Scotland shocked World Cup finalists France 1-0 while England were held to a goalless draw by Macedonia.
They lost to Georgia in an important Euro 2004 football qualifier.
Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in Miami
The Indian GM shares the second place with three others, behind GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh, in the British chess championship.
In his first visit to India after taking over office, Ban Ki-Moon recalled India's long and glorious association with India and said, 'throughout these many decades, India has given its best to the United Nations and to the world -- its best economists, doctors and engineers, its most promising ideas.'
In Moscow, Russia rallied to beat England 2-1 and keep their hopes alive for a berth in the finals.
The Williams sisters also recorded contrasting wins to advance at the US Open.
CAT trainers Gautam Puri and Arun Wadhwa answered reader queries in a recent chat.
Though India is ranked way down in the FIFA rankings, African footballers see the country as a springboard to their European aspirations.
A tribute to General Indar Jit Rikhye, soldier turned peacemaker.
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
Singapore is the world's most successful economy in exploiting ICT developments; US fifth, China 41st.
The complete text of the Prime Minister's speech in Rajya Sabha.
Overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta tackles these are other queries related to studying abroad.
India stands 40th in 'network readiness' in the world, having slipped from the 39th spot it held last year. However, it is above China (50th) and Pakistan (67th) and Sri Lanka (83rd).
In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.
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