A nailbiting situation cropped up at London's O2 Arena as three of the planet's top tennis players were left clueless as to whether they had made it through to the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
Already assured of a place in the semifinals, Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles finished their group engagements in the World tour Finals with a straight set defeat against defending champions Danie Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic on Thursday.
Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal on Thursday won bronze medals in the 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke events respectively at the Asian Swimming Championships in China.
Eliminated from the Champions League, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez now needs to rally his team for Sunday's Premier League match at local rival Everton.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are back from injury and will face each other in the "clasico" derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Spanish league's most eagerly anticipated match of the early season.