A dogged century by number nine batsman S Rana helped Haryana post a respectable 260 against Baroda on day 1 in the Ranji Trophy match.
While Vaas has moved up four places to be fourth in the ICC Player Rankings.
Rafael Nadal left German qualifier Yannick Maden no hope as he booked his ticket for the third round of the French Open in ruthless fashion with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory.
England were seventh last month but in the latest edition, issued by FIFA, they are down to 11th
Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39 is in the batch of 2017.
Continuing to back dope-tainted wrestler Narsingh Yadav, a top Wrestling Federation of India official on Friday claimed the 74-kg freestyle wrestler would have clinched the silver medal had he taken part in the Rio Olympics instead of being banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The England striker scored his first goal for Manchester City as his new club went top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Sunderland.
Sri Lanka closed the gap to Australia at the top of the ICC ODI Championship to 15 points after winning the tri-series.
India lifted its sagging morale as Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna cruised into the semi-finals while pugilist Vikas Krishan advanced to the quarters on a day the shooters, archers, shuttlers and track and field athletes suffered reverses at the Rio Olympics.
The number one tag still eludes them but newly-crowned World Champions India have closed the gap on top-placed Australia even as the team's in-form players moved up in the individual standings of the latest ICC ODI rankings issued in Dubai on Monday.
The Indian golfer ended with a final round six-over 76 and ended tied 52nd in the FedEx St Jude's Classic in Tennessee.
The Indian golfer tied for 16th place at the end of the third day of the USD 5.6 million Bank of America Colonial Golf Championship.
World number two Roger Federer and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic each stormed into the fourth round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with lopsided victories on Tuesday.
Jyoti Randhawa moved from tied 20th to tied 11th before the final round was delayed due to bad light at the BMW Asian Open.
"We've gone out there and made the pitches do things," said the SA captain.
Churchill Brothers upset Mahindra United 2-1 to move into the eighth place in the National Football League.
Tamil Nadu's Vinod Sridhar beat Haryana's Jitin Bishnoi 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of National Ranking Tennis.
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played on Saturday
Vince Carter poured in 43 points to reach 10,000 in his career as the New Jersey Nets rallied to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 107-97 in overtime.
Serena Williams fought back from the brink of defeat to oust fourth seed Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-5, 8-6.
Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace in a 5-0 victory in the Premier Hockey League.
Serena Williams battered Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-4 in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon on Tuesday, seizing on moments of weakness from the Russian to ram home her advantage.
Leaders Barcelona scored five goals away at their city rivals Espanyol for the first time as they made light of a potentially tricky city derby on Saturday.
Tottenham Hotspur reached the semi-finals of the Champions League on away goals after a 4-3 (aggregate 4-4) defeat to Manchester City in a breathtaking quarter-final second leg game on Wednesday.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard came off the bench to score a hat-trick in the last 15 minutes as the struggling Premier League side came from behind to beat Napoli 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.
Napoli recovered from three goals down to draw 3-3 at Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League on Thursday as holders Atletico Madrid were held 1-1 by Bayer Leverkusen.
AS Roma's lingering hopes of catching Serie A leaders Juventus were virtually extinguished after two stunning Pepe Reina saves kept them at bay and Jose Callejon's late goal handed third-placed Napoli a 1-0 home win on Sunday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
India beat Malaysia 4-1 in their opening match of the Four-Nations Challenge hockey tournament in Australia.
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