The Indian stalwart stamped his return with a seven-under-par 64 to take the first round lead.
While seventh seed Bhambri faced some resistance from Poonam Reddy at the Sunfeast Open on Saturday.
The Chennai pugilist beat Chiang Tzu-wei of Taiwan by RSC, in the World boxing championships.
Nick Kyrgios needs to improve his fitness to have a chance of winning Grand Slams, former world number one Jim Courier said on Wednesday.
President George W Bush and other US leaders do not fully understand the chances of a conflict breaking out and must do more to avert it, the expert said.
P V Sindhu and K Srikanth have been given the top billing in the respective women's and men's singles badminton competitions of the Commonwealth Games
Pankaj Advani, Alok Kumar and Yasin Merchant scored their third straight victories make it to the knock-out phase in the Asian Snooker Championship.
Athletes to watch at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games:
India-bashing on outsourcing of jobs from America is totally unjustified, in fact the US and Britain have the largest net surpluses in business services and hence would suffer the most in terms of the foregone dollar value
Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban crashed through the defences of former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria to remain in joint lead in the Masters section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.
Zheng Wen-gen, who shot a six-under 65, shares the lead with Australian Marcus Both in the US $275,000 Macau Open.
Chin-Wei Chan of Chinese Taipei and Montinee Tangphong of Thailand will clash in the US $ 10,000 tournament final.
India bagged four gold and six silver medals in ongoing Asian Youth weightlifting championships.
Simona Halep believes this year's French Open victory has helped justify her position as the women's world number one
The new regulations, to take effect on March 1, add criminal penalties for serious offenders.
Insider trading -- a punishable offence in the United States -- which increases stock market volatility, is relatively high in India, China, Russia, Venezuela and Mexico, according to a study done for the International Monetary Fund.
It was day of mixed results for India at the US$750,000 Denmark Open Super Series in in Odense on Friday, as Kidambi Srikanth fought back brilliantly to shock World No 1 Victor Axelsen and enter the semis after Saina Nehwal crashed out of the event following her quarter-final loss to Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
The national women's champion has been top seeded for the Asian Satellite Badminton Championship in Jaipur..
Defending champion Sloane Stephens was sent packing from the Miami Open on Sunday after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Germany's Tatjana Maria in the third round.
World number one Saina Nehwal disposed off Nichaon Jindapon's challenge in straight games, but PV Sindhu crashed out of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament after a close first-round defeat, in Jakarta, on Wednesday. In the men's singles, both the Indians in the fray -- Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth -- advanced to the second round with contrasting victories.
Rui Wanderlei Weis's second-half goal gave the Goa side a 1-0 victory in the NFL.
The Indian ace, who had a superb 65 in the first round, is eight-under 136 after the second in the Tokai Classic, which is led by Taipei''s Yeh Wei-Tze.
A day after her World record-equalling feat, Deepika Kumari made a shock quarter-final exit from the individual events of the Archery World Cup, first stage at the Yuanshen Stadium, in Shanghai, on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Chinese telecommunication equipment company ZTE Corporation on Friday said it expects to set up a research and development centre in Bangalore by the year-end.
Gaurav Ghei was the lone Indian to shoot an under-par round of 71 in the final to finish tied 12th at the Mercuries Taiwan Masters
The 34-ranked third seeded Indian ace proved too good for the 283-ranked Japanese in the first round of the Sunfeast Open.
The Indian golfing ace fired a one-under 71 in the second round of the Sega Sammy Cup on the\nJapan PGA tour.
The spotlight will be on Neeraj Chopra and Hima Das while Dutee Chand would look to prove a point when India's track and field athletes begin their campaign in the Asian Games in Jakarta on Saturday.
China has been trying to build lobbies of influence and mould public opinion in India since at least 2017, and large sums have been invested in the effort, reveals former RA&W officer Jayadeva Ranade.
China is poised to become the world's fourth largest trader, following US, Japan and Germany, the state media reported on Friday.
But former champion Yasin Merchant failed to make it, losing in the quarter-finals, in the Asian Snooker Championship.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Padmini Rout is well-placed along with four foreigners atop of the points' table after seven rounds in the LIC World Junior Chess Championships, being played at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune. With six rounds left in the tough 13-round Swiss league event, the players in both sections are tightly bunched, making the hunt for the title quite open.
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