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The Indo-Aussie combination were beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Alona Bondarenko and Anastasia Yakimova
The Indian ace will meet former champion Anatasia Myskina in her opening match in the women's singles.
Sania Mirza and Alicia Molik drubbed Jelena Kostanic and Angelique Widjaja 6-3, 6-3 in Istanbul
The Indian, who was out of action since playing in the Fed Cup in Seoul, dropped three places in the latest rankings
IM Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan won the girls' and boys' title respectively at the World Junior Chess.
D Harika drew with Gu Xiaobing of China in the 11th round of the World Junior Chess Championship
The Indian Woman Grandmaster is joint-fifth after the seventh round in the World Junior girls' chess championship.
Parimarjan Negi drew his fifth round match with Andrey Zhigalko of Belarus to take another stride towards to his International Master title at the World Junior Chess Championships.
Tania Sachdev beat Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia in the third round and shares the lead with three others in World Junior Girls' Chess Championships.
About 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were thrown off a homeward flight on Wednesday after several rowdy fans were involved in a fracas with the cabin crew.
An American teen has been indicted on charges of joining the Islamic State, the terrorist organisation that has captured a large part of Syria and Iraq and has threatened regional peace.
World Player of the Year Ronaldinho of Barcelona was voted the best forward.
The meeting had resumed for a day on Sunday, after being suspended a day earlier due to a failed coup bid in Turkey which claimed over 260 lives.
India's finance minister has emphasised that "it is the real economy that is going to matter.
Monday's moon is the brightest moon in almost 69 years.
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard announced that he would be staying at Anfield.
After six rounds, the Woman Grandmaster has four points from six games and looks good for a medal at the World Junior Chess championships.
UEFA president Lennart Johansson supports the principle that a club winning the Champions League must be allowed to defend their title.
THE secretary general of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), Jyoti Kumaran confirmed that hockey star Jugraj Singh is being sent to a foreign country for treatment.
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Ferrari's world champion Michael Schumacher retired from Sunday's inaugural Turkish Grand Prix after an early collision with Mark Webber's Williams.
The Jordan driver finished behind teammates Portugal's Tiago Monteiro and Denmark's Nicolas Keisa.
Schumacher says his years of experience should stand him in good stead for Sunday's first Turkish Grand Prix.
The government, which initially put the death toll at 139 subsequently revised the figures, saying the mistake was due to "contradictory information."
The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday it saw no reason to doubt assurances from Tokyo about the legitimacy of payments made during its successful bid to host the 2020 Games.
'We're not going to give up hundreds of billions of dollars in orders and let Russia, China and everybody else have them. It's all about -- for me -- very simple, it's America first'
It is believed that the process was brought forward to prevent militants from disrupting the process.
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