BEIJING: Sania Mirza had a load of luggage when she departed the Chinese capital on Sunday afternoon after finishing runner-up in the women's doubles alongside Zimbabwean veteran Cara Black.

LONDON: The long-running feud between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho shows no sign of healing after another high-profile falling out on Sunday, this time the result of a dispute over territory.

BEIJING: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters cancelled planned talks with the government on electoral reforms on Friday after violent scuffles broke out in the city's Mong Kok district after a large group of people challenged the demonstrators who were into the fifth day of their agitation.

INDIANAPOLIS: Peter Kassig first visited Beirut on a college spring break trip. What the former army ranger saw there prompted him to return, the next time as a medical assistant and humanitarian worker hoping to offer blankets, food and medical care to victims of the region's conflicts.

SEOUL: North Korea's presumptive No. 2 and other members of Pyongyang's inner circle made a surprise trip on Saturday to South Korea for the close of the Asian Games, a visit that will include the rivals' highest level face-to-face talks in five years.

MUMBAI: The BJP has left no stone unturned for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, 'Sinh Garjana' (lion's roar), at the racecourse on Saturday. Since the event comes a day after Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray's address to cadres, the BJP will use its organizational might to show its "strength", said a source.

JIND: Former Haryana chief minister Om Parkash Chautala, out on bail on health grounds, met his supporters, days after he and the CBI were put under notice by the Delhi high court on a plea seeking directions to the politician to surrender. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief went to residences of his supporters in Jind besides visiting the party's election office

PUNE/AHMEDNAGAR: BJP national president Amit Shah on Friday pitched Pankaja Munde into the upper echelon, endorsing her as the OBC face of the party in Maharashtra. He said the BJP leadership was aware of the popular demand for Pankaja to be chosen as BJP's chief ministerial candidate in the state elections.

BEIJING: The only sparkle about Sania Mirza on a stone-grey Beijing afternoon is in the solitaires on her ears.
Tucked under a heavy, winter quilt, she sniffles as she struggles to sit up in her luxury hotel room in the city's downtown area.

 SUZUKA: Four-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel will leave Red Bull at the end of the season, with the team expecting him to join Ferrari.