Sania Mirza's singles campaign at the Dubai Open ended when she was beaten 5-7, 2-6 by world No 24 Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in the second round on Tuesday.
The Moscow and All-Russia patriarch has died at the age of 79, an official church announcement said. A senior church official quoted by RIA Novsoti said heart failure was believed to be the cause of the death.
Czech Tomas Berdych halted fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro's hot streak by beating the Argentine 6-1, 6-4 to win the Japan Open on Sunday. Ninth seed Berdych's fourth ATP Tour title and his first since winning on grass in Halle last year came after Del Potro left the court to take medicine for an upset stomach.
Top seed Jelena Jankovic was bundled out of the Pan Pacific Open in a 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 defeat by Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in Friday's quarter-finals. The defeat ended the Serb's hopes of recapturing the world number one ranking from Serena Williams this week following her recent loss to the American in US Open final.
Finn Kimi Raikkonen reported back to work as Formula One world champion on Tuesday.
More than 100 countries are believed to be using the Internet for espionage, says McAfee, the information technology security company.
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.
The Indian ace beat Estonian Kaia Kanepi to move into the second round of the women's singles at the US Open.
The Indian managed an effort of 61.22m to finish 17th among 29 competitors in the fray at the World Championships.
Elena Dementieva put retirement thoughts behind her on Tuesday after overcoming freezing temperatures and occasional snow flurries to beat American Meilen Tu 6-7 6-0 7-5 at the Warsaw Cup.
Top-seeded Nadia Petrova gave up just 13 points in the second set en route to a 6-4 6-0 triumph over Kaia Kanepi in the second round of the Amelia Island championship on Tuesday.
The Belgian world number six will face Kaia Kanepi the final of the Hasselt Cup.
The defending champion continued her comeback with a victory over Martina Mueller.
The victory gave the Thai girl a place in the quarter-finals of the Sunfeast Open.
Novak Djokovic recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to beat American Amer Delic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday.
The Russian suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the French Open, beaten 6-2, 6-2 by Akiko Morigami of Japan.
Rafael Nadal will face Robin Soderling in the first round with a likely fourth round clash against Lleyton Hewitt
The cool-as-cucumber Indian broke her rival in the second game, but was immediately broken back. However, Shikha kept up the good show to demolish Fujiwara in the fourth and eighth games to take the set.
Shikha Uberoi carved out a fluent 6-1, 6-3 victory over Ryoko Fuda of Japan in the first round of the Sunfeast Open.
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb took deliberate time penalties to ensure he did not win the championship in the wake of a fatal crash.
The final stages were cancelled following the death of Peugeot's British co-driver Michael Park.
'President Karzai's visit is an occasion to refine our thinking apropos the 'reintegration' and reconciliation strategy toward the Taliban.'
The Indian ace won the Paul Keres Memorial tournament in Tallinn, Estonia.
Coach Carlos Queiroz admits he monitors David Beckham's private life to ensure he is happy at Real Madrid.
Reputations counted for little at the French Open on Thursday when Amelie Mauresmo, James Blake and David Nalbandian were toppled by opponents ranked outside the world's top 75.
He won the world 100 metres gold medal in the biggest winning margin in the history of the championships.
Andy Roddick and Nadia Petrova made first round exits at the French Open on Tuesday
African countries too are embracing new technologies and evolving ways of tackling old problems.
Parts of Eastern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East are vying to become new offshoring hubs - and nudging aside established players
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