The challenge for BMW is to overtake Mercedes-Benz, which bounced back three years ago to become king of the hill.
Unless Naresh Goyal pulls the proverbial rabbit out of his hat or reveals an unexpected ace of spades, the airline he built from scratch - many refer to it as "his baby" - may slip out of his grasp, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Having capped a "satisfactory" season with a win in the Volvo Masters, India's ace golfer Jyoti Randhawa is now training his sight on earning qualification for the prestigious tour.
Shiv Kapur played an extremely steady and solid final round of two-under 70 without any bogeys to claim the season-ending Dubai Festival City Challenge Tour Grand Final at the Al Badia Golf Club.
Amandeep Johl finished with a hat-trick of birdies to take a share of the third place in the GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf
India will not take part in baseball, bowling, fencing, karate, modern pentathlon, rugby, softball, soft tennis and triathlon because of the athletes' poor standards.
India stole the honours in the Team championships as well.
The Indian golfer is in sixth place in the Qatar Open. Swede Henrik Stenson leads the field after the third round.
India's Arjun Atwal carded a fine one-under 69 to move up to tied 17th place at the USD 5.1 million Sony Open in Honolulu.
American Jason Knutzon birdied the last two holes to win the US$275,000 Macau Open by one stroke in the final round.
The Indian carded a fine four-under 68 to be tied fourth after the third round of the Carlsberg Masters golf tournament.
The Thai golfer displayed the form that took him to the top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit this year by taking the second round lead in the Indian Open.
The Singaporean showed he still has the magic touch to defend the crown he won last year.
The Indian ace shared medallist honours with Australian duo Kim Felton and Scott Barr in the International Final Qualifying Asia.
India's top golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa finished joint seventh at the Acom International in Japan.
A huge Bollywood contingent is to perform during the Basant festival celebrations in Lahore next week.
India's two-wheeler giant, the Hero Group, has signed American golf legend Tiger Woods as its brand ambassador in a four-year deal that targets capturing new markets in North America and Europe.
India's top golfer will rub shoulders with the world's leading golfers in the May 20-23 Euro three million tournament.
Korean stalwart Choi Sang-ho leads the field after two rounds in the Asian Tour Maekyung Open golf.
Closely following the Chandigarh ace at the halfway stage of the Macau Open is another Indian, Harmeet Kahlon.
The 25-year-old Indian displayed superb putting to lead at the halfway stage of the US $300,000 tournament.
The defending champion and second seed posted contrasting victories at the Rs 10 lakh SRF Matchplay Golf Championship 2004.
Two-time Indian Open winner Ali Sher held his nerve to enter the third round in the SRF Matchplay Golf Championship.
Digvijay Singh and Gaurav Ghei tallied two-under 70 under the four-ball format, to place four strokes behind the leaders.
The Indian ace moved to tied-25th from 57th spot overnight after a rain restricted second round.\n\n
The auction was in aid of the Association for Persons with Physical Disabilities of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.
While other Indians in the fray went over par, the 21-year-old from Chandigarh sank five birdies, including one at the 18th, against three bogeys and a double bogey at the 17th, to share the lead with English golfer Matt Wallace, who carded two-under 70 to total 209.
Each fired rounds of one-over 73 at Volvo China Open which got underway on Thursday.
The Hero Honda Masters champion hopes to become the first player from India to play full-time on the elite US PGA Tour.
He also became the first player on the Asian PGA Tour to cross the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
The Indian golfing ace, who carded a superb 66 on the opening day, has a two-day total of six-under-par 138 in the Hero honda Masters.\n\n
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The Indian golfer moved into the joint lead with Lin Chie-Hsiang of Chinese Taipei after the third round of the Taiwan Open.
The 31-year-old Chandigarh pro finished the Aiful Cup with a tournament aggregate of two-under 286.
The Indian ace failed to capitalise on his opening two rounds of 66 and 71 and slipped down the leader-board in the Aiful Cup.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
It was a very disappointing start for the Indian trio of Shiv Kapur, Jeev Milkha Singh and SSP Chowrasia at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.
