World Chess C’ship: Anand, Carlsen draw in opening match

World Chess C’ship: Anand, Carlsen draw in opening match

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand, playing with Black pieces, drew with Magnus Carlsen in the opening match of the world chess championship in Chennai today. Game one went on for one hour and twenty-two minutes and both competitors played 16 moves each before a draw was declared.   With every match worth a single point, both […]

MIG Club to name pavilion after retiring Sachin Tendulkar

MIG Club to name pavilion after retiring Sachin Tendulkar

The MIG Cricket Club in suburban Bandra will pay a tribute to batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar by naming their pavilion, including the dressing room, after him. MIG Cricket Club secretary Ashish Patankar informed this to reporters on Thursday. Patankar said the pavilion would be inaugurated by the maestro after conclusion of the Test series against […]

Indian men beat Oman 3-0 to register first win in ACT

Indian men beat Oman 3-0 to register first win in ACT

Indian men’s hockey team defeated Oman 3-0 to register their first win in the third Asian Champions Trophy at Kakamigahara, Japan today. India opened the scoring against the run of play in the 19th minute through Akashdeep Singh’s strike. Talwinder Singh doubled India’s lead in the 30th minute with another field goal. After the change […]

Paes & Stepanek begin Doubles campaign at World Tour Finals

Paes & Stepanek begin Doubles campaign at World Tour Finals

In Tennis, India’s Leander Paes will begin his campaign of the ATP World Tour Finals at London, England today. In its opening Men’s Doubles Group-B fixture, the seventh seeded Indo-Czech duo of Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek will clash with the second seeded Austrian-Brazilian combination of Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. Leander Paes is the […]