The Indian medal hopes in the 32nd chess Olympiad suffered a severe jolt after the men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Slovenia while the women lost 1.5-2.5 to Serbia in the eighth round in Dresden, Germany. The Indian men slipped to joint 14th spot in the standings on 11 points out of a possible 16 and now face an uphill task to keep their medal hopes alive.
On a mixed day for India at the 32nd Chess Olympiad, the women's team defeated Bulgaria to move up to joint-third place while the men slipped to tied 10th after losing to France in the seventh round. Asian women's champion Tania Sachdev and Asian junior girls' winner Mary Ann Gomes helped the Indian women to a 2.5-1.5 victory over Bulgaria.
The men's team beat Austria to move to joint-seventh place, while the women lost to Hungary and slumped to 14th place after the fifth round in the 32nd Chess Olympiad, in Dresden, Germany.
Out of the 74 new US diplomatic positions, China will get 15, followed by India with 12 new posts.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has rubbished US criticism of it teaming up with a Chinese firm to acquire a Syrian oilfield,
Enhancing cooperation in the hydrocarbon sector, vital for the energy security of the two fastest growing economies in the world, will be high on the agenda of talks Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar will hold with Chinese leaders.
India's fledgling Olympic campaign on Wednesday received a sensational boost with unheralded grappler Sushil Kumar clinching a bronze medal and boxer Vijender Kumar assuring himself of at least a bronze to give the country a record three medals for the first time ever.
ONGC Videsh Ltd and China National Petroleum Corp have for the first time ever made a joint bid for acquiring an oilfield abroad.
Captain Michael Ballack grabbed an 82nd minute winner for Germany, who fought back from a goal down to beat Serbia 2-1 on Saturday in their last friendly before the Euro 2008 finals.
Ronaldinho converted two first-half penalties as Brazil beat Paraguay 4-1 on Sunday to close in on a place at the 2006 World Cup.
Former World Cup striker Romario says he is still playing professional football in Brazil at 39 because the rest of the players are not up to much.
Top seeded Roddick beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer while Grosjean scored over Nicolas Lapentti in the semi-finals of the U.S. Men's clay court championships.
Andre Agassi rallied from a set down to edge out Alex Calatrava and advance to the quarterfinals in Houston
The fifth seeds came back after losing the first set to down Giovanni and Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador in the men's doubles at Wimbledon.
Iran beat North Korea 2-0 in Pyongyang in a match that ended with angry scenes on Wednesday to take the outright lead in their World Cup qualifying group.
But Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic failed to make it to the second round in the Nasdaq Open tennis tournament.
The government has allowed ONGC Videsh, the foreign arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp, to make investments of up to Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) in oil and gas properties abroad without going to the Cabinet for approval.
Energy-hungry India, which is 70 per cent import dependant to meet its crude oil requirement, is mounting diplomatic initiatives to secure oil and gas from Gulf, Russia and Africa, Foreign Minister K Natwar Singh said in New Delhi on Wednesday.
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp is in the race for picking up Canadian firm EnCana's stake in a cluster of oil fields in Ecuador and is also talking to Russia for picking up stake in assets of oil major Yukos.
David Beckham quit as England captain after six years in the job in the wake of their QF defeat by Portugal
"I had a big headache, I was short of air and I needed oxygen to breathe," the Brazilian striker said.
England struggled to get another Group B victory that put them through to the second round.
Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has asked to be left out of the next month's WC qualifier squad on being relegated to the substitues' bench.
United States has imposed taxes ranging between 3.56 and 27.49 per cent on shrimp imports from India in the second phase of a probe into the petition alleging "dumping" at low prices.
The 36-year-old Pole will attempt a third 50 kms walk title at the Athens Games before retiring from one of the most demanding events on the athletics calendar.
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