All players who want a visa to compete in the Australian Open will need to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, the country's immigration minister said on Wednesday, putting Novak Djokovic's title defence and Grand Slam record bid in doubt.
Daniil Medvedev will play Rafael Nadal for the Australian Open title on Sunday after a stirring victory over Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-final on Friday.
Sources in the WFI said Ravi's coach Malikov will certainly get a fresh contract and even as the federation is still not completely satisfied with the performance of Bentinidis, it will still consider Bajrang's request if he wants to continue with him.
Reuters reported last week that several Russian national team boxers returning from London had posted online pictures or videos that appeared to show them flouting self-isolation rules imposed to slow the spread of the virus.
Two Russian girls, who escaped an alleged rape attempt by a taxi driver at Anjuna beach in Goa, knocked the doors of locals only to be turned away, while being chased by the accused. "We ran towards some houses and knocked on the door of one of them and requested the occupants to call the police. Nobody came out from the house and we heard someone from inside asking us to go away. We then started running through the field to the other houses for help", they said.
Favourites Russia Tennis Federation opened their Davis Cup Finals campaign with a resounding victory over Ecuador, Britain began with a win against France and Italy eased into the quarter-finals with a win over Colombia on Saturday.
Sumit Nagal was blown away by world number two Daniil Medvedev's thunderous strokes and serves in the singles second round as India's tennis challenge all but ended at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday.
Djokovic will need to win in Tokyo and then the US Open later this year to achieve the feat that has so far only been accomplished by Steffi Graf in 1988.
Russia's anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Wednesday that comments made by its director general about sports doping has been distorted and taken out of context, the TASS news agency reported.
Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM.
Novak Djokovic's bid for a record 21st major title that would have completed the calendar-year Grand Slam collapsed at the final hurdle in a stunning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 defeat by Russian Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final on Sunday.
All Russian diplomats, connected to the country's intelligence agencies, and their families have been given seven days' time to leave the country.
Meanwhile in the women's event, Padmini Rout and R Vaishali joined compatriot Bhakti Kulkarni in the second round.
European soccer's governing body, UEFA, launched disciplinary proceedings against the Russian Football Union on Sunday after violence marred the end of Russia's Euro 2016 match against England in Marseille on Saturday evening.
Switzerland's residents are the most satisfied with their lives.
India's direct import of roughs was $767 million from Russia in 2013, a little less than five per cent of India's total import of roughs.
Impressed by the Indian parliamentary procedures, Russian MPs want to introduce them in their Parliament, as Russia moves towards a multi-party democracy. ''We are very much impressed with the way open discussions on important subjects take place in the Indian Parliament.... We want to incorporate that,'' senator Nokolai Tulaev said. The senators are also impressed by the healthy interaction between the government and the Parliamentarians, which they say, is lacking in Russia
India is planning to send one of its citizens into space, on board a Russian spacecraft, to acquire the skills necessary for future manned space missions. ''India would like to have one of its astronauts trained in Russia and send him into space on board the Soyuz spacecraft,'' an anonymous senior source in the Indian Space Research Organisation said. He said that the ISRO had been holding talks on the issue with the Russian Federal Space Agency, with a positive response.
Russia's parliament has granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country's military in the Crimea, the southern part of the Ukraine where support for Russia is strong.
India and Russia have agreed to double bilateral trade within 3 years to $10 billion.
Images from Tuesday, Day 8 of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, in London.
Shapovalov will meet Rafael Nadal for a place in the semi-finals.
Russian athletes are cleared to compete at next year's summer Olympics will do so without their country's flag and anthem.
Images from Day 4 of the Wimbledon tennis championships played in London, on Wednesday.
The 70-year-old reality TV star has strongly refuted reports of any relationship with Putin and has said he has never met the Russian president.
Promoters of the Russian F1 Grand Prix, ROSGONKI, said that the contract for the Sochi race was signed in 2010, long before the start of WADA's probing and are confident that the race will be held next year as well
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
The Taliban's main challenge comes on the financial and economic front and there Pakistan doesn't have the capacity to be of any meaningful help, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Let battle commence, says Djokovic ahead of Nadal showdown
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Russian player Yana Sizikova has been released from police custody a day after being arrested at the French Open over match-fixing allegations related to last year's tournament, her lawyer said on Friday.
Russian federal investigators said on Saturday they had opened a criminal case against the country's former anti-doping chief on charges of abuse of office.
England manager Roy Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney have appealed to fans to behave around Thursday's Group B game against Wales after European soccer chiefs threatened to throw the country out of Euro 2016 following three days of violence in Marseille. In a video posted on the Football Association's Twitter page, Hodgson and Rooney expressed their concern that further flashpoints could lead to an early end to their tournament. "As the England manager, I am obviously now very concerned about the threat that is hanging over us and the sanction that could possibly be imposed upon the England team," Hodgson said.
He now faces Serbian 14th seed Novak Djokovic for a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
They met to finalise the agenda of the Indo-Russian summit on January 25 in New Delhi.
The Indian women 4x400m relay quartet of Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and M R Poovamma enhanced its Rio Olympic Games qualification chances by winning a gold medal at the PTS athletics Grand Prix with an impressive timing of 3:31.39.
India closed their campaign on the fourth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup winning a team bronze medal in the 25m pistol women's event in Suhl, Germany, on Wednesday.
Yashaswini Singh Deswal has won the individual silver medal in the junior women's air pistol event after she shot a total of 197.7 points on the second day of the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
The 'Big Three' of men's tennis have found some "fresh energy" to thwart the charge of younger players on the tour, world number one Novak Djokovic said after setting up yet another title clash against his biggest rival against Rafael Nadal.
Images from Day 2 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Monday
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