Hingis beat Russia's Dinara Safina to win the Italian Open, her first title since ending a three-year self-imposed exile.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has urged ICC to give banned pacer Shabbir Ahmed one more chance to clear his illegal bowling action.

A US think tank questioned India's nuclear non-proliferation record, saying it had uncovered illicit Indian government nuclear procurement from Europe that leaked sensitive atomic technology.

A study showed the stadium in Berlin, Gelsenkirchen and Leipzig were ill-equipped to cope with a stampede.