India's Shiv Kapur battled to a two-under-par 70 for tied 13th place at the half-way stage of the US$7 million CIMB Classic on Friday, knowing that he needs to shift into high gear to emerge as a legitimate contender. The 31-year-old, who holds one Asian Tour title under his belt, carded three birdies against a lone bogey at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club's West course where his two-day aggregate of five-under-par 139 left him eight shots behind leader Keegan Bradley of the United States.
Former India football player Marto Gracias died in Mumbai on Sunday following a cardiac arrest, according to informed sources.
Indian Oil is exploring possibility of bidding for Iraqi oil in future export tenders the company said on Monday.
The AFC had slapped a year's ban on India hosting foreign team following violence in the IFA Shield final.
Air-India has temporarily suspended its flights from Delhi and Hyderabad to Singapore with effect from Monday due to SARS and the Indian Pilots Guild's decision not to operate flights to Singapore.
The Indian team takes on North Korea in Pyongyang on March 20.
Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal will lead the Indian challenge at the tournament.
The Indian ace moved to tied-25th from 57th spot overnight after a rain restricted second round.\n\n
Compatriots Arjun Singh, Amandeep Johl, Harmeet Kahlon and Jeev Milkha Singh were also way behind after the opening day in the Carlsberg Malaysian Open.
The Indian women shuttlers blanked Macau in the Uber Cup (preliminaries) Asia Zone badminton championship.
Indian shooters had one of their best days in the 10th Asian Shooting Championships.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist finished a disappointing 17th in the men's 10m air pistol at the 10th Asian Shooting Championships.
\n\n\n\nThe hockey year in review.\n\n
Travis Brooks scored a brace as Australia beat Pakistan 4-3 in the final.
The 2-2 draw enabled Pakistan finish unbeaten in the league while Australia stayed in the hunt for a berth in the Azlan Shah Cup final.
Fifth seed Sindhu will now look to avenge her All England loss against Korea's Sung Ji Hyun, whom she faces next, while Srikanth will meet Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab on Thursday.
Germany captain Florian Kunz scored twice from penalty-corners in a 4-4 draw in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
India frittered a two-goal lead and went down 2-4 in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The draw gave the two teams their first points from two outings at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Bjoern Michel scored twice for Germany in a 3-1 victory in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Investigators probing the disappearance of Flight MH370 have discovered possible new evidence of tampering with the plane's cockpit equipment which experts believe could be part of an attempt to avoid radar detection, according to a media report.
From Brian Lara to Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has never fallen short of showcasing cricket's brightest young stars. More than 30 years have passed since the world's top talents first announced themselves on the big stage, with the 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup a ground-breaking step in bringing ability to the fore.
Both countries are resting their top players for the tournament.
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