Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic enter Wimbledon plagued by injury fears and self-doubt, leaving Roger Federer convinced that this could be a golden opportunity to capture a record eighth title.

Team MRF’s Jan Kopecky, as expected, emerged on top down under. The overnight leader (co-driver Pavel Dresler) steered his Skoda Fabia S2000 to victory in the International Rally of Queensland, the third round of the 2014 Asia Pacific Rally Championship, which concluded here on Sunday. The win enabled the Czech vault to the top of the drivers’ championship standings ahead of team-mate Gaurav Gill. Gill had crashed out on Saturday after a turn that had badly gone wrong.

Despite being the reigning champions, Spain have revenge on their mind, experienced defender Sergio Ramos said Tuesday from Curitiba, where he was named as a UNICEF ambassador.

Portugal have avoided early elimination from the FIFA World Cup™ in the most dramatic of circumstances after Varela's 95th-minute goal secured a 2-2 draw with USA in Manaus. The Stars and Stripes had been on the verge of qualifying for the Round of 16 with a game to spare after coming from a goal down to lead 2-1, but were denied in the dying moments of a game that was exhilarating from the first minute to the last.

Justice M.B. Shah, chairman of the 11-member Special Investigation Team on black money, said the Switzerland government’s move to share with India a list of its citizens who are suspected to have stashed away untaxed wealth in Swiss banks will come as a major breakthrough in its ongoing investigation.

Reliance Industries ltd is expected to invest Rs. 30,000 crore, of the total Rs. 70,000 crore announced, in its telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm over the next two years, credit rating firm Moody’s said on Monday.
The investment in the telecom business is a credit negative for RIL because RJio will not generate any EBITDA (an indicator of cash flows) for at least next 12 months, it said.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel has signed a definitive agreement with Loop Mobile to acquire the latter’s operations in Mumbai. The company had in February announced that it would buy the business and assets of Loop Mobile in Mumbai under a strategic agreement.

Essar Oil’s scrip has rallied significantly and outperformed the Sensex in the past three months, currently more than doubling to Rs 108. The stock has been abuzz on news of possible delisting of the company.
The buzz became louder after June 10, when UK-based parent Essar Energy delisted its shares from the London Stock Exchange. Essar Energy holds 71.22 per cent in Essar Oil. Finally, late on Friday, Essar Oil announced its board would meet on Monday to consider the proposal to delist the company from both the BSE and the National Stock Exchange.

The benchmark BSE Sensex dipped below the 25,000 mark for the first time since June 5 by losing nearly 210 points during midsession on sellng by funds by retail investors on weak global cues amid concerns over rising crude prices on continued violence in Iraq.

BlackBerry is all set to launch its new device, the Z3 in India this week. The phone has been designed for emerging markets like Indonesia and India. It is also the most affordable BlackBerry 10 device till date. The Indonesia launch was successful enough for it to find a mention in the company’s results for the first quarter of 2014.

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