Sports Shorts: Saina out of top 10, Srikanth at 8th spot in BWF ranking

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Twitter Following their poor run of form at the badminton World Championship, Saina Nehwal dropped......

'FIDE suggested sharing WC match with Norway; India refused'

The FIDE, world chess governing body, has revealed that it tried its best to convince India to allow Norway to stage one half of the 2013 World Chess Championship match but it refused. Following......

Anand to play World Championship match in Chennai

Viswanathan Anand will defend his World Chess Championship title against World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in his home city as FIDE on Sunday chose Chennai as the venue for the prestigious match. Even as......

World Chess Championship to start on Saturday

World champion Viswanathan Anand got a breather on Wednesday as the World Chess Federation agreed to postpone the first game of his World Chess Championship match against Veselin Topalov by a day......

FIDE deprives Anand of top ranking

The "double standard" adopted by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) became evidenton Sundayafter Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand was deprived of the top ranking in its latest chart. The......