A top U.S. Olympic official has assured the IOC that his country is committed to the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.
Organisers promised Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone a US$22.3 million package to compensate teams hit by a law banning tobacco advertising.
The British ace was beaten by defending champion David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.
Delhi's dope testing laboratory will operate under the supervision of its Tokyo lab.
Gold fell to, and held near-term support at $914.00 in overnight trading in Asia before turning higher in the morning hours, ahead of the New York opening. New York spot trading opened with gold at $ 926, up $ 1.20 as players watched the dollar dropping under 71.60 on the index, and crude oil rise to just above $ 111 per barrel. Silver was down 6 cents on the open, quoted at $17.68 but the noble metals took a harder fall. Platinum lost $48 at $1960.00 & palladium dropped $13.
The dollar touched a new all-time low vis-a-vis the euro and sank to 71.50. Europe's inflation rate touched 2.9% as crude oil prices also rose. Gold prices were pushed skywards in the fourth quarter of 2007. Silver gained 4 cents to $18.21, while platinum rose $10 to $2036 per ounce. In such a scenario Jon Nadler, senior analyst, Kitco Bullion Dealers Montreal, advises investors to watch oil, listen to Trichet and Bernanke, and follow the dollar.
THE secretary general of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), Jyoti Kumaran confirmed that hockey star Jugraj Singh is being sent to a foreign country for treatment.
India is taking up with the United States the issue of reduction of H1B visas for specialised workers, as it would affect movement of Indian software professionals to that country, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
An extended run at the US Open will be a positive finale to a Grand Slam season which has been nothing short of miserable for the former world number one.
A thunderbolt serve, a peerless recent record and a celebrity girlfriend have turned the American into hot property.
The top seeds will take on seventh seeds Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley of Australia.
Peter Jackson of the Lord Of The Rings will now remake King Kong and other Hollywood gupshup.
Lennox Lewis is considering his future Lennox Lewis has announced he will not fight again this year, but remains undecided about whether to retire.
Bhupathi and Mirnyi will take on Cyril Suk and Martin Damm of Czech Republic in the semi-final.
Leander Paes and Bhupathi are considered one of the best bets to win gold for India at the Athens Games next year.
Bhupathi and Paes are in the separate half of the draw and may face each other in the final.
The Briton swept past Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 6-4 to win the $600,000 Washington Classic.
Bhupathi and partner Max Mirnyi kick-start their preparations for the year's last Grand Slam with the Tennis Masters Series, starting on Monday in Montreal.
India on Wednesday warned WTO members of backlash in developing countries if economic reforms were perceived to be an imposition from outside.
Emphasising on greater transparency at the World Trade Organisation, both India and China have said no last minute surprises should be sprung on negotiators.
Divestment Minister Arun Shourie will lead the Indian delegation to the two-day World Trade Organisation mini-ministerial in Montreal beginning on Monday, which would try to narrow down differences on contentious issues.
Montreal-based Air Canada is to resume flights to India with a daily non-stop service between Toronto and New Delhi effective October 27.
India was on Friday guarded in its reaction to European Union farm ministers' 'historic' accord to reform its disputed Common Agricultural Policy.
"We knew that from the beginning and we've sort of had confirmation by now and it will be a tough fight to the end," said the German driver.
The German seized his second successive pole position as Williams swept champions Ferrari off the front row.
The Tehran Asian Games 5,000m gold medallist was suffering from Hepatitis 'B'.
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