The duo beat James Blake and Jeff Morrison of the U.S. in the first round of the ATP International tennis championship in Florida.

Tonique Williams-Darling and Christian Olsson will chase at least a share of the million dollar Golden League jackpot in the final meeting of the series.

The 13th seeded duo beat Spain's Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo 6-3 6-3 in the semi-final on Thursday.

The 13th seeded duo beat Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco of Spain to enter the last four at the US Open.

Leander Paes teamed up with David Rikl to humble Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic in straight sets in the opening round of the US Open.

The Indian pair went down to Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada at the ATP Tennis Masters in Cincinnati.

The eighth seeds beat Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Belarussian Max Mirnyi 6-4, 6-2 in the final.

The former world No.1 doubles pair upset fourth seeds Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada in the semi-finals of the ATP Masters.

The Indian aces beat Jared Palmer of the United States and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic in the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters Series.

India was among the 14 countries, including Pakistan and Russia, which remained on the 'Priority Watch Lis't of the United States for "inadequate and ineffective" enforcement of patent laws.

The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n

Former Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato is almost certain to take over as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund after the United States backed his candidature for the top job.

Mutola, 31, surpassed the five indoor world titles held by Cuban long jumper Ivan Pedroso to etch her name in history.

The defending champions were taken the distance by Australia's Paul Hanley and Trudi Musgrave in the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.

Meanwhile Prakash Amritraj and Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea made a tragic exit, retiring midway through their first round doubles match.

India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n

Former US President Bill Clinton on Friday launched a major medical initiative to make available Anti-Retroviral Drugs to millions affected by HIV/AIDS around the world at almost one-third of the existing market costs.

Their exit gave the Bryan twins, Mike and Bob, the year-end world No. 1 ranking.

The World No. 2 doubles pair beat Australia's Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley for their first victory in the ATP Masters Cup.

They lost to Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriquez of Argentina in the Tennis Masters Cup.

The top seeds eaily beat the Russian pair of Denis Golovanov and Andrei Olhovskiy in a quarter-final match at the Moscow ATP event.

The duo will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.

The US sprinter burned the track in 10.96 seconds in the first semi-final.

Sturrup comfortably won the first heat of the women's 100m in 11.08 seconds.

The top seeds will take on seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley of Australia.

Officials switched from electronic to manual timing which resulted in a time of 9.53 seconds -- 0.25 of a second inside the official world record at the London Grand Prix.

Bhupathi and partner Max Mirnyi kick-start their preparations for the year's last Grand Slam with the Tennis Masters Series, starting on Monday in Montreal.