Vijay Mallya owned Force India has ended at the ninth position in the first season of the Formula One as Force India drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil finished at 15th and 17th respectively at the final Grand Prix of the year in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Liuzzi ended two places above after starting the race at the 17th position while Sutil, who started at 18th place, improved one place at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Former Force India driver Giancarlo Fisichella, who had joined Ferrari, finished at 16th spot. Force India occupied ninth place in the constructors' standing with a total of 13 points.

Dempo Sports Club skipper Anthony Pereira scored equalizer in the 88th minute to devoid Pune Football Club's (PFC) from their first win in the I-league as match ended at 1-1 draw at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi on Sunday.

The first half of the match went goalless and Arata Izumi smashed ball into the nets in the 85th minutes to give 1-0 lead to the hosts. Anthony Pereira scored the equalizer in the 89th minute for Dempo as match ended into a 1-1 draw.

Five Indian boxers including MC Mary Kom, Chhoto Loura, Kavita Goyat and L Sarita Devi and N Usha have made into the semifinals of their respective weight categories of the third Asian Indoor Games at Vietnam on Sunday.

World Champion MC Mary Kom punched out Chinese Taipei's Ting Lo Yueh 14:9 in the quarterfinal of the 46 kg weight category. Round 1 ended with both Mary and Ting tied at 2:2 but Mary played well in the second round to take 6:2 lead.

India team will be looking to take lead in the seven one day international matches series when they will play against Australia in the second ODI match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Saturday.

Indian team had won the last ODI match against Australia by 99 runs in Nagpur to level the series 1-1. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni had smashed a brilliant century in that match to help his team to put up a mammoth total of 354 runs for seven wickets.

Indian public broadcaster Doordarshan has inked contract with Europe's largest outside broadcast (OB) and uplink supplier, SIS Live (Satellite Information Service) to cover the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in New Delhi.

SIS Live has got rights for production and coverage facilities and services of the Commonwealth Games. The British company will use High Definition TV (HD TV) for the first time in the history of Commonwealth Games to cover the prestigious games with better image resolution.

World number one Serena Williams of the United States has made into the semifinals of the women's singles event of the US $4.5 million Sony Ericsson WTA Championships in Doha.

The top seeded Serena defeated Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinal to become first player to reach into the last four of the tournament.

Speaking to the media, Serena said that Dementieva is really a good and fittest player in the tournament, and her game will definitely become better and better in the upcoming years.

World number one Serena Williams of the United States has made into the semifinals of the women's singles event of the US $4.5 million Sony Ericsson WTA Championships in Doha.

The top seeded Serena defeated Russian Elena Dementieva in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in the quarterfinal to become first player to reach into the last four of the tournament.

Speaking to the media, Serena said that Dementieva is really a good and fittest player in the tournament, and her game will definitely become better and better in the upcoming years.

Indian star golfer Jeev Milkha Singh has crashed out of Volvo World Match Play Championship (WMPC) in Casares, Spain as England’s Fisher defeated him in the final of qualifying round on Friday.

Fisher registered one-hole victory over Jeev and Englishmen Lee Westwood tie with Colombian Camilo Villegas helped him to make into the last four of the tournament. Fisher will now face Masters Champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina in the 36-hole semifinal.

Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has advanced into the quarterfinals of women's singles event of the French Super Series after ousting Pui Yin Yip of Hong Kong in straight sets in the second round.

The eighth seeded Saina defeated Pui 21-15 21-14 to book her berth in the last eight. Saina will now lock horns with the top seeded Wang Lin of China in the quarterfinal. Wang outplayed Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva 21-2 21-8 in her second round match.

Indian team led by brilliant century of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has crushed Australian team by 99 runs in the second ODI match to take 1-0 lead in the seven one day international series in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field first on a well prepared track. Indian batsmen smashed Australian bowlers all-over the park as Indian team scored a mammoth total of 354 for seven wickets in 50 overs.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has retained the Indian squad for the next two one day international matches of the seven ODI matches series against Australia.

The Indian selectors announced the squad after their meeting at Nagpur during second ODI match against Australia on Wednesday. Indian team has defeated Australia by 99 runs in the second match.

Krishnamachari Srikkant, chairman of the selection committee, said that Indian team has played brilliantly in the first two ODI matches, and they have decided to retain the squad for the next two ODI matches also.

Indian women hockey team has defeated Japan 1-0 in a warm-up match before start of their campaign in the seventh Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in Bangkok on Wednesday.

Indian captain Surinder Kaur scored the lone goal to lead her team to victory against the defending champions in 40 minute practice match.  The eight-nation tournament will also serve as qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup.

India's Somdev Devvarman and his American partner Todd Martin have been kicked out of the men's doubles event of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Seoul Challenger on Monday.

The unseeded pair of Somdev-Martin was ousted by the second seeded Israelis Amir Hadad and Harel Levy in straight sets 1-6, 6-7 (7) in the first round of the hard court event.

Injuries continue to scare Australian team in the seven one day international match series against India as all-rounder James Hopes has been ruled out of the second ODI match to be played in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Hopes had sustained a hamstring strain during the first match in Vadodra on Sunday. Australian pacer Brett Lee and Michelle Johnson are also looking doubtful for the next match due to injuries.

The world no. 2, Koneru Humpy has decided to pull herself out of the Asian Indoor Games to be played in Vietnam to protest against the harassment by the All India Chess Federation (AICF).

Humpy had alleged DV Sundar, Secretary of All India Chess federation, of harassing her mentally and she has withdrawn from Asian Indoor Games after Sundar refused to give permission to her father to work as her coach.

Australian team has taken 1-0 lead in the seven one day international matches series against India after defeating India by 4 runs in the first ODI match in Vadodra on Sunday.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first. Australian team scored 292 runs for loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. Ponting was top scorer for Australia who scored 74 runs while Mike Hussey contributed 73 runs with the bat.

Ishant Sharma took three wickets for 50 runs in his 10 overs while Ashish Nehra chipped in with two wickets.

The Australian domestic club New South Wales has defeated Trinidad and Tobago by 41 runs in the final to clinch the title of US $6 million T20 Champions League at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Friday.

Trinidad won the toss and elected to field first. NSW scored 159 runs for loss of 9 wickets in their allotted 20 overs. NSW was once struggling with six wickets down at the score of 83 runs but Brett Lee smashed 48 runs in just 31 balls to help his team to put up a decent score on the board.

The world no. 2, Indian team will face the world no. 1 Australian team in the first ODI match of the seven one day matches series in Vadodra tomorrow.

Indian team will be looking to thrash Australia in the opener to take advantage in the series and to dethrone Australia from the world no. 1 crown. Although, Indian team is suffering injury scares before start of the series.

The stylish batsman Yuvraj Singh is doubtful for the series opener while Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir have sustained minor injuries.

Bengal has crashed out of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after losing their third consecutive match as Orissa has defeated Bengal by seven wickets in a thriller at the Railway Stadium in Dhanbad on Friday.

Orissa scored 147 for five in their allotted 20 overs after electing to bat first in the East Zone league match. Pravanjan Mullick (unbaten 34) was top scorer for Orissa while Alok Sahu smashed 32 quick runs in just 17 balls.

The New Zealand cricket team coach Andy Moles has resigned from the post of coach after a long 12 hours meeting between New Zealand cricket officials failed to remove differences with him.

Moles' resignation had come after two days of release of a report revealing that the senior players of the Kiwi team were not satisfied with the level of support provided by him.

However, Moles admitted that it was a great honor for him to coach his national team and he could have removed all deficiencies in his coaching if he would have got regular feedback from the players.