A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu edged out last edition's runners-up Maharashtra by virtue of first innings lead in a drawn encounter, to set up a summit clash with their southern rivals and reigning champions Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament.
Ninth seed Dinara Safina survived a first-round scare at the $1.3 million Toronto Cup on Monday before rallying to tame Frenchwoman Camille Pin 7-6, 3-6, 7-5.
Defending champion James Blake and top seed Andy Roddick won their opening matches in straight sets at the Indianapolis Championships on Tuesday.
The ace golfer stuttered to his second successive round of 76 for a two-day total of 152 and crashed out.
Valencia climbed above Atletico Madrid and Sevilla into third in La Liga when Alvaro Negredo came off the bench to score a late winner in a 3-2 home victory over his former club Almeria on Saturday.
China beat Canada 4-2 in the play-off for seventh and eight places in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Malaysia will take on Australia, who beat Korea, in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
The Delhi-based golfer lost the overnight lead but stayed within one shot of the joint-leaders Panuwat Muenlek and Chapchai Nirat of Thailand.
A 2-1 victory over cellar team Hindustan Aeronautics put the Goa team clear in the NFL race.
East Bengal rallied to hold Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 in Margao on Wednesday.
IMAGES from the matches played at the Miami Masters on Sunday
Sakatar Singh's goal gave the Punjab team a 1-1 draw in a 15th round match in the NFL.
United, trailing 1-2 from the first meeting in Rome, won the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final 7-1.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Mohun Bagan's chances of making it to the semi-finals hit a roadblock when they were held to a 1-1 draw by gritty Pune FC in their second group league encounter of the Federation Cup football tournament, in Vasco, Goa on Tuesday.
Odafe Onyeka Okolie's 78th minute goal earned Churchill Brothers a 1-1 draw.
A goal each by Clifford Miranda and Ranty Martins enabled Dempo win the battle between Goa teams.
After a week's break, the Indian ace returns to the circuit at the Qatar Open where she takes on Romina Oprandi in the first round.
A stable government at the Centre and its plans to set up smart cities has revived investors' interest in the country with Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore set to emerge as hot investment destinations in 2015.
He also finished the season five goals clear of the next leading scorer, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.
Anthony Pereira and Ranty Martins scored two goals each as the Goa side won the NFL match 5-0.
Three-times champions East Bengal were humbled in their opening round match at the Cooperage ground on Sunday.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
The Indian ace, whose not-so-impressive season so far has seen her drop out of the top-50, has 382 points in the singles list.
The ace drag-flicker netted all his goals from penalty-corners as Punjab routed Chhattisgarh in the National Hockey Championship.
Coming into the tournament 21st in the WTA rankings, the Czech won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in two hours and 16 minutes to add to her triumph in St Petersburg earlier this month.
The lowest ranked team in the World Cup won 4-3 for their first victory in Pool A.
Australia chalked up an easy 3-1 win over Japan while Korea were held to a 2-2 draw by South Africa.
Olympic champions Australia turned on the heat and romped to a 4-0 victory over Argentina for their first win in two Pool A matches.
The upcoming tri-series affords an opportunity to Sachin Tendulkar to make strides in the ICC rankings after falling out of the top 20.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
The Indian golfing ace fired a one-under 71 in the second round of the Sega Sammy Cup on the\nJapan PGA tour.
The Indian golfer managed a one-over 71 to notch his eighth top-10 placing this year at the UBS Japan Golf Tour Championship.
India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia in their opening game of Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
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