Anju George won the long jump in the final leg of the Asian GP but failed to attain the qualifying mark for the World Championships in Osaka.
Photos from the Champions League matches played across Europe on Tuesday
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy got back into the reckoning after defeating International Master Sergey Kayumov of Uzbekistan in the sixth round of the Dubai International Chess championship in Dubai on Saturday.
The Uzbek Grandmaster edged out Pavel Kotsur and Surya Shekhar Ganguly after a tie for the top spot.
They remained in joint lead with 6.5 points each after the seventh round of the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.
Kazakhstan finished fifth in the 5th Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in New Delhi.
India must create firm ties among the energy exporting states of central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and, if possible, Turkmenistan, says Harsh V Pant.
Photos from the Champions League matches played across Europe on Tuesday
India finished fourth in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol and the women's 10m Air Pistol.
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The American became the fifth person to win the prestigious event five times and also the second to have five straight Tour victories to his credit.
The Indian strongman scored two decisive victories in the Greco-Roman category in the Asian wrestling championship. \n\n
Pinki Pramanik won a gold and silver medal in the first leg of the Grand Prix.
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.
The top seeded Indo-Kazakh pair lost to Denis Istomin and Murad Inoyatov of Uzbekistan in the men's doubles final at the Asian Tennis Championships.
K Ratnakaran defeated Grandmaster R B Ramesh to emerge joint leader after the end of the fifth round in the Pune International Open Chess on Tuesday.
The Indian GM went down to Kazakh GM Darmen Sadvakasov in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Chess tournament.
The Indian randmaster beat the former Russian champion in the second round of the Aeroflot International chess tournament.
When the news of steel baron LN Mittal getting into the energy sector without his Indian exploration and production partner, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation surfaced, there was much speculation about whether the alliance was on the verge of a break-u
China's charge at the Asian Games continued, with the team scooping up a phenomenal 22 gold medals including the men's badminton team crown.
At 32, Armstrong will reach an age at which all the previous Tour superstars have started to falter.
BCCI's decision to not send Indian teams for the Asian Games drew sharp criticism from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Saturday, which accused the influential cricket board of treating the sport just as a business venture.
India's in-form shooter Jitu Rai gave the country its first gold medal in the 17th Asian Games, cutting through a tough field to finish on top in the 50m pistol event in Incheon on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic showed brief flashes of his best tennis as he began his bid for a third successive Australian Open title with a workmanlike 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on Monday.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran finished joint fourth in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.
The Indian ace shares the top place with China's Gu Xiaobing after the third round in the Asian women's chess championship.
'Why this disproportionate support for cricketers, who make a thousand times what a track-and-field medallist makes?'
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Ethiopian and Kenyan runners stole the limelight on the opening day of the athletics competition at the Afro-Asian Games.
India's performance on day four of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhour, on Tuesday.
The sixth seeded Indian ace was beaten by Alexey Kedriouk of Kazakhstan in the pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Tennis Championships.
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