Kramnik, 43, made waves in 2000 when he defeated defending champion Garry Kasparov at the World Championship. Currently ranked seventh by the World Chess Federation, he became the undisputed world champion in 2006.
World Taekwondo condemned the Russian military action in Ukraine
'Of course I am happy to reach No. 1. It was my goal since I was young and especially my goal in the latest times.'
'Football is in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine. Both Presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace.'
The Indian ace lost the battle for third place in the men's recurve at the 43rd World target outdoor archery championship.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Saturday said it will be bidding to host the 44th Chess Olympiad later this year after the prestigious event was moved out of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
As Russian forces closed in on Kyiv, the chief executive of the Ukraine Cricket Federation (UCF) locked himself in his seventh-floor apartment in the capital.
Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, says Judo is not just 'a sport but a philosophy', which taught him that strategy, not strength, matters.
The World Bank on Tuesday favoured opening up of the retail sector to foreign direct investment for speedy integration of India with the global economy.
The Indian pair will face the Russian team in the summit clash on Friday.
Russia should not be allowed to host soccer events such as the Champions League final
1,100 unemployed and unmarried daughters of freedom fighters will henceforth get a basic pension of Rs 1,500 per month.
Continuing his good run, India's teen prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa registered wins against fellow Grandmasters Andrey Esipenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk in rounds 10 and 12 of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.
The finance ministry has issued fresh guidelines on government office expenditure to control non-developmental expenditure, Minister of State for Finance S S Palanimanickam said on Monday.
i-flex Solutions on Friday announced the launch of its Moscow office. "The announcement is in line with i-flex's global expansion strategy," the company said.
Photos of the Australian Open matches
Roger Federer won five consecutive US Open titles from 2004-2008 but has not enjoyed much success here recently.
Russian investigators said they are close to identifying the attackers of Tu-154 plane of Sibir Airlines which crashed in Rostov region.
Wimbledon finalists Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are on a semi-final collision course at the US Open after they were placed in the same half of the draw.
The announcement come days after the IWF said five other Russian weightlifters had been provisionally suspended.
India's chess ace Dronavalli Harika was among the several players who were allegedly sent sexually abusive mail during an event in Latvia in November last year.
Earlier in the day, Russia was banned from defending its Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup titles but its players will still be allowed to compete at the Grand Slams and in regular tour events.
Flagging higher fuel prices in many opposition-ruled states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called it "injustice" to people living there and urged the governments there to reduce VAT in "national interest" to benefit the common man. Modi raised the issue of many states not adhering to the Centre's call for reducing the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel after his government slashed excise duties on them in November last, and asked them to work in the spirit of cooperative federalism in this time of global crisis. Higher prices in some states were also harmful for neighbouring states, he added.
India has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions that would have required it to accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, saying there is "no question" of it joining the treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state.
Australian Open champion Rafa Nadal said he would love to finish his career with more Grand Slam titles than rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic but thinks he will have to secure more than 21 to do so.
'What a heart, what a mindset, what guts, what everything, what a REFERENCE you are! I'm at your feet!'
Nadal pulled off his greatest escape to deny Daniil Medvedev again, less than three years after leaving the Russian heartbroken in five sets at the 2019 US Open final.
Praising the 'frank and business-like atmosphere' of the summit, the Russian leader said he considered the talks 'very successful and useful'.
Grand Slam champions Daniil Medvedev from Russia and Belarusian Victoria Azarenka will not be able to participate in the June 27-July 10 tournament.
'Gaganyaan' is set for December 2021 launch and is likely to include a woman astronaut.
It would also be the fifth month of consecutive drops in the index.
Nepal's decision to ban the import of non-essential items amid depleting forex reserves may hit Indian exports. The country's central bank - Nepal Rastra Bank - last week instructed commercial banks not to open letters of credit (LCs) for importing non-essential items. This is to prevent further decline of the country's foreign exchange reserves. However, it has not issued any formal communication yet.
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