Arvind Bhatt stunned world number eight Joachim Persson of Denmark in straight-games as India made a resounding start to their campaign at the Hong Kong Super Series with all the shuttlers winning their singles opening round match in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

Bernhard Kohl, who last month admitted to using drugs in the Tour de France where he finished third, was on Monday banned from cycling for two years.

Prakash Amritraj prevailed over qualifier Izak Van Der Merwe in a fiercely fought opening round match to advance to the second round of the $ 50,000 ATP Challenger series event in Champaign, USA.

Ethiopia's Deriba Merga won the men's race with a new course record of 59.14 minutes, while his compatriot Aselefech Mergia became the women's champion of the fourth Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.

After winning the Commonwealth Youth Games and World Junior Badminton Championship, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has set her eyes on the Hong Kong and China Open later this month.

Top seeded Saurav Ghosal made a winning start in the $15,000 PSA Indian Challenger Chennai Open, defeating Elvinn Keo of Malaysia in the first round in Chennai tonight.

Ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang shrugged off his Beijing Olympics disappointment and set a new world record en route to winning the gold in the 10m air rifle event in the World Cup finals in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior badminton Championship with a straight-game win in the finals.

Top seed Saina Nehwal stormed into the final of the girls singles event of the World Junior badminton championship, even as compatriot RMV Gurusaidutt crashed out in the semi-finals in the boys category on Saturday.

Top seed and local favourite Saina Nehwal stormed into the third round of the girl's singles event of the World Junior badminton tournament on Wednesday.

Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones recalls her ill-fated decision to lie to US authorities about her doping in an interview with American talkshow diva Oprah Winfrey to be broadcast on Wednesday.

Things may not have shaped up the way he would have wanted in last 24 hours, but Viswanathan Anand is still very much in the driver's seat in the world championship match against Russia's Vladimir Kramnik.

Praise poured in for Australian swimming great Grant Hackett on Tuesday after the athlete known as "Captain Fantastic" announced his retirement from the pool.

Vladimir Kramnik of Russia won the tenth game against World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the world chess championship match in Bonn.

India's Viswanathan Anand is just one step away from retaining his World Chess Championship title. His rival Vladimir Kramnik is now virtually on razor's edge as even the slightest mistake can end the match.

Viswanathan Anand inched closer to the World Chess Championship title after playing out a draw in the seventh game against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia at the Art and exhibition hall in Bonn on Thursday.

Former track coach Trevor Graham was ordered by a San Francisco court to serve 12 months house arrest and a fine of $5,000 for lying to federal agents for his role in distributing steroids to track athletes in 2004.

Viswanathan Anand destroyed Vladmir Kramnik with a third win in four games and ended his hopes of the world championships.

After months of discussion and lobbying, the International Boxing Association has finally sent an application to the IOC seeking the inclusion of women's boxing in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Ferrari returned to Europe licking their wounds on Monday after Lewis Hamilton's triumph in China left them facing serious self-analysis before next month's championship showdown in Brazil.