Candidates chess: Gukesh slips to tied 2nd after draw; losses for Pragg, Gujrathi
Grandmaster D Gukesh played out a creditable draw against top seed Fabiano Caruana but slipped a rung to the joint second position on a day when two other Indians endured frustrating losses in the Candidates Chess Tournament's 11th round here. Nerves finally came into play as R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi...
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In Paris' outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end. That's because the swimming club where 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi trains will inherit an Olympic pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and trucked from the Olympic race venue in Paris' high-rise business...
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A new American team with ties to the NASCAR stock car series, a new television deal in the United States and upcoming American ownership. MotoGP, global motorcycle racing's version of Formula 1, looks primed for a bid to copy F1's explosive growth in recent years and bring a new group of...
Every practice, drill will count from now on: Harmanpreet
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Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra and her compatriot Sreeja Akula exited in the second-round group stage after losing against China's Wang Manyu and defending champion Chen Meng respectively at the ITTF World Cup in Galaxy Arena in Macau on Wednesday. World no. 39 Sreeja lost 1-3 (4-11 4-11 15-13...
Jos Buttler's ton highlights need for players to be elite athletes: Tom Moody
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WI skipper Powell trying to convince Narine to come out of retirement ahead of T20 World Cup
West Indies captain Rovman Powell says efforts are on to convince the in-form Sunil Narine to come out of international retirement for this year's T20 World Cup but the Kolkata Knight Riders star has so far "blocked everyone" who has tried to talk to him. Narine, who will turn 36 next...
Candidates Chess: Gukesh to clash with Caruana; Praggnanandhaa takes on Nakamura
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh will have his task cut out when he takes on top seed Fabiano Caruana in the 11th round, hoping to consolidate his position at the top as the Candidates chess tournament heads towards its final phase here. The 17-year-old Gukesh is in joint lead with Russia's Ian...
