1. Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal missed out on an opportunity to become the first Indian to clinch a gold medal at the World Badminton Championship when she lost to World No. 1 Carolina Marin 16-21, 19-21 in the final in Jakarta on Sunday. Leading 3-1 over the defending champion in previous fixtures, Saina wrested the advantage on more than one occasion to emerge second-best and settle for a silver medal finish.
2. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri is scaling new highs and breaking new grounds as he continues his meteoric rise with a creditable showing in the ongoing PGA Championships. Lahiri's cards of 70-67-67 have broken a string of record for Indians at Majors.
3. The Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis suffered a straight games loss and were ousted from the women's doubles semifinals of the Canadian Open. French-Slovenian fourth seeds Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik upset the top seeds 6-3, 6-2 in exactly an hour to take a 2-1 lead in career meetings over the reigning Wimbledon champions on Saturday.
4. Spain's Jorge Lorenzo won the Czech Republic MotoGP race in Brno on Sunday to level Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi at the top of the overall championship standings after 11 out of 18 races.Fellow Spaniard Marc Marquez, the reigning champion and winner of the previous two races, finished second ahead of Rossi.
