The Azzurri beat 2006 World Cup hosts Germany 4-1. Argentina, France and Sweden also suffered shock defeats
Peru fought back to draw 2-2 with Colombia in the Copa America.
They can if they beat Paraguay and the world champions lose to Chile in Sunday's South American World Cup qualifiers.\n\n
Oil and Natural Gas Corp, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has shot down its proposal to acquire a 45 per cent stake in a Nigerian oil and gas field for close to $2-billion saying the deal was 'too risky.'
Both nations took 2-1 leads in their semi-finals with doubles victories.
The Wimbledon champion was dumped by the world No. 47 in the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
Ecuador's Jefferson Perez set a world record in the 20km walk today to win the first gold medal of the world athletics championships in Paris.
The Austrian ended the run of the German favourite at the Munich Open.
Indian eves came up with yet another emphatic performance in the 10th round of the women's section of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Before the next round, the government needs to cap the windfall profits coming out of global prices shooting up.
Ginger is the hot and happening commodity now. In fact, the National Multi-Commodity Exchange is mulling expansion of its futures basket and launch of trade in dried ginger and cashew.
The Indian golfing ace shares the first place with Thai rookie sensation Chapchai Nirat at the halfway stage of the Crowne Plaza Open.
India had a disappointing finish at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Italy.
India has been ranked in the bottom half among 134 countries in terms of gender equality, in WEF's latest ranking that assessed the distribution of resources and opportunities among males and females.
They lost to Georgia in an important Euro 2004 football qualifier.
The total of Indian students coming to the US this year was up by 9.6 per cent from the previous year, when the number was 76,503, and India dominated with 14.4 per cent of the total of 582,984 international students enrolled in American colleges and universities in the US in 2006/2007, which also increased by 3 per cent over the previous academic year.
Model Prashant Raj Sachdev on his role in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag.
The Merrut-based golfer fired an opening round \n\nfive-under 67 to place behind South African Craig Kamps by a solitary point.\n\n\n\n\n\n
The bag at Cannes this year may not have been heavy, but there's growing global recognition for India's advertising creatives.
Paraguay's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany will comprise the following 23 players: