Sofia: A third Catalan in as many white games for defending champion Viswanathan Anand saw a 56-move game draw that saw the Indian maintain his one-point lead over challenger Veselin Topalov in the World Chess Championship here Saturday.
At the halfway stage, Anand, who started with a loss is now o ....
Chennai: Young Dipika Pallikal came through a tough 65-minute tussle against higher ranked Low Wee Wern of Malaysia en route to the quarter-finals of the women’s singles in the Asian squash championships here Saturday.
Pallikal, winner of her maiden WISPA title in Kolkata last month, won 10-1 ....
Rome: Third seeds Leander Paes of India and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic crashed out of the doubles quarterfinals of the 2,750,000 euros Rome Masters 3-6, 4-6 against Poland's Lukasz Kubot and Austrian Oliver Marach here.
The seventh-seeded Kubot and Marach converted four of the seven break ....
New Delhi: India's Somdev Devvarman continues to prosper on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour and has risen to a career-high ranking of 110 on its charts here Monday.
Somdev, who came close to knocking out former World No.1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the second round of the ....
New Delhi: India's badminton star Saina Nehwal said her decision to play in select international tournaments has worked wonders for her and the day is not far when she will be the World Number One.
Saina, currently ranked sixth, said she was now participating in limited tournaments and is more ....
