Zverev twice early in the opening set to breeze through the opening set but the 22-year-old German came roaring back into the contest.
Ana Ivanovic recovered from her opening loss to race to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over an out-of-sorts Eugenie Bouchard on Wednesday, putting the world number seven back into the mix for a WTA Finals last-four berth.
'It wasn't really a nice time to be dealing with everything'
Singapore will be counting on its marquee Formula One race to help make up for a 30 percent drop in Chinese tourists this year.
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
Hate Story 3 engages you right through its four songs, writes Aelina Kapoor.
..... but big picture investing is too difficult, says Ramesh S Damani.
Thousands of people on Wednesday queued up outside Singapore's Parliament House to have a glimpse of the country's founding father Lee Kuan Yew lying in state as his casket was taken there for public viewing.
Ukrainian Svitolina came into the match riding high on a nine-match winning streak from the start of the season but, hampered by a hip injury, was completely outplayed by the aggressive Belgian on Rod Laver Arena.
Nick Kyrgios's Australian Open ended with a gallant fourth round defeat by an inspired Grigor Dimitrov on Sunday but the maverick talent leaves Melbourne Park after winning over a nation.
Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, who made the third round of the 1997 US Open also at 15, was the previous youngest player to advance to that stage of a grand slam.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Svetlana Kuznetsova had been steamrolled in the second set and was a break down in the decider of her WTA Finals opener against defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska on Monday. So what did the Russian do to turn the match around?
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A Chinese company named Shanghai AdUps has been sending massive data about phones and users to servers in China.
Earlier in the day, Karolina Pliskova became the first woman to advance when the big-hitting Czech curbed her attacking instincts to beat compatriot Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 and record her second win against a single loss in White Group play.
From cutting melons on a stomach to gold ice-cream, here's the weirdest, funniest stories from the world around.
Paraguay drew 1-1 with Uruguay at the Copa America to go top of Group B, one point ahead of Argentina before the tournament favourites take on eliminated Jamaica later on Saturday.
This week's collection of unbelievably unusual images from across the world
Svetlana Kuznetsova opened the defence of her Sydney International title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu on Sunday as the Australian Open warm-up event suffered a pair of big-name withdrawals.
The Interpol on Tuesday released images of two Iranian men who used stolen passports to board a Malaysia Airlines plane that remains traceless since Saturday after taking off with 239 passengers aboard from Kuala Lumpur.
Images from Sunday's action at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg had a Singapore Grand Prix to forget on Sunday when the German crashed out after 12 laps following a collision with Felipe Massa's Williams and was immediately given a grid penalty for the next race.
Edmund is no flash Harry, on or off the court
The number of Indian teenagers winning medals at the big stage has gone up exponentially
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
We bring you nine easy cocktail recipes for your New Year party.
Atletico Madrid's troubles away from home continued when they were held to a goalless draw at Alaves on Saturday, dropping points on the road for a second consecutive week and losing Uruguay international Jose Maria Gimenez to injury.
This is probably the first time a Hindu priest has been called for services at the national prayer service of the presidential inauguration.
Images from all the action on Day 3 at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Wednesday
Police shot dead a man near the venue as he tried to flee a checkpoint in a car which was later found to contain drugs.
Serena Williams clinched the year-end World No 1 ranking for the fourth time without hitting a ball on Friday after Maria Sharapova, the only woman with any chance of overtaking her, was eliminated from the WTA Finals.
In 2010, TCS's brand value was $2.3 billion.
'This is not a time for bruised egos, face, shows of state power, petulance, or PR spin. It is a time for big-tent action across a table -- no matter how acrimonious -- with transparency, and with the media present,' notes Vijay Verghese.
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments after aggravating the leg injury that forced him out of the Australian Open in January, the Spanish world number two said on Friday.
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