The Indian boxers' campaign in the Asian Olympic Qualifiers was off to a disappointing start with all three in action, on Saturday, including former Commonwealth Games champion Manoj Kumar (64kg), bowing out with opening round losses in Qian'an, China.
Amelie Mauresmo made an unspectacular return to tennis after a two-month layoff with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru at the China Open.
Short of match practice, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ashish Nehra and Ajinkya Rahane will captain the India A team for two warm-up matches against England at CCI, Mumbai next week. Dhoni, who has not played a competitive game in over two months, will lead the India A side in the opening warm-up here on January 10. Rahane, who is coming back from an injury, will captain the team in the second warm-up on January 12.
Intel, which recently announced over 10,000 job cuts worldwide, on Thursday said impact of the layoff decision was "relatively minimal" on its workforce in India, where the world's largest computer chip-maker plans to set up a manufacturing facility.
Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro's comeback from a lengthy injury layoff was cut short by Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin in the quarter-finals of the Sydney international on Thursday.
The world number one beat China's Peng Shuai 7-5, 6-2 in the third round.
The world number seven said she needed time off to recapture her best form.
The Russian beat Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-2, 7-6 in the Toronto Cup on Tuesday.
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Germany's Nicolas Kiefer, inching his way back to top form after a long injury layoff, crushed Russian Igor Kunitsyn 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Los Angeles Classic on Wednesday.
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Djokovic missed the Masters series event with an elbow injury and, having recovered, is eager to face Spain in the Davis Cup quarter-finals in front of a boisterous home crowd next weekend.
Top seed Amelie Mauresmo suffered her second successive early exit when she lost 7-5 6-7 7-6 to Australia's Samantha Stosur in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday.
Paris St Germain missed the chance to go top of Ligue 1 after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Lille on Wednesday as coach Laurent Blanc's decision to rest Zlatan Ibrahimovic backfired.
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The defending champion continued her comeback with a victory over Martina Mueller.
Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi held on to their 12th and 21st position respectively.
The former world No 1, winner of the Australian Open in 2003 and 2005, looked rusty at the start of the match but was far too strong for the Italian.
Australia have chosen the experience of Peter Siddle over the potential of the uncapped Joe Mennie as their third seamer for the opening Test against South Africa, which starts on Thursday.
Bangalore Envy, a "now" expression referring to movement of much of the world's smart money to where many of the world's smart people are.
After a stomach injury cut short the last-leg of her season, Sania Mirza slipped two rungs to 32nd in the latest WTA Tour rankings.
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Olympique Marseille striker Djibril Cisse said on Saturday he would be returning to action within three weeks following a long injury layoff.
World number six Kim Clijsters returned from a two-month injury layoff to beat Luxembourg's Anne Kremer 6-3 6-2 in the first round of the Hasselt Cup on Wednesday.
Liverpool continued their perfect start to the season to stay top of the Premier League after a goal in each half gave them a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Saturday.
Germany and Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has had successful surgery on torn knee ligaments and he may be available for the World Cup, according to Germany team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt.
India's preparatory camp for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka began in Bangalore on Wednesday
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Recently, Hindu religious seers had threatened to boycott the ceremonial Kumbh snan if the Ganga was not clean.
Rafael Nadal was upset by Tomas Berdych and Roger Federer survived a scare in the Toronto Masters third round.
The ex-world number one is confident she can again become a dominating force on the WTA Tour.
The 33-year-old, returns for the first time since August last year after recovering from two shoulder operations.
There were glimpses of the formidable Rafa Nadal as the eight-times champions swept aside French Open champion Stan Wawrinka 6-1, 6-4 on Friday to reach the Monte Carlo Master semi-finals.
India captain Rohit Sharma says he was determined not to throw his wicket away, a day after an end-stage manic acceleration saw him smash a record third double century in One-day Internationals.
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The Renault-Nissan alliance currently employs around 8,000 workers at its Chennai plant
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