Candidates Chess: Anand plays out an easy draw against Anish in 7th round

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India played out an easy draw against Anish Giri of Holland in the seventh round to occupy the sole third position at the Candidates Chess tournament.The Indian ace has moved his tally up to four points out of a possible seven at the half way stage and w...

Rugby: England win their 1st 6-nation Grand Slam in 13 years<br/>

In Rugby, England have won their first 6-nation Grand Slam in 13 years after holding out to secure a historic victory over France in Paris. First half tries from Danny Care and Dan Cole had given them a five point half time lead, only for the relentless penalty precision of Maxime Machenaud to keep ...

World T-20 Cricket: India beat Pak by 6 wickets, PM congratulates Team India

Virat Kohli guided India to a 6-wicket win over Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last night to register their first win of the ongoing World T-20. This was India&apos;s fifth victory over Pakistan in as many games at the event and the first against them in Kolkata. Team India had lost its...

World T-20 Cricket: India beat Pak by 6 wickets, PM congratulates Team India

Virat Kohli guided India to a 6-wicket win over Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last night to register their first win of the ongoing World T-20. This was India&apos;s fifth victory over Pakistan in as many games at the event and the first against them in Kolkata. Team India had lost its...

ICC has suspended Bangladesh bowlers Taskin Ahmed and Arafat Sunny for bowling with an illegal action. ICC said in a statement that independent assessments have found the bowling actions of the two Bangladesh bowlers to be illegal, and as a result, they have been suspended from bowling in internatio...

Saina Nehwal crashes out of Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament

India&apos;s shuttle queen Saina Nehwal has crashed out of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament in Basel. In the semi-finals yesterday, top seeded Saina lost to lower-placed Yihan Wang of China in straight games, 11-21, 19-21. This was Yihan&apos;s 10th victory over Saina, wit...

Yogeshwar bags Gold medal in Asian Olympic Qualification tournament

Star Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt has bagged a Gold medal in the Asian Olympic Qualification tournament at Astana in Kazakhstan. He finished on the top of the podium yesterday after beating his rival from China, Katai Yeerlanbieke in the 65 kg freestyle category. Even before Yogeshwar clinched the...

World T-20 Cricket: India beat Pak by 6 wickets, PM congratulates Team India

India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last night to register their first win in two games in the ongoing World T-20. After rain forced the game into an 18-over encounter, India opted to bowl on a turning track and restricted Pakistan to 118 for 5. Ashish Nehra, Jasprit ...

World T20: Pakistan set India a target of 119 in 18 overs

Pakistan set a target of 119 against arch-rivals India in the high profile group league encounter of the ICC World T20 in Kolkata.Put into bat, Pakistan scored 118 for five in a match that has been curtailed to 18-over- per side.Shoaib Malik (26), Ahmed Shahzad (25) and Umar Akmal (22) contributed f...

Candidates chess: Viswanathan Anand draws with Hikaru Nakamura

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Anish Giri of Holland in the seventh round of Candidates Chess tournament in Moscow on Saturday. The Indian ace now has four points out of a possible seven at the half way stage. The first half ended with Anand scoring two wi...