India Squash Academy players felicitated<br/><br/>

Players from the Indian Squash Academy, who won four golds, four silvers and three bronze medals in the junior and sub-junior squash championship at Indore, were felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Squash Racquets Association yesterday.The gold winners felicitated were Kush Kumar, Velavan Senthil Kumar, A...

2nd Junior SAF Games begin in Ranchi

2nd Junior South Asian Federation- SAF Games began with Jharkhand Governor lighting up the torch of the game at Birsa Munda Sports Complex in Ranchi today. The three- day event is seeing participation of nearly 300 sports persons from eight countries- including host India and neighboring Pakistan. T...

FIDE World Chess: 2nd game between Anand-Carlsen ends in draw

The second game in the FIDE World Chess Championship between defending champion Vishwanathan Anand and challenger Magnum Carlsen of Norway also ended in a draw in Chenai today.Unlike the first game, today&apos;s game ended in 24 moves and lasted one hour and six minutes.The draw resulted as neit...

Asian Champions Hockey: India thrash Oman to finish fifth

Akashdeep Singh scored three goals as India thrashed Oman 6-1 to finish fifth in the third Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Kakamigahara, Japan today.In a fifth-sixth place match, India dominated from the word go, scoring three goals in each half.Kothajit Singh converted a penalty corner ...

Chess: Anand-Carlsen to resume battle in 2nd round

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his Norwegian challenger, world no. one, Magnus Carlsen will resume their battle in the second round of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Chennai. Anand who opened the campaign for his sixth world title, is playing with Black pieces. Viswanathan Anand and ...

Qatar World Cup will not clash with Winter Olympics – Blatter

The Qatar World Cup football will not be moved to January or February 2022 because of the Winter Olympics. Fifa President Sepp Blatter said, the tournament will instead be held in November or December that year.

Ravichandran Ashwin tops ICC all-rounders' ranking list

Anand draws with Carlsen in opening match of World Chess C'ship

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, playing with Black pieces, drew with Magnus Carlsen in the opening match of the world chess championship in Chennai today. Game one went on for one hour and twenty-two minutes and both competitors played 16 moves each before a draw was declared.With every match ...

World Chess C'ship: Anand, Carlsen draw in opening match

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, playing with Black pieces, drew with Magnus Carlsen in the opening match of the world chess championship in Chennai today. Game one went on for one hour and twenty-two minutes and both competitors played 16 moves each before a draw was declared.With every match ...

World Chess C'ship: Anand, Carlsen draw in opening match<br/>

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, playing with Black pieces, drew with Magnus Carlsen in the opening match of the world chess championship in Chennai today. Game one went on for one hour and twenty-two minutes and both competitors played 16 moves each before a draw was declared.With every match ...