The Italian driver broke into the top 10 in practice for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Fisichella, 35, lapped ninth fastest in Friday's afternoon practice session at Albert Park after ending the morning with the 12th best time. German team mate Adrian Sutil was 17th.
Karun Chandhok said it was a dream come true to turn out alongside seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher on the race track during testing.
After winning back-to-back international titles, ace Indian shuttler Chetan Anand is looking to break into the top 20.
Saina Nehwal's semi-final outing in the China Masters Super Series turned out to be a lopsided affair as the ace Indian shuttler crashed out of the event after suffering a straight-game defeat at hands of her new nemesis Zhou Mi in Changzhou on Saturday.
Anju Bobby George and Seema Antil, will represent India at the three Asian Grand Prix events slated later this month.
The Indian women's 4x400m relay quartet failed to qualify for the final after finishing a disappointing seventh in the heats at the Olympics on Friday. The team of Satti Geetha, Manjeet Kaur, Chitra Soman and Mandeep Kaur clocked 3:28.83 seconds in the eight-team Heat 1, bringing down the curtain on India's campaign at the Games.
Manjeet Kaur hopes the 4x400m relay team will be able to better their performance at the Athens Olympics four years ago.
Long jumper Anju Bobby George accomplished a season's best 6.55 metres to clinch a gold medal and add to India's medal tally of five gold, four silver and two bronze in the third leg of Asian Grand Prix in Haoni.
Advani, who at 19 became the youngest world champion in 2003, will lead the Indian challenge at the World Snooker Grand Prix, beginning at Pontin's, England, on Wednesday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Ace Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia won a bronze medal at the 52nd Annual Mt SAC Relays tournament in Portland, USA.
India's Chetan Anand downed Yu Chen of China in straight games to storm into the men's semifinals of the Yonex Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Hyderabad on Friday.
Jordan said the Indian driver's debut in F1 had been "remarkable" and the team had managed to emerge as one of the most reliable ones in the championships.
Fourth-seeded Rahul surpassed compatriot Karan Rajan Rajarajan 21-15, 21-13 in the summit clash to lay claim to the title at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday.
The Jordan driver's fourth place in the US Grand Prix made him the first Indian to score Formula One points.
A mix of interesting events, coupled with big, shocking results, in the sporting world, grabbed headlines last week. From Manchester United being stunned by Watford to lose their third consecutive match to Nico Rosberg taking the World Championship lead from Mercedes teammate and rival Lewis Hamilton by clinching the Singapore Grand Prix. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were brought to a close inside a packed Maracana Stadium on Sunday evening. Not before, we witnessed some enthralling action.
The MAI has said that Karun Chandhok can procure his Indian license only next year.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram disposed off Netherland's Mark Caljouw in straight games to advance to the pre-quarterfinals but it was curtains for Sameer Verma and Rituparna Das at the World Championship in Glasgow.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The Spyker Formula One team will be renamed as Force India next season, new owner Vijay Mallya said on Saturday.
It was a tough day for the Indian shuttlers barring Ajay Jayaram, who sailed into the men's singles semi-finals with a comfortable win over compatriot Anand Pawar in the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in El Monte.
Pinki Pramanik won a gold and silver medal in the first leg of the Grand Prix.
Anup Sridhar bowed out of the men's singles in the Australian Open Grand Prix, even as the Indian men's and women's doubles teams made it to the last-four stage, in Melbourne, on Friday.
"I just have to ride out the storm," Vijay Mallya said.
Reader Josh sent us this picture from Melbourne.
The Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna started off his Geneva FIDE Grand Prix on an astounding note, defeating Russian GM Alexander Riazantsev in his opening round game in Geneva.
Top officials from MotoGP's commercial rights holder Dorna had visited India earlier this month to sign a seven-year MoU
Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and H S Prannoy registered fighting victories in the last eight contests at the $120,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Basel on Friday.
World number one Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei will be the main attractions at the USD 150,000 Yonex Sunrise India Open.
The Indian ace however won her doubles match, combining with USA's Vania King atthe Morocco GP.
Karun Chandhok's GP2 debut ended in an anti-climax as a collision in the sixth lap dashed his hopes of a decent finish.
Armaan Ebrahim collided with Pakistani driver Adam Khan in the Feature Race
Narain Karthikeyan will race in the A1 Grand Prix for the second time this season at Durban.
Narain Karthikeyan joins A1 Grand Prix much to everyone's surprise.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
The leading businessman said after signing a sponsorship agreement between his Kingfisher Airlines and the Toyota team that he was confident the sport would come to the sub-continent.
Lalita Babar failed to reproduce her fine showing in the qualification round and finished 10th in the women's 3000m Steeplechase final as Indians continued to disappoint in track and field at the Rio Olympics on Monday. Babar clocked 9:22.74 seconds, nearly three seconds outside her National record of 9:19.76s, set in the qualification round on Saturday.
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