Australia's women, powered by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, beat the United States and Canada to win the Olympic 4x100 metres freestyle relay in world record time on Saturday, retaining the title they won in London four years ago.
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu will have an outside chance of a podium finish for India when the weightlifter begins her campaign in the women's 48kg category at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday.
The police clarified that the six men are only being questioned; no arrests have been made.
The terror cell attempted to detonate hydrogen peroxide and chapatti flour bombs covered in shrapnel on three tube trains and a bus on July 21, 2005.
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The Queen's Baton of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games was taken at the historic India Gate by the country's top sportspersons in a low-key event on the first day of its India stop on Saturday.
Both are being questioned in the probe.
Both teams will be looking to prove a point after the poor showing at the World Cup.
The country moved to its highest level of terror alert -- critical -- after a burning car crashed into the airport.
France's most-capped player Lilian Thuram will end his international career if his country fails to qualify for Euro 2008, he told French daily Le Parisien.
The Pakistan fast bowler said his target is to remain fit for the forthcoming Test series against South Africa, India and Australia.
The 54-year-old Labour MP told party activists that he would not be contesting his Glasgow Central seat at the next election because his family was threatened by a gang allegedly linked to racist murderers he helped convict.
Leicester City will play Barcelona, Celtic and Paris St Germain in this year's International Champions Cup (ICC), the Premier League leaders said on Tuesday.
India will play a one-off ODI against India in Scotland next month.
India started their Sudirman Cup campaign in fine fashion beating Finland 4-1 in their first group rubber.
This will be the largest M&A by an Indian firm, to be complete by January-end.
The AC Milan goalkeeper was also fined US$57,000 by UEFA following his dramatic fall during his team's 2-1 Champions League defeat against Celtic.
The body of the suspect in the botched UK terror plot, who died of burn injuries on August 2 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland, has been identified as Khafeel Ahmed
The 27-year-old man who slapped AC Milan goalkeeper Dida during Wednesday's Champions league match at Celtic was given a life ban by the Scottish club after owning up and being handed over to the police.
A last-gasp 4-3 victory over Espanyol put them top of the Primera Liga for the first time since September.
When Bisweshwar Nandi caught his first glimpse of the Olympic rings after touching down in Rio with his gymnastics protege Dipa Karmakar, he felt an instant surge of adrenaline.
A star-studded Indian shooting contingent will begin their Rio Olympics campaign on Saturday with in-form Jitu Rai hoping to launch the country's medal haul in an event which will also see his more illustrious senior colleague Abhinav Bindra aiming to end his glorious career on a high.
It was heartbreak for P V Sindhu at the World Badminton Championships. The Indian shuttler had to settle for a second consecutive bronze medal after succumbing to Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals, in Copenhagen, on Saturday.
Morgan Deane Smith, stylish wife of former South African skipper Graeme Smith, auditioned for the latest season on MNet's South Africa's Idols.
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The Major League Soccer 'All Stars' defeated Glasgow Celtic 2-0 on Thursday with goals from Colombians Juan Pablo Angel and Juan Toja.
Russo says his client is holding up well in the circumstances. "He's obviously made a request to me that he'd prefer to be in the community and rather than where he is," he said.
Parts of the world on Friday witnessed a solar eclipse
'The majority of Indian Muslims abroad -- like their counterparts in India -- have kept a distance from extremist and jihadi activities.'
'God has been cruel on us. One hand he gave me all the joy while on the other he snatched it all away,' Haneef's mother said.
The Indians will take on Sussex in a four-day match from July 7-10 before the first Test at Lord's on July 19.
Sports Minister Jitendra Singh was far from impressed as he took stock of India's preparations for next year's Commonwealth and Asian Games in a meeting with SAI officials here and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress made so far.
The 15-member Indian team, led by Rahul Dravid, left Mumbai early on Wednesday morning for London en route to Ireland on a 80-day tour of the United Kingdom.
Mumbai youngster Rohit Sharma is hoping to make the best of opportunities that come his way in the ODIs in Ireland and Scotland.
If India manage to beat France in the play-offs, it will be the first time they would be promoted to Division 2 of the world team championships.
Rahi Sarnobat beat all expectations to become India's first woman shooter with an Asian Games gold and the low-profile wushu players delivered their best ever performance even in defeat on another high-yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece.
Indian shuttlers thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in a Group B encounter in Glasgow.
The fast bowler was included in a list of 20 players for a conditioning camp ahead of two ODIs against India in Scotland next month.
Debutant Helder Costa opened the scoring on his international debut for an experimental Portugal who made 10 changes from the team which started the 3-2 Nations League win in Poland on Thursday.
Gopichand, who shaped Sindhu and Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal among others, believes it will take some time for the next big star to emerge.
At 17 and 20 respectively, Satwik and Chirag form a formidable pair that has proved its mettle in international badminton, often punching above their weight, only to fall short of podium finishes.
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