Viswanathan Anand scored a beautiful victory over Russian Peter Svidler in the fifth round of the World Chess Championships.

Anand, with a draw in 57 moves stays in shared lead with Vladimir Kramnik, both having 2.5 points from four games.

Viswanathan Anand scored a stunning win over Lev Aronian in the second round of the World Chess Championships.

A lethargic-looking Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man Racing Santander in their opening match of the season.

Ronaldinho said on Friday he was determined to avoid the mistakes of last season and make this one his best at Barcelona.

The Indian ace beat Armenia's Levon Aronian in the final.

Mexican teenager Giovani dos Santos struck again to give a fatigued Barcelona a 1-0 win over Japan's Yokohama F-Marinos in the second game of their Asian tour on Tuesday.

The Indian Grandmaster slipped to second position in the Montreal International Chess tournament after drawing his sixth round game against Polish Grandmaster Kamil Miton.

The 47-year-old, who has coached Getafe for the last two seasons, replaces Fabio Capello, who was sacked at the end of June.

The Indian ace outplayed Germany's Arkadij Naiditch for his first win at the Sparkassen Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.

The Indian ace drew his second round match against Peter Leko at the Dortmund Super Grandmasters Chess tournament.

Arsenal announced they had reached an agreement with Barcelona for the transfer of France striker and club captain Thierry Henry.

Real Madrid won the league title thanks to a new-found team spirit, pragmatic style of play, steely determination and dash of good fortune.

Real Madrid ended their four-year trophy drought when they won the league title for the 30th time after a dramatic 3-1 comeback victory over Real Mallorca.

Real Madirid staged yet another dramatic comeback to grab a 2-2 draw at Real Zaragoza while Barcelona surrendered a lead to draw 2-2 with Espanyol.

Barcelona surrendered lead to arch-rivals Real Madrid after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Real Betis.

The defending champions knocked out Osasuna while Espanyol triumphed over Werder Bremen.

Espanyol moved to the brink of an all-Spanish UEFA Cup final after demolishing Werder Bremen 3-0.

With seven games left to play in the Primera Liga, Barcelona are one point ahead of Sevilla and two clear of arch-rivals Real.

Barca have now won just one of their last nine away matches and although they remain top of the table on 56 points, they are only two clear of Sevilla and five ahead of arch-rivals Real Madrid who both have a game in hand.

His old rival Vladimir Kramnik emerged winner in Blindfold and overall sections.

UEFA Cup holders Sevilla, rescued by a last-gasp goal in normal time from goalkeeper Andres Palop, kept their defence alive by overcoming Shakhtar Donetsk to reach the quarter-finals on Thursday.

Joining them in the last four were Getafe and Deportivo Coruna.

The Indian closed the first half of the Morelia Linares chess on a winning note with a thumping win over Peter Leko in the seventh round.

A Ronaldinho-inspired Barcelona booked their place in the final with a classic 4-0 demolition of Mexico's America.