MUMBAI: The Indian Cricket League received a shot in the arm with four Pakistani Tests players joining the multi-million dollar venture but failed to woo any current Indian Test cricketer in its initial list of 51 players.

GLASGOW: Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa notched up half centuries as India beat Scotland by seven wickets in the rain-reduced Royal Stag cricket one-dayer here.

HYDERABAD: Lured by lucrative deals which would leave them richer by a whopping Rs one crore each (rpt each), seven Hyderabad Ranji trophy players defied BCCI threats and joined the Indian Cricket League (ICL), giving a further boost to the cash-rich rebel series.

KUALA LUMPUR: Anup Sridhar's dream run in the World Badminton Championships came to a screeching halt as he went down to top seed and defending champion Lin Dan after giving a scare to the Chinese in the quarterfinals here today.

MAINZ, GERMANY: Viswanathan Anand fought back hard but Armenian Levona Aronian proved to be too good, beating the Indian Grandmaster in tiebreaker in a thrilling final to clinch the Chess 960 World Championships.

HUNGARY: Defending champion Grandmaster P Harikrishna had to settle for a shared first place with Hungarian Peter Acs after playing an easy draw with home challenge GM Csaba Balogh in the final round of the 5th Marx Gyrogy memorial international chess tournament that concluded here.

LONDON: India ended 21 years of agonizing wait for its first Test series win in England but the feat lost some of its gloss with the beleaguered hosts escaping with a draw in the final encounter of the three-match cricket series here

LOS ANGELES: Sania Mirza maintained her awesome form to shock former world no.1 Martina Hingis for a second successive time with a three-set victory at the USD 600,000 East West Bank Classic women's tennis event here.

NEW DELHI: The continuing stand-off between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League took political overtones with Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad openly backing the multi-million dollar rebel League.