Tennis
Sania Mirza wins ITF title in Manila
She beat Akgul Amanmorogova (Uzbekistan) 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 to win the $10,000 Union Cement ITF/Phi Women's Circuit tournament in Manila.
David Beckham has broken rib, out for six weeks
He played in United's midweek Champions League match at home to Bayer Leverkusen without knowing his rib was broken, the News of the World said.
Late Okan header gives Inter point at Roma
An 89th-minute header from Turkish midfielder Okan Buruk gave Serie A leaders Inter Milan a 2-2 draw at AS Roma in an enthralling match.
Shooting
Amit Kumar rewrites record in 50m pistol
Also, Jaspal Rana won gold in the 25m standard pistol event at the 46th national shooting competition in Bangalore.
Chess
From the land of Anand... Srinath
Shobha Warrier talks to chess prodigy Srinath Narayanan, the youngest FIDE rated player in India.
Hockey
Bharat Petroleum win Surjit hockey
International Bipin Fernandez's golden goal gave them a 3-2 victory over Punjab and Sind Bank in the final.
New coach for Pakistan's hockey team
Shahnaz Sheikh, a former leftside forward, is to replace coach Tahir Zaman, who was only appointed in May.
Video experiment set for women's Hockey W' Cup
Hockey will experiment with video referees at the women's World Cup starting on November 24 in Perth, Australia, the International Hockey Federation announced.
Athletics
Osaka to host 2007 world athletics championships
Apart from Tokyo in 1991, the only other world championships held outside of Europe were in 2001 in Edmonton, Canada.
Gymnastics
Romanian gymnasts slammed for posing naked
Local sports newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor printed the pictures of the trio, which were downloaded from the internet, showing them wearing only lipstick and mascara.
Golf
Mukesh Kumar cruises to season's fifth win
The Mhow-based golfer successfully defend his title at the Servo Masters Golf 2002.
'My patience with hard work is second to none'
Ace Fiji golfer Vijay Singh tells Onkar Singh it is easy to reach the top but you got to work twice as hard to stay there.
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