It was a commendable effort in the final as the Chinese pair had put out the top seeds Yuan Xin and Xiaodi You of China in straight sets in the semifinals. Sowjanya and partner had beaten the second seeds Xinyu Gao and Di Zhao of China 6-1, 7-5 in their semifinal. ....

 A bruising battle between U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrats in the House of Representatives spilled out into the open on Friday when the President’s centrepiece policy agenda for this year, the quest for unequivocal trade negotiation authority, was dealt ....

Boko Haram extremists have burned down six northeast Nigerian villages and killed 37 people near the insurgents’ Sambisa Forest stronghold, a survivor said on Friday. Ahmed Ajimi, a fighter in the anti-Boko Haram Nigerian Vigilante Group, said many victims of Wedne ....

 Murali Vijay’s patient hundred helped India move along smoothly to 398 for three even as a rejuvenated Bangladesh spin force impressed in the first session on the third day of the rain-hit one-off cricket Test in Fatullah on Friday. Starting on 239 for no los ....

The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the U.S. dollar and the South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean dollar was ruined by hyper-inflation, which hit 500 billion per cent in 2008. At the height of Zimbabwe’s economic crisis ....

India had ended the day one at 239 for no loss while the second day’s play was washed out. Brief Scores: India 1st innings: 462 for 6 in 103.3 overs.(Shikhar Dhawan 173, Murali Vijay 150, Ajinkya Rahane 98; Shakib Al Hasan 4/105). Team: India: Shikhar ....

 All it took was 48 hours for the fortunes and the form of teams to change. After being outclassed in Game 3, Golden State Warriors bounced back in style to overwhelm an upbeat Cleveland Cavaliers 103-82 at a noisy Quicken Loans Arena here on Thursday and level the ....

 Sri Lanka has identified agriculture, logistics and textiles as potential areas of “economic engagement” with India, according to Ravi Karunanayake, Finance Minister. Mr. Karunananyake told reporters at an event organised by the Foreign Correspondents&r ....

The rain gods seemed to enjoy interrupting a healthy contest between bat and ball as the Indian batsmen, propelled by Murali Vijay’s well-deserved century and Ajinkya Rahane’s brilliant 98, looked to extract the maximum out of an utterly hopeless situation while ....

 The Union Minister of State for External Affairs, General (Retd.) V.K. Singh, currently on a visit to China, has brushed aside apprehensions that the attack in Manipur by militants based in Myanmar that killed 18 Indian troops would hamper progress of the Bangladesh-C ....