Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap on Wednesday became the first Indian man in history to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games after securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka's Niluka Karunaratne at the Wembley Arena here.

Indian archers' dismal show came to an end at the London Olympics on Wednesday after world no. 1 and medal hope Deepika Kumari bowed out of women's individual event having suffered an upset defeat against Amy Oliver of Great Britain in the opening round.

Eight badminton players were dramatically disqualified from Olympic competition on Wednesday after a scandal over 'throwing' matches left the sport in uproar.

The Indian women's archery team was off target in crunch situations as it lost to Denmark by a point in a see-saw pre-quarterfinal battle at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Sunday.

The Indian men’s archery team was knocked out of the Olympic Games after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off at the Lord’s Cricket Ground here today.

Former champion Pete Sampras saluted Roger Federer for Monday surpassing his mark of 286 weeks at the top of the men’s rankings.

The coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron faced major embarrassment on Tuesday after it was forced to drop a vote on the contentious bill about the reform of the House of Lords as it faced likely defeat in the House of Commons.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino said on Monday he may ask the United States to deploy spy planes in the South China Sea to help monitor the disputed waters, a move that may reignite tension with its giant neighbour China

Australian state side New South Wales lost two more top players to a rival on Friday, with former Test players Usman Khawaja and Nathan Hauritz joining reigning Sheffield Shield champions Queensland.

The attacking threat of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo will not force Spain to change their approach when they face Portugal in the Euro 2012 semi-final here Wednesday, Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso said.