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May 28, 2019 8:11 AM

FIDE to restore Elo ratings of banned Indian players

The world chess body, FIDE, has decided to restore the Elo ratings of dozens of Indian players, whose ratings were banned by the All-India Chess Federation, AICF, nearly a decade ago. FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich  in a statement posted on Twitter said all those players whose name  were expunged ...

May 27, 2019 8:18 PM

Indian football team's national coach releases six players from list of 37

Indian football team's national coach Igor Stimac today  released six players from the list of 37 who had assembled for the preparatory camp, which kicked-off on May 21 here in  New Delhi.  Vishal Kaith, Germanpreet Singh, Nandha Kumar, Redeem Tlang, Bikramjit Singh, and Sumeet Passi are th...

May 27, 2019 8:00 PM

French Open: Rafael Nadal advances to men's Singles 2nd round

In French Open Tennis, defending champion and second seed Rafael Nadal advanced to the Men's Singles second round. The eleven time French Open champion beat Y Hanfmann 6-2, 6-1, 6-3.  In the first upset of the day, 12th seed D. Medvedev was beaten by  unseeded P. Herbert in a five setter 6-...

May 26, 2019 9:16 PM

Men's compound team win bronze in Archery World Cup

The men's compound team of Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma and Aman Saini earned India a solitary bronze medal in the Archery World Cup Stage III at Antalya in Turkey yesterday. The trio put up a solid performance to edge out higher seeded Russian team of Anton Bulaev, Alexander Dambaev and P...

May 26, 2019 9:04 PM

French Open Tennis begins in Paris

French Open Tennis, the second Grand Slam of the season, began in Paris today.  In Women's Singles, German fifth seed and reigning Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber saw her hopes of a career Grand Slam ended by Russian teenager Anastasia Potapova. Fifth-seeded Wimbledon champion Kerber sl...

May 26, 2019 6:23 PM

China beat Japan to win 2019 Sudirman Cup

China won the badminton world mixed-team championship, Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning today. They beat Japan in men's doubles, women's singles and men's singles to clinch the title for an 11th time. In the latest Men' singles match Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Ke...

May 26, 2019 4:53 PM

India's Mahesh Mangaonkar wins Sekisui Open

In squash, India's Mahesh Mangaonkar triumphed for the second time in the Sekisui Open in Kriens, Switerzland. Three years back he had won it the first time.  Sekisui Open is a Challenger tour event of the Professional Squash Association (PSA), the world body which governs the sports . Top-...

May 26, 2019 7:51 AM

New Zealand defeat India by 6 wickets in ICC WC warm-up match

In Cricket, New Zealand defeated India by six wickets in their opening warm-up game of the ICC World Cup in London this evening. Chasing a target of 180 runs, New Zealand achieved it in 37.1 overs. Earlier electing to bat first after winning the toss, India were all out for 179 in 39.2 overs. Ravind...

May 25, 2019 5:05 PM

Indians shooters vie for top honours in ISSF World Cup

Indian shooters Apurvi Chandela, Anjum Moudgil and Elavenil Valarivan will be vying for top honours at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Munich, Germany.  The tournament is starting from tomorrow.  The opening day of the competition wi...

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