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Bubba Watson conjured a miraculous par from pine straw to become only the third left-hander to win the Masters with an emotional playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.

Australia's Anna Meares set a world record to win the 500 metres time trial title at the track cycling world championships in Melbourne on Sunday.

Rory McIlroy's Masters dreams were dashed once again after a five-over par 77 on Saturday dropped him out of contention and left him with no chance of making amends for his final round collapse last year.

Vijender Singh became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games for a third successive time after reaching the semifinals of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday.

The Davis Cup quarterfinal tie between Spain and Austria will go into the third and final day after the Austrian doubles pairing of Oliver Marach-Alexander Peya beat the Spanish pairing of Marc Lopez-Marcel Granollers in four sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.

Barcelona trimmed the gap to leaders Real Madrid to three points when Lionel Messi struck twice in a 4-1 comeback win at relegation-threatened 10-man Real Zaragoza in La Liga on Saturday. As well as helping the champions put pressure on their arch rivals

After winning laurels at the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold triumph Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been seeded third in the second Yonex Sunrise India Open, part of the Osim BWF World Superseries, that will be held at the Siri Fort Auditorium from April 24 to 29.

Phil Mickelson stormed up the Masters leaderboard on Saturday to finish within a shot of surprise third round leader Peter Hanson and restore some sense of normality to the first major of the year.

India’s best bet at international boxing arena, Mary Kom is all set for London Games. But the five-time world boxing champion is not taking things for granted. She knows that the transition from the 48-kg weight category to 51 kg has its pitfalls. A game trier, she says will certainly make a fight out of it.

Competing in only his second senior international event, Youth Olympics silver—medallist Shiva Thapa entered the quarterfinals of the Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifiers after notching up a comprehensive win in his opening bout in Astana, Kazakhstan on Saturday.