'Slumdog Millionaire', a tribute to Mumbai, wins top award

Slumdog Millionaire,' a tribute to Mumbai and a story about a dream, won the top award at the Toronto Film Festival on September 13, ending a low-key event where many studios kept their best movies away.

The winning film, directed by Britain's Danny Boyle, opens in select U.S. theaters on November 28.

It tells of a teenager from the Indian slums who wins a chance of becoming a millionaire in a television game show.

The film received an enthusiastic reception from the Toronto audience, and actress Freida Pinto accepted the Cadillac People's Choice Award on Boyle's behalf.

"There are a lot of firsts for me in this," she said. "It's my first premiere, my first time dealing with the press, and now it's my first award.

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Tennis Leander Paes and Cara Black win U.S. Open mixed doubles title

Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open on September 4, beating Briton Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 6-4.

The fifth seeds saved two set points in the first-set tie break before breaking once in the second to clinch their first grand slam title together.

Black hit a crucial volley to save the first set point and Murray, who won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic, netted a volley on the second.

Murray was the only man to lose his serve, in the fifth game of the second, and Paes served out for his eighth grand-slam title, while Black has now won seven, including three mixed.

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Vijay Singh wins his fourth Barclays Classic title after playoff

Vijay Singh of Fiji won his fourth Barclays Classic title on August 24 after beating Spain's Sergio Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in a playoff.

Singh birdied both playoff holes at Ridgewood Country Club on the way to snaring the title.

A three-times winner of the event when it was played across the Hudson River at Westchester Country Club, Singh matched Garcia's birdie on the first playoff hole (18th) while Sutherland was eliminated.

The 45-year-old Singh then birdied the parfive 17th to close out world number four Garcia, who hit his tee shot into the left rough, punched out into the right rough and narrowly missed a birdie chip.

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