Melbourne, Jan 30 (Inditop) India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza moved into the final of the Australian Open mixed doubles beating the Czech pair of Lukas Dlouhy and Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 here Friday.
Bhupathi and Sania trailed 0-3 in the first set before they came back strongly to make it to the final for the [...]
Islamabad, Jan 30 (Inditop) Pakistan is to amend its anti-corruption law to remove politicians from its purview.
“There will be no victimisation of politicians and no politician will be arrested or disqualified under the law, the draft of which was finalised (Thursday) by the inter-ministerial committee of the cabinet,” Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said in the [...]
New Delhi, Jan 30 (Inditop) India’s first home-grown wind technology company Suzlon Energy Friday reported a net loss of Rs.3.9 billion for the quarter ended Dec 31 as compared to net profit of Rs.3.38 billion in the corresponding period last fiscal.
The company’s total income, too, decreased to Rs.15.47 billion for the third quarter from Rs.16.83 [...]
Madrid, Jan 30 (DPA) Barcelona edged their way into the semi-finals of the Spanish King’s Cup with a tense 3-2 home win over crosstown rivals Espanyol, with two goals from teenager Bojan Krkic.
Barca Wednesday go into the semis on a 3-2 aggregate, given that the first leg last week was a 0-0 draw.
Barca seemed to [...]
Sydney, Jan 30 (DPA) Retired Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has denied he is in a sexual relationship with Brazilian housemate Daniel Mendes.
“Over the last few days there have been a series of press articles published, speculating about my friendship with Daniel Mendes,” the five-time Olympic gold medallist said in a statement Friday.
“In the past, on [...]
Melbourne, Jan 30 (DPA) Former tennis great Patrick Rafter has voiced his doubts about the desire of deposed Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic after the Serb’s retirement during his quarter-final with Andy Roddick.
During a television match commentary, the double US Open champion and one of the most popular of the former Aussie players, had his [...]
Baghdad, Jan 30 (Xinhua) Three Iraqi candidates have been killed in different cities ahead of the upcoming provincial election, police sources said.
Omar Farouk al-Ani, a Sunni candidate of the Iraqi Islamic party which belongs to the Iraqi Accordance Front, was killed by unknown gunmen Thursday night in western Baghdad, a police source said.
Unknown gunmen Thursday [...]
Dhaka, Jan 30 (Inditop) A unanimous resolution by the Bangladesh parliament asking the government to try “war criminals” has led to the country’s largest Islamist party to plan an apology for its “political stance” of opposing the 1971 freedom movement, a media report said Friday.
People who collaborated with the Pakistan government during the 1971 freedom [...]