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Indian men win silver; women take bronze in Asian Nations Cup
Indian men's chess team thrashed Iraq 4-0 to win silver while their women counterparts bagged a bronze in the Asian Nations Cup that concluded here on Saturday.
Top-rated K. Sasikiran res...
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China beats South Korea to win Uber Cup
China reclaimed the Uber Cup on Saturday after defeating defending champion South Korea 3-0 in the final.
South Korea, which beat China in the last Uber Cup final at Kuala Lumpur two year...
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Joshna in final; Anaka loses
After a major knee surgery in August last, Joshna Chinappa is slowly regaining form. Being part of the winning Indian team in the Asian championship in Kuwait recently has certainly boosted...
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Yogeshwar opts out, Sushil ‘not keen’ to take part in Indian GP
The inaugural Hari Ram Indian Grand Prix wrestling tournament suffered another setback today with Olympic-bound grappler Yogeshwar Dutt (60kg) pulling out of the event due to a back injury.
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Pressure games to come in World Chess Championship
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to withstand pressure from challenger Boris Gelfand in the penultimate game if the Indian ace is to win his fourth straight world championship title.
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CHENNAI,
May 26, 2012
RBYC boys shine
RBYC Mumbai's Upmanyu Dutta and Hussain Arassiwalla won all three races on the fourth day of the Raymonds 420 National sailing championships here on Friday.The victories, which were witness...
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Moscow,
May 25, 2012
Anand-Gelfand tenth game drawn
An excellent new idea by challenger Boris Gelfand gave the Israeli an easy day against World champion Viswanathan Anand in the 10th game of the world chess championship match in Moscow and left th...
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NEW DELHI,
May 24, 2012
Anjali Bhagwat finishes seventh
Anjali Bhagwat shot 399 out of 400 and eventually missed a medal in women's air rifle following scores of 8.3 and 9.8 on the last two shots in the shooting World Cup in Munich on Wednesday....
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May 23, 2012
Dream big, Tom's mantra
Sweat trickling down his cheeks, blue shirt sticking to his body, shuttles in his hand, badminton coach Thomas John walks across from one court to another at the J J Stadium here. May is usually a...
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Moscow,
May 22, 2012
Anand holds slight advantage
Having bounced back with an emphatic victory in the previous round, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds a slight advantage going into the crucial remaining four games of the World Champions...
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Moscow,
May 21, 2012
Anand thumps Gelfand in 17 moves, levels score
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand struck back with vengeance and scored the much—needed equaliser against Boris Gelfand in the eighth game of the World Chess Championship now underway here.
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CHENNAI,
May 20, 2012
Joshna to lead Indian charge
Joshna Chinappa will lead India's charge in the $10,000 Chennai Open squash, a WISPA event to be held at the Indian Squash Academy here from May 24 to 26. Prior to the main draw matches, qualifyin...
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LAND’S END, England,
May 19, 2012
Olympic torch starts its 8,000 mile journey
Three—times Olympic gold medallist sailor Ben Ainslie was the first of 8,000 torchbearers when the Olympic flame Saturday began its 70—day tour of the United Kingdom. The relay b...
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MOSCOW,
May 19, 2012
Anand defends well for a draw
Viswanathan Anand withstood heavy pressure on and off the board as he drew the sixth game of the World chess championship against Boris Gelfand on Friday.
Anand was forced to defend a pas...
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Zaozhuang (China),
May 18, 2012
Indian men win big
Indian men scored a thumping 4-0 victory over Yemen, but the women's team lost 1-3 to China-2 in the first round of Asian Chess Championship, here on Thursday.
Captain K. Sasikiran led fr...
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Annu Raj finishes 32nd
Manjeet Singh Panghal claims title
Focusing on the big task ahead
Anand draws with black
Gelfand thwarts Anand with a high-risk response
Sarita upsets world champion in Olympic berth quest
Parimarjan Negi is champion
Irfan books Olympic berth
KUALA LUMPUR,
May 26, 2012
Jeffri takes pole position
The Sepang International Circuit, about 45km from the heart of the city, will host the second edition of JK Racing Asia Series (JKRAS) on Saturday and Sunday.The qualification session was h...
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Quebec City,
May 24, 2012
Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul in final round to host 2020 Olympics
Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul have made it through to the final round in the competition to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) cut the list of cities to t...
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Moscow,
May 24, 2012
Anand holds fast under pressure
Challenger Boris Gelfand forced World Champion Viswanathan Anand to defend for five hours in a marathon World Chess Championship game but the Indian titleholder stood firm to keep the $2.55m match...
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Zaozhuang (China),
May 23, 2012
Indian men beat Kazakhstan
Grandmaster and Asian champion, Parimarjan Negi, came good with his white pieces to register a 2.5-1.5 victory against Rustam Khusnutdinov of Kazakhstan in the fifth round of the Asian Nations che...
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New Delhi,
May 22, 2012
Inaugural Indian Wrestling GP attracts world-class field
Grapplers from more than 20 nations will participate in the inaugural edition of the Hari Ram Indian Wrestling Grand Prix scheduled to commence at city’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium from May 25.»
CHENNAI,
May 21, 2012
TNTTA awards function held
Sivananda Seshadri and R. Abhishek won the ‘Player of the Year' awards in the Tamil Nadu Table Tennis Association awards function at Velammal MHSS here on Sunday.Sivananda received a memento...
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Moscow,
May 19, 2012
Anand has lost motivation: Kasparov
Chess legend Garry Kasparov believes that reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand has lost motivation and the Indian, who is defending his title against Boris Gelfand right now, has been “slidin...
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CHENNAI,
May 19, 2012
Stars appeal for squash as Olympic sport
Several leading players, including the World's No.1 James Willstrop and Nicol David, who are in London for the British Open took time off from the courts to show solidarity in the World Squash Fed...
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Qinhuangdao (China),
May 18, 2012
Mary Kom qualifies for London Olympics
Five-time world champion M C Mary Kom (51kg) on Friday added another feather to her cap by becoming the only Indian woman boxer to qualify for the London Olympics, despite being on the sidelines a...
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Moscow,
May 18, 2012
Anand changes tack but stalemate continues
Viswanathan Anand switched to his most feared weapon, starting the game with the king's pawn, in the fifth game of his world title defence in Moscow on Thursday, but was yet again unable to break...
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Ghosal, Pallikal advance
Mary Kom loses, but hopes still alive
Anjali narrowly misses the final
Mary Kom inches closer to Olympic berth
IOA seeks PM's intervention for SAG
Russian cosmonauts to watch Euro 2012, Olympics in space
Mary makes winning start at World Championships
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