French Open runner-up Ana Ivanovic scooped her third title of the year after overcoming Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in the final of the Luxembourg Championships.
Five things to watch out for on day five of the French Open on Thursday
A procession down the Mall to Buckingham Palace in a golden carriage and a banquet for 150 people hosted by the monarch are among the highlights of any state visit.
The Indo-US duo beat Severine Bremond and Jelena Jankovic in the first round of women's doubles.
In men's doubles Bhupathi and Zimonjic will next play the US-Australian duo of Eric Butorac and Ashley Fisher.
Andy Murray embarks on his first Grand Slam campaign as world number one with much stronger title credentials, even if he has lost five finals at Melbourne Park.
Ashutosh Singh shocked top seed Pavol Cervenak of Slovakia 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the ITF Futures in Bellary.
List of seeded players for the 2006 Australian Open.
The Russian will meet Mariya Korrytseva in Sunday's final at the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata.
Fourth seed Maria Kirilenko overcame stiff second set resistance before prevailing over Ekaterina Ivanova to move into the pre-quarter-finals of the WTA Sunfeat Open.
Marek Jankulovski's early goal gave the Czech Republic a 1-0 win over 10-man Ireland in their Group D qualifier on Wednesday and moved his team a big step closer to advancing to Euro 2008.
Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, K Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap reached the second round of Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after scoring easy victories in Lucknow.
Paths to the final in the women's singles at the U.S. Open (prefix denotes seedings)
Manchester United will welcome David de Gea back into the fold even if, as expected, the goalkeeper refuses to sign a new contract following his failed attempt to move to Real Madrid, British media reported on Thursday.
She upset third-seeded Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday.
India, which was listed 78th last year, has improved its ranking, figuring at 75th position with a visa-free score of 51
The Indian ace will meet top seed Anna Chakvetadze of Russia in the summit clash.
Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 victory over Leicester City at Anfield, thus maintaining the league leaders' 100 per cent start
Members of Ireland's women's soccer team threatened on Tuesday to boycott their next international match unless the country's football association tackles what they described as "humiliating" working conditions.
Zomato is on an acquisition spree, has taken over 5 firms in the past one year.
Sania Mirza staged a strong comeback to beat ninth seed Shahar Peer of Israel and enter the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells on Sunday. The Indian ace won 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 and will next face defending champion Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia in the Tier-I event.
India thus remained on top of the medals tally with eight medals, while China is in second with two gold, two silver, one bronze.
Greece together with France, Germany and Romania all moved closer to a place in next year's European Championship finals.
Leander Paes and Meghann Shaughnessy survived a scare but Sania Mirza and Fabrice Santoro were knocked out of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The courts are not the same as they used to be in the past are not in good condition.
German referee Herbert Fandel will be in charge for Wednesday's Champions League final between AC Milan and Liverpool.
Sweden's Nicklas Backstrom missed Sunday's Olympic ice hockey final at the Sochi Winter Games after testing positive for a banned substance.
Roger Federer once again conceded defeat to arch-rival Rafael Nadal when he and his fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka lost to Nadal and Carlos Moya.
The Slovak won her first title in five years when she beat Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Pacific Life Open final.
She will play number 14 seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, who wore down number 12 Li Na of China 7-5 4-6 6-1.
The 33-year-old Swiss, ranked 261 in the world after two knee surgeries, served solidly throughout a one-sided contest on the slick centre court, easing past an opponent who struggled to cope with Wawrinka's power.
England's performances at Euro 2016 so far will leave none of their opponents scared at the prospect of a knockout clash with the country, according to former striker Alan Shearer.
Sixth seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia, eighth seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy and India's Sania Mirza moved into the second round of the $1.3 million Qatar Open on Monday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
The Indian star scored an unconvincing 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Martina Sucha in the Bangalore Open first round.
Shikha Uberoi will take on world number 133 Yaroslava Shvedova of Russia in her opening match at the WTA Bangalore Open.
The Indo-Aussie pair beat Jared Easton and Bernard Tomic to advance to the boys' doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
The SP Concept SUV will be the first of the products to be rolled out from the company's plant in Andhra Pradesh, where it has invested USD 1 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 3 lakh units annually.
Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to win the French Open on Saturday and claim her first Grand Sam title. Take a look at the career of the 22-year-old.
Top seed Veselin Topalov's winning spree was halted by GM Sergei Movsesian of Slovakia in the World Chess Championship.
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