Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis lost to Nikolay Davydenko in the third round in Miami
Nationality in sport has become muddied following the break-up of the Soviet bloc and the transfer of talent from poor to rich countries.
But defending champion, Andre Agassi at 33 years is still the man to beat.
India had a disappointing finish at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Italy.
Barcelona crushed Slovakia's Puchov 8-0 at the Nou Camp to go through 9-1 on aggregate.\n\n
The major countries were kept apart in the Euro 2004 playoff draw, opening the way for Spain, Holland, Russia, Turkey and Croatia to reach next year's finals.
The major countries were kept apart in the Euro 2004 playoff draw on Monday.
The 2002 and 2003 champion was shown the door by Jill Craybas in the third round at Wimbledon.
France, Argentina and Italy grabbed the spotlight with impressive friendly victories on the first major international soccer night of the season on Wednesday.
They lost to Georgia in an important Euro 2004 football qualifier.
European champions France are set to become the first country to qualify for Euro 2004 after a 2-1 win over Israel
In Moscow, Russia rallied to beat England 2-1 and keep their hopes alive for a berth in the finals.
P Harikrishna and S S Ganguly lost their games as India went down to defending champions Russia in the Chess Olympiad.
Abhijit Kunte and Surya Shekhar Ganguly scored victories in a 3-1 victory over The Philippines in the third round of the Chess Olympiad.
The Williams sisters also recorded contrasting wins to advance at the US Open.
With just two rounds left in the World Youth chess championship, the Indian lass need just a victory and a draw to secure the girls' under-14 title.
The Indian men succumbed to their first defeat going down 1.5-2.5 to slip to joint sixth spot after the seventh round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
The defending champion was beaten by Spaniard Maria Sanchez Lorenzo.
India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n
Singapore is the world's most successful economy in exploiting ICT developments; US fifth, China 41st.
Paraguay's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany will comprise the following 23 players:
India stands 40th in 'network readiness' in the world, having slipped from the 39th spot it held last year. However, it is above China (50th) and Pakistan (67th) and Sri Lanka (83rd).
1999 World champion Camilla Martin, 2001 world championship runner-up Peter Gade Christensen and 1997 World cham Peter Rasmussen will spearhead the squad.
In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.
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