Grandmaster R R Laxman walked away with the gold medal while Russia's Pavel Maletin won the overall title in the Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship that concluded in New Delhi today.Laxman prang a major surprise on Argentinean GM Pablo Lafuente in the heavy pieces endgame while Malet...

Railways have won the overall championship at the 50th National Open Athletics meet which concluded at the Maharaja's College Ground in Kochi on Tuesday evening. Railways topped the medal tally with 18 gold, 14 silver and 18 bronze medals, while Kerala with 5 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze eme...

Vijender Singh continues to reign at the top in latest AIBA rankings

Olympic and World Championship bronze medal winner Vijender Singh continued his reign at the top, while Asian silver medalist Thokchom Nanao Singh rose a couple of rungs to fourth in the latest AIBA rankings.Vijender (75kg), who became a Commonwealth champion in March, has 2137.5 points. While Olymp...

French Open: Somdev to meet Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic in qualifying event

Somdev Devvarman has been seeded sixth in the French Open qualifying event and has got an easyopener against Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic. Somdev is placed 111 places above 32-year old Vanek inthe ATP ranking charts and it will be first meeting between the two players. US based Indian Prakash Amritr...

Kavitha Rout of Maharashtra today set a new meet record in the womens 10,000 meter race at the 50th National Open Athletics Championship being held at the Maharaja's College ground in Ernakulam. Kavitha clocked 32 minutes and 41(.)31 seconds obliterating the earlier meet record set by Preej...

BCCI serves showcause notice to 6 Cricketers

Six Indian players, who were involved in a pub scrap with fans at Tequila Joe's in St Lucia last Tuesday, were issued showcause notices today by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). They have been asked to file the reply within a week The players being reprimanded are Yuvraj Si...

Somdev to meet Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic in qualifying event of French Open tournament

Somdev Devvarman has been seeded sixth in the French Open qualifying event and has got an easyopener against Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic. Somdev is placed 111 places above 32-year old Vanek inthe ATP ranking charts and it will be first meeting between the two players. US based Indian Prakash Amritr...

Somdev Devvarman to meet Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic in qualifying event of French Open tournament

Somdev Devvarman has been seeded sixth in the French Open qualifying event and has got an easyopener against Jiri Vanek of Czech Republic. Somdev is placed 111 places above 32-year old Vanek inthe ATP ranking charts and it will be first meeting between the two players. US based Indian Prakash Amritr...

Kavitha Rout of Maharashtra today set a new meet record in the womens 10,000 meter race at the 50th National Open Athletics Championship being held at the Maharaja's College ground in Ernakulam. Kavitha clocked 32 minutes and 41(.)31 seconds obliterating the earlier meet record set by Preej...

BCCI set to issue showcause notice to 6 cricketers

Six Indian cricketers, who were involved in a pub scrap with fans at Tequila Joe's in St Lucia last Tuesday, will be issued showcause notices Tuesday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).The players being reprimanded are Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jade...