Serb Novak Djokovic downed Bosnian-born Amer Delic to reach the last 16 of the Australian Open but the champion's victory was marred when ethnic tension burst into violent crowd scenes on the grounds. Groups of rival fans hurled chairs at each other in the beer garden outside centre court when simmering tension boiled over under the hot Melbourne sun. Police arrested two men and ejected another 30 people from the grounds.
All eyes will be on Manchester City as the window opens, with Roberto Mancini expected to add more firepower to a squad who have emerged as genuine contenders for the Premier League title.
Games between South Korea and Japan are traditionally fierce, passionate affairs, but Saturday's clash for third place at the Asian Cup is unlikely to set pulses racing.
Bosnian champions Sarajevo crushed Marsaxlokk of Malta 6-0 in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier on Wednesday to set up a likely meeting with Genk of Belgium in the second qualifying round.
Japan got their bid for a third successive Asian Cup title firmly back on course with a convincing 3-1 victory over United Arab Emirates on Friday.
America's Andy Roddick safely negotiated the opening round of the ATP tournament in Poertschach, Austria, on Monday, seeing off local wildcard Alexander Peya.
They were joined in the second knockout round by Bayer Leverkusen, who enjoyed a 5-1 demolition of Galatasaray, and now meet league rivals Hamburg SV, who dispensed with FC Zurich. Werder Bremen cruised through 4-0 on aggregate against Braga.
It is widely accepted that the greatest literature is born when cultures, civilizations or worldviews come together. This often happens in case of diplomat-poets who often find themselves in exotic milieus, novel circumstances and in company of people with diverse viewpoints, says Abhay K.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic moved from Juventus to Italian rivals Inter Milan for $31.95 million.
Andy Murray, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal led a charge into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday as the focus switched back to tennis and away from ethnic clashes which had marred the "Happy Slam."
Former Chelsea manager Ian Porterfield and Dutch coach Clemence Westorhof are on AIFF's list
GM Tania Sachdev emerged amongst 10-leaders with a finely crafted victory over Atousa Pourkashiyan of Iran
Chelsea took a five-point lead at the top of the English Premier League after beating champions Manchester United 1-0 in Sunday's show piece match. In Spain, Barcelona retained their one-point lead over Real Madrid.
Middlesbrough beat AS Roma to reach the UEFA Cup quarterfinals for the first time
Aussie actor says he was not approached to play James Bond
Boris Trajkovski was on the way to the western Bosnian city of Mostar to attend an international investment conference.
Disciplinary action is being started against the Wales FA for improper conduct of their fans in the match against Italy.
The League champions beat Schalke 04 in the German Cup final on Saturday.
Former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lieutenant General Javed Nasir claimed he successfully air lifted sophisticated anti-tank guided missiles, which turned the tide in favour of Bosnian Muslims and forced the Serbs to lift the siege.
Grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine won the Dubai Open chess tournament on a better tie-break score.
It would be futile to expect that Saudi Arabia could be of assistance to India in dealing with jihadi terrorism emanating from Pakistan or Bangladesh. There has been a long history of links between jihadi terrorist elements in India and Saudi Arabia ever since the demolition of the Babri Masjid in December,1992
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