The Indian driver placed behind Jordan test driver Robert Doornbas in Friday's practice ahead of Sunday's French Grand Prix.
The Real Madrid footballer is one of the owners of the motor racing team which will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix series.
World Cup qualifiers Portugal were held 1-1 by Northern Ireland.
Indian men's hockey captain P R Sreejesh has been named as one of the candidates for 2016 Goalkeeper of the Year award of the FIH while Harmanpreet Singh made the grade as one of the 2016 Rising Men Star of the Year nominees. The nominees for the 2016 Hockey Stars Awards, the annual prizes recognising the best players, goalkeepers, rising stars, coaches and umpires in a given calendar year were announced during the Hockey Revolution Part 2 Conference of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) which is currently taking place in Dubai.
Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times.
New engine rules should see four drivers who will not race on Sunday providing most of the early action on track in Melbourne.
Pedro de la Rosa has accused Renault of using illegal 'team orders' to help Fernando Alonso take second place at the Turkish Grand Prix.
Team mate Kimi Raikkonen was the second fastest race driver with a time of one minute 28.453 seconds.
The Jordan driver finished behind teammates Portugal's Tiago Monteiro and Denmark's Nicolas Keisa.
The former Real Madrid wide midfielder, whose 59.7 million pounds ($93.28 million) transfer a year ago set a British record, is preparing to join the French champions for a considerably lower fee, according to media reports.
There was the usual frenzy of last-minute deals as the English Premier League brought the curtain down on another bumper European transfer window in which Manchester City again flexed their financial muscle as the continent's top spenders.
An extra-time goal by Pedro Ibarra carried Argentina to a 2-1 victory against Spain in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
McLaren's Spanish test driver Pedro de la Rosa, who will not compete on Sunday, was the fastest but it was Renault's championship leader and compatriot Fernando Alonso who came closest to his time.
'The laughter stopped when Shammi was about 80.' 'The last eight-nine years of Shammi Aunty's life were miserable.'
Peru beat 10-man Venezuela 1-0 at the Copa America on Thursday.
Test driver Pedro de la Rosa put McLaren out in front on Friday after the first practice sessions for Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Spain, who have several players from their country's top two football academies - the La Masia and Real Madrid academies -- were beaten 1-2 by South American champions and hot favourites Brazil in their first Group D match.
McLaren stepped up their preparations for the new Formula One season with the track debut of their new MP4-21 car.
Didier Drogba scored both goals for the leaders in a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough and champions Arsenal could only scrape a 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Real Madrid trimmed Barcelona's lead at the top of La Liga to one point when they recovered from conceding an early goal to secure a stirring 3-1 comeback win in the 'Clasico' on Saturday.
The Portuguese forward then fired in the penalty in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Spain defender Sergio Ramos was surprised to learn that the country's record appearance maker and long-time captain Iker Casillas had been left out of the Spain squad by coach Julen Lopetegui. The Spain players met up with their new manager for the first time on Monday to prepare for the international friendly in Belgium on Sept. 1 and their opening World Cup qualifier at home to Liechtenstein on Sept. 5.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Founded in 1992, Qarabag's Imarat Stadium is reduced to rubble and they play their home games 440km away in the capital Baku.
Juventus landed a fourth successive Serie A crown, and their first under coach Massimiliano Allegri, with four games to spare by winning 1-0 at Sampdoria on Saturday.
Alexis Sanchez grabbed a 15-minute hat-trick as Arsenal shook off any hangover from their midweek League Cup defeat to thrash West Ham United 5-1 and climb to second in the English Premier League.
Deportivo and Sociedad closed to within a point of first division leaders Real Madrid after securing comprehensive victories in the La Liga on Sunday.
Pedro Collins took six wickets for 53 runs to bowl West Indies to an innings and 99 runs victory in the second Test against Bangladesh.
Lara and Sarwan put on 179 as the West Indies closed the day on 294 for three in reply to the visitors' 284.
Skipper Habibul Bashar struck a fluent ton to lead the tourists to a respectable 278 for seven on the first day of the opening Test against WI.
Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona warmed up for the El Clasico with Real Madrid next weekend with a 7-0 victory over Osasuna that put them four points off the top of La Liga.
Christian Pulisic scored his 10th goal for the United States before being substituted after picking up a knock in a 1-1 draw with Chile in a friendly in Houston on Tuesday.
Inspirational men's team captain P R Sreejesh and fast-rising drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh are the two Indians in contention for different honours at the FIH annual awards which will be given away in a formal ceremony for the first time, in Chandigarh on February 23.
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is expecting an even greater impact from Luis Suarez this season with the cloud of disciplinary problems no longer hanging over the Uruguay striker.
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