Factbox on Saturday's World Cup match between Australia and Bangladesh.
The most convincing signs of revival are visible in historically retail-oriented cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkata and Pune, with the action beginning to perk up in other cities as well.
Marketing departments should be managed more like sports teams.
The disclosure comes within days after Kishore Biyani-owned Pantaloon Retail said that same store sales in December dropped for the first time in four years. Analysts were more surprised at the drop in value retailing, which indicated that value retailers were not benefiting from downtrading.
The Barmy Army has joined limited-overs skipper Eoin Morgan in pulling out of the upcoming tour to Bangladesh due to prevailing security concerns.
The Australian Cricketers' Association set up a business to manage and market players' intellectual property should they be unable to strike a pay deal with the national cricket board.
Australia opener Marcus Harris, on Saturday, rued missing out on a hundred and said batsmen unable to convert starts have left his team with a mountain to climb in the fourth Test against India.
Sales grew only 5-10% last year on weak consumer sentiments
Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the three men's sprint titles for a third successive Olympics when Jamaica successfully defended their 4x100 meters relay title in 37.27 seconds on Friday.
Indian Test captain Virat Kohli expressed his confidence in Ravichandran Ashwin's batting abilities and said that there is no reason why the Tamil Nadu tweaker can't be the all-rounder that the Indian team is looking for in longer version.
Coco Vandeweghe thrives on team play and said on Wednesday she hopes to cap a breakthrough season by leading the United States to victory over Belarus in this weekend's Fed Cup final.
NITI Aayog recommendations cite the need for greater industry-academia collaboration to meet skill demand
The 17th seed has been in no-nonsense mood so far in Melbourne, moving through the rounds with the minimum of fanfare, but faces her biggest test against the German.
Most Indian engineers can code but are not confident in their ability to do so, notes Narayan Mahadevan.
Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday, rose to a career-high second in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers even as A B de Villiers lost his top spot in the batsmen standings.
Maria Sharapova's dreams of a sixth Grand Slam title were ended by Serena Williams and her wrecking ball serve in the Australian Open final on Saturday, but the Russian was adamant she would someday have the American's measure.
India have complained about the uneven bounce on the practice pitches at the Gabba nets after Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were injured warming up for the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.
'The toughest is what's to come. I hope that I'll be able to take that and play even better'
The state memorial service that was planned for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has been cancelled.
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David Warner's 12th Test century and a bittersweet 95 from Chris Rogers put Australia on course for a huge total on an emotional first day in the fourth and final Test against India on Tuesday.
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Patience, however, ran out for over a dozen global brands, including GAS, Replay, Etam and Argos. All of them have ended their joint ventures or franchisee arrangements with Indian retailers in the last one year due to reasons ranging from poor sales and high rentals to mounting losses and failure to open stores on time.
The one-day cricket series between India and the West Indies has been put under "special swine flu surveillance" in view of the H1N1 virus spread in Kingston.
While there were brilliant performances from Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay and Ajinkya Rahane, India's pathetic bowling attack -- which could not claim 20 Australian wickets in any of the four Tests -- was depressing.
Statistical highlights on the opening day of the second Test between India and Australia in Brisbane.
Indian opener Murali Vijay put Australia to the sword in their Brisbane fortress with a brilliant 144 to help drive the tourists to 311 for four at the close of play on the opening day of the second Test.
Australia captain Michael Clarke urged mourners to "dig in and get through to tea" as he choked back tears in an emotional eulogy delivered to Phillip Hughes at the cricketer's funeral in Macksville, New South Wales, on Wednesday.
England's next Ashes series in Australia may have a day-night Test match, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland said on Monday.
Miffed at not getting a 'specialist' men's doubles partner, veteran tennis star Leander Paes, on Thursday, pulled out of the 18th Asian Games starting on Saturday.
Just days after entering into a joint venture with Marks & Spencer, Reliance Retail has joined hands with Office Depot, a leading international office products and services provider with annual sales of $15.5 billion, for another joint venture. Office Depot will hold 51 per cent stake in the venture with Reliance holding the rest.
Indian retailers are an optimistic lot when it comes to deciding on expansion plans for 2009. Retailers such as Spencer's Retail, Future Group, Shoppers Stop, Westside, Wills Lifestyle, Bata India, and Raymond find the 30-40 per cent drop in retail rentals a reason to cheer.
'It wasn't really a nice time to be dealing with everything'
India's comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) pummelled his Nepalese rival Purna Bahadur Lama before notching up a Technical Knockout win to give Indian boxers a good start on Wednesday.
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The 20-year-old became the youngest semi-finalist at Melbourne Park since American Andy Roddick, also 20, at the 2003 tournament.
For the past few years, Avigo has been in talks with many strategic players, including private equity investors, to sell its stake in Spykar.
"Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its meeting held on June 24, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has approved 28 proposals of FDI, said a finance ministry statement. The approved proposals relate to ministries and departments of chemicals & petro-chemicals, industrial policy & promotion, information & broadcasting, urban development, tourism and economic affairs.
Yohan Blake had to settle for a second bronze and Elaine Thompson a single silver as Jamaica's vaunted sprinters failed to fire in the relays on the final day of athletics at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke believes the coach and the team management have too much say and authority in Australian cricket.
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