Cristiano Ronaldo saved Portugal from an embarrassing defeat in Armenia on Wednesday while Belgium dented Serbia's hopes of reaching Euro 2008 with a 3-2 qualifying win.
Roger Federer survived a scratchy performance to beat Marcos Baghdatis 7-6, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals.
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Novak Djokovic dug into his vast reserves of willpower to outlast Marcos Baghdatis and reach his first Wimbledon semi-final on Friday.
Tata Power said on Wednesday completed acquisition of 30 per cent stakes in Indonesian thermal coal producers -- PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Arutmin Indonesia, and other related coal trading companies owned by PT Bumi Resources Tbk.
The unseeded Russian beat Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open.
The mercury was rising at Wimbledon on Saturday as the serial trophy hunters gathered in the last 16 with defending champions Rafa Nadal, Serena Williams and Roger Federer leading the charge.
Reva, the only electric car which, is exported to the UK market from India, may get a red signal from the UK government, owing to revised safety norms proposed by the UK Department of Transport.
In the current financial year, TPC has planned capital expenditure of Rs 2,670 crore for their projects in Trombay, Haldia and in adding capacity to their wind power and digiset generating systems.
Carrier International Mauritius Ltd and Global Investment Ltd are looking to buy over 45 lakh shares in domestic IT services firm Infotech Enterprises, for nearly Rs 162 crore (Rs1.62 billion).
Libya said both the countries can play a major role as Libya is the northern gate for Africa, and India is an active member seeking to play an essential role in Asia.
The blasts caused minor damage to four branches of HSBC bank in Ankara and Istanbul.
Third seed Rafael Nadal battled through mid-match cramps for more than an hour before he lurched into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-5 victory over American qualifier Tim Smyzcek.
It was like old times at Arthur Ashe Stadium as US Open fans gave Andre Agassi a rousing ovation as the former champion was honoured before Monday's opening night programme at Flushing Meadows.
Marcos Baghdatis swept aside Carlos Moya 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Rome Masters.
Allyson Felix completed a hat-trick of women's 200 metres world titles on Friday but fellow American Jeremy Wariner's bid to match her in the men's 400 failed when he lost again to compatriot LaShawn Merritt.
The World Cup gold medallist took over the No. 1 spot in double trap shooting.
Flag Telecom, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Reliance Communication (RComm), has mandated Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as lead managers for the maiden initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange.
The Indian entertainment and media industry is expected to outgrow the country's economy every year between 2007 and 2011.
Currently, the company has around 1800 cars on road, of which 1000 cars are in India while the others are in London and other parts of the UK.
Like it gave the prize to Barack Obama to make him fulfill the promise of change, the Nobel Committee has given it to the EU to remind it of its huge responsibility to maintain unity within the organisation, says T P Sreenivasan.
The Irish are preparing for the European qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup finals.
Telecommunications major Reliance Communications will invest $1.5 billion (around Rs 7,000 crore) in Flag Telecom, its under-sea cable subsidiary, over the next three years.
The 17-year-old rallied to make the grade in the Osaka Mayor's Cup tennis tournament
The victory after four qualifiers moved Ireland on to four points but they are still struggling in fifth place.
The defeat at the Lyon indoor tournament means Baghdatis faces a struggle to make the season-ending Masters Cup.
The Prime Minister's Office has sought the opinion of various ministries for creating an umbrella legislation that would empower the government to suspend any foreign investment
The organisers were fined a record $5 million for inviting a Turkish Cypriot leader to hand out the trophies after last month's F1 race.
The impending default on the IMF loans leaves Greece sliding towards an exit from the euro.
They routed Michael Berrer of Germany and Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark on Sunday.
The Indo-Croatian pair defeated Kristian Pless of Denmark and Danai Udomchoke of Thailand in straight sets in the semi-finals.
Both players were taken to three sets by lesser-fancied opponents in the semi-finals.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore says his damaged gun cost him a place in final of the double trap event at World Shooting Championships.
The first flight will take off at 0800 IST while the second jet will fly to the Cypriot capital at 1000 IST and both aircraft will return the same day.
Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi is closely monitoring the evacuation operation.
Altogether 602 Indians were on Friday airlifted back home from Larnaca in Cyprus.
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