Indian GM was impressive against a fancied and higher rated opponent
Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa drew the second game of the FIDE World Cup semifinal against American GM Fabiano Caruana on Sunday to push the contest into a tie-break.
Indian Grandmasters D Gukesh and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi bowed out of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament after losing to Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and Azerbaijan's Nijat Abasov respectively in Baku on Wednesday.
Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim of Qatar cleared 2.35 metres to win the men's high jump to earn a bit of redemption after his disappointing bronze in Budapest.
Carlsen wins 1st game of World Cup quarterfinal against Gukesh; Erigaisi outwits Praggnanandhaa to take lead
A summary of Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa went down to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE Chess World Cup final, in Baku, on Thursday.
The second game of the Chess World Cup final between Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 30 moves.
English Premier League leaders Manchester City and Chelsea slugged out a magnificent 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.
Forty years after its first edition, the world athletics championships get underway in Budapest on Saturday with over 2,000 athletes from 202 countries taking part over nine days of what could be record-breaking action.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday.
Haaland slotted his side in front after four minutes.
Russian Andrey Rublev beat Norwegian top seed Casper Ruud
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon shattered the women's mile World record, while compatriot Ferdinand Omanyala won the men's 100 metres in a photo finish at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Praggnanandhaa, who has reached the summit clash featuring legendary five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, had none other than the iconic Gary Kasparov, acknowledging the Indian GM's mother's role
R Praggnanandhaa's ability to defend seamlessly in pressure situations and the deductive mind to quickly gauge his opponent's weakness is the hallmark of a world class player, national coach GM M Shyam Sundar said on Tuesday.
Praggnanandhaa said just talking to the Indian chess wizard (Anand) boosts his confidence.
Factbox on Carlos Alcaraz, who beat seven-time champion Novak Djokovic
Roundup of Champions League matches played on Wednesday night
Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
R Praggnanandhaa was far from realising the enormity of his achievement in the FIDE World Cup but reckoned his incredible run could force people to "start noticing" Indian chess.
Viswanathan Anand shot into the lead at the end of three rounds of the Rapid segment in the third leg of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League
A federal court dismissed Hans Niemann's $100 million defamation lawsuit alleging Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com falsely accused him of cheating.
Darwin Nunez came off the bench to score twice as Liverpool snatched a sensational 2-1 Premier League win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
British wildcard Liam Broady claimed the biggest win of his career and the biggest shock of Wimbledon 2023 when he stunned Norwegian fourth seed Casper Ruud 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 in front of a delirious Centre Court crowd.
Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai recently.
New Zealand shooter kills two on eve of Women's Soccer World Cup
New Zealand opened the ninth Women's World Cup with a shock win against former champions Norway on Thursday
Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya, the 3,000 metres steeplechase world champion in 2019, passed this season's world leader Sembo Almayew of Ethiopia with a lap remaining to win in 9:05.98.
Bengaluru-based IT major Infosys is growing its footprint in the Nordics by establishing a new proximity centre in Oslo, Norway, as part of its continued expansion plans in the region. The new centre is expected to enable Infosys to attract, re-skill, and upskill local talent to work on global opportunities through next-gen technologies like cloud, AI, IoT, 5G, and software engineering. The Nordic region consists of five sovereign states - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden - besides the three autonomous territories connected to these states: the Faroe Islands and Greenland (Denmark), and land (Finland).
A summary of the UEFA Champions League Group Stage action, on Wednesday.
A summary of the opening day's action in the UEFA Champions league on Tuesday.
Erling Haaland, 22, has scored 36 goals in 35 games this season, breaking the previous record of 34 in a single Premier League campaign.
The upcoming inaugural edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) will feature the sport's icons such as Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan and Ding Liren.
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won World Championship gold in the women's 400m on Wednesday.
Manchester City face Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul on Saturday.
Now only Inter stand in the way of a treble that would match Manchester United's still unique feat of 1999.
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