Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has taken the delivery of four Airbus A-321s in the past three weeks out of the 43 aircraft that it is buying from the European plane manufacturer.
Roger Federer became the latest withdrawal at this week's Paris Masters when he pulled out due to exhaustion.
They were joined in the second knockout round by Bayer Leverkusen, who enjoyed a 5-1 demolition of Galatasaray, and now meet league rivals Hamburg SV, who dispensed with FC Zurich. Werder Bremen cruised through 4-0 on aggregate against Braga.
Bayern Munich were held to a 2-2 draw by Aberdeen, while Atletico Madrid lost 1-0 at Bolton Wanderers in the UEFA Cup last 32 first-leg matches.
Manchester United's 100 percent start to the season will be tested by old foes Arsenal on Sunday.
Novartis' threat that it would not introduce new medicines in India after the verdict is hollow, says Anand Grover.
Mohammad Saqlain will lead the Pakistan side in the hockey World Cup in Germany next month.
AC Milan and Liverpool won their Champions League qualifying rounds.
A tainted AC Milan side, 2005 winners Liverpool and last season's finalists Arsenal will top the bill when the Champions League final qualifying round gets underway this week.
Shares in one of India's few privately owned deepwater ports will start trading on Tuesday after an initial public offering valuing the equity of Mundra Port & Special Economic Zone at about $4.5 billion.
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Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup after the two teams played out a sterile scoreless draw.
Claudio Reyna and goalkeeper Kasey Keller became the first Americans to feature in four World Cups when they played at these finals
World number two Rafael Nadal recovered from an unsteady start to overpower Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 6-4 in the Madrid Masters on Wednesday and set up a mouth-watering last-16 clash against Andy Murray.
The two European sides are strong favourites to claim the top two places in Group H and a passport into the knockout round.
Lleyton Hewitt remains a doubt for the French Open despite being cleared of any serious injury
Tommy Robredo reached the final of a Master Series event for the first time when he beat Mario Ancic of Croatia.
Ivan Ljubicic and Gaston Gaudio were the biggest casualties in second-round matches at the Hamburg Masters
The danger of attacks by Islamic extremists was especially high, weekly magazine Stern reported
Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Hamburg Masters
Spain coach Luis Aragones announced a 23-man squad for next month's World Cup in Germany on Monday.
Netherlands Coach Marco Van Basten named a 23-men squad on Sunday for next month's World Cup finals in Germany.
The world number one began his bid for a first Rome Masters title in style with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Juan Ignacio Chela.
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