The seventh game of the World Chess Championship between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Norwegian Magnus Carlsen will be played in Chennai today. Carlsen is leading 4-2, after two consecutive wins in the fifth and sixth games. The first four games ended in a draw. As things stand, Carlsen ...

Sachin Tendulkar has dedicated the Bharat Ratna award conferred on him by the government to all the mothers in the country for the sacrifices they have made in raising their children.Addressing a press conference a day after he bid an emotional adieu to international cricket after playing his 200th ...

Tendulkar ends Test career with 18th position in ICC rankings

Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has ended his record-breaking 200-Test career by finishing 18th in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. He jumped five places in the latest chart, released on Sunday. Tendulkar had entered the series in 24th position, which was his lowest since 1992. He scored 74 runs...

Kerala Cricket Association to name VIP pavilion after Sachin Tendulkar

Kerala Cricket Association will honor legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar by giving his name to the VIP pavilion of Kochi cricket stadium. The naming ceremony will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru international stadium, Kochi on Wednesday 20th November. This function is being arranged on the eve of firs...

India moves to second position in ICC test ranking

India has moved to the second position in the latest ICC test ranking following 2-NIL victory over the West Indies. South Africa lead the table with 131 points followed by India 119 rating points and England with 116 points.Team India yesterday made a superb clean sweep of the two test series with h...

India moves to second position in ICC test ranking

India has moved to the second position in the latest ICC test ranking following 2-NIL victory over the West Indies. South Africa lead the table with 131 points followed by India 119 rating points and England with 116 points.Team India yesterday made a superb clean sweep of the two test series with h...

David Richardson pays rich tributes to Sachin Tendulkar

The Chief Executive of the International Cricket Council , David Richardson has paid rich tributes to Sachin Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket today. Richardson, who played 10 Tests and 26 ODIs against Tendulkar between 1991 and 1998, said he has been an exceptional cricketer who ear...

India win series by 2-0

Team India today registered a superb clean sweep, by handing the West Indies their second consecutive innings defeat in the second and final cricket test at Mumbai. On Day 3 at the Wankhede Stadium, Indian spinners, led by Pragyan Ojha, wreaked havoc, as the visitors were bundled out for 187 in the ...

Bengal tops medal list of G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship

Host West Bengal topped the medals tally of the 23rd All India G V Mavalankar Shooting Championship which concluded at the Chandmari Range, at Asansol in West Bengal today.It is for the first time that Bengal has topped the medal table of national level shooting championship.Shooters from Bengal won...

Magnus Carlsen beats Viswanathan Anand again in sixth game

Magnus Carlsen beat five times world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand in the sixth round in the sixth game today. Though Anand had the advantage of making the first move in game, Carlsen's briliant moves challenged Anand and he accepted his defeat in the 67th move. Now Carlsen has scored f...