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.
India beat Malaysia 4-1 in their opening match of the Four-Nations Challenge hockey tournament in Australia.
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.
The victory saw the Indian wild card enter the second round in the Mother's Recipe-ITF Women's Futures tournament.
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.
The 1-1 draw left both teams in the relegation zone in the National Football League.
Punjab Police beat Punjab and Sind Bank 10-9 in sudden death tie-breaker to lift the DDA Invitational Hockey title.
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Travis Brooks scored a brace as Australia beat Pakistan 4-3 in the final.
The Grandmaster from PSPB has 7.5 points and is followed by five players on 6.5 in the National A chess championship.
The top-30 golfers in the Final Stage Qualifiers would earn a direct entry into the US PGA Tour.
In another Group 'A' match, Bharat Petroleum defeated Dinamo Kazan hockey club of Russia 4-3.
The top seven teams from the qualifier will join South Korea, Australia, Argentina, Germany and Egypt in the Athens Games.
A 6-0 victory over Ghana gave the Proteas their third straight victory in the women's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
India squandered a two-goal lead to suffer a 2-7 hammering at the hands of world champions Australia and crash out of the Hero Hockey World League Final in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The United States closed in on their third world title by beating perennial rivals Norway 1-0 in the quarter-finals.
They will now face winner of the East Bengal-Ever Ready tie in the final on September 28.
Ruud van Nistelrooy and Paul Scholes gave them a 2-1 win over Newcastle United in the English Premiership.
The rankings listed Asia's top 200 universities, where 12 Indian institutions figure, including seven IITs and five universities.
The two Indians have a half point lead over second placed S Vijayalakshmi in the Asian women's chess championship.
National champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta meets third seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the first round.
The former beat Karnataka, while the IHF juniors got past Air India in the semi-finals of the Murugappa Cup hockey tournament.
Zimbabwe looked doomed after collapsing to 15 for four in the 10th over.
A 2-1 victory over Goa gave them a slot in the semis of the National women's football championship.
The century's last sequential date holds no astrological significance, say experts.
The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to start calculating interest on savings account on a daily basis, starting April 1.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
British qualifier Elena Baltacha "fought her heart out" to record the biggest win of her career when she upset seventh seed Li Na of China at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Friday. Former world number one Justine Henin was also a shock loser, beaten 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 by Argentina's Gisela Dulko.
World No.1 and challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat defending champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 6.5-3.5 after Game 10 ended in a draw at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chennai on Friday.
India's iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar has jumped to third position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen after belting a record-breaking double-century in the second One-Day International against South Africa in Gwalior on Wednesday.
The No. 1 player on the Hero Honda Indian Golf Tour shot a four-under 68 on the opening day of the London Myanmar Open.
Arsenal slumped to a last-gasp 2-1 Premier League defeat at relegation-threatened Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday in a blow to the London club's chances of securing European football next season. Watford's Craig Dawson grabbed a stoppage-time equaliser with an overhead kick to earn his side a 1-1 draw with Leicester City on Saturday and a vital point in their battle for Premier League survival.
European champions Bayern Munich led the charge into the last 16 of the Champions League when they beat Viktoria Plzen 1-0 to chalk up a record-equalling ninth straight victory in the competition on Tuesday.
Roger Federer showed flashes of his best but Novak Djokovic exposed the Swiss maestro's fading powers with a three-set victory at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday.
Unstoppable so far with clinical performances, a formidable India will square off against a passionate and sprightly Bangladesh in their quest for continental supremacy in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 cricket tournament, in Mirpur, on Sunday.
Lt Gen N C Vij sad men from the special forces, specialised units of the army and air force were to be involved in the attack, which was called off at the last moment.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo come face-to-face next month when Sweden meet Portugal in a World Cup playoff and they sharpened their claws with six goals between them on a thrilling night of Champions League action on Wednesday.
Khurram Manzoor was unbeaten on 131 and Pakistan ended on 263 for three, a lead of 14 runs over South Africa who were bowled out for 249 early in the morning session.
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