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Badminton
Abhinn Shyam, Polsana triumph
MUMBAI, AUG. 18.Abhinn Shyam Gupta makes for an ideal badminton sparring partner — retrieving smashes till you tell him to stop, long legs stretching out to all corners of the court and keeping the bird in play without any visible strain ...


Chess
Anand-Ponomariov duel in balance
CHENNAI, AUG. 18. The "duel of world champions'' is in balance with both players dominating a day each. Former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand bounced back from a 1-2 deficit in day one to level the scores by winning game four against ...
Karjakin is youngest ever Grandmaster
CHENNAI, AUG. 18.Ukraine's chess prodigy, Sergey Karjakin became the youngest ever Grandmaster when he completed his final GM norm at the age of 12 years, 7 months, 2 days in the Sudak tournament in Ukraine. Karjakin, who had made his earlier ...
Shetty snatches sole lead
KOZHIKODE, AUG. 18.Rahul Shetty won a staggering 70 Elo points from four Grandmaster tournaments between January and April this year, as he finally completed his International Master title. Then competing in the Air Travel Trophy FIDE rating ...


Cricket
Players, ICC stand firm
LEEDS, AUG. 18.Both the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the players associations and representatives have taken strong positions and made their stand clear on a contentious and debatable issue. The ICC, the apex body for cricket, has ...
Other Stories

  • TNCA President's XI, MAC-TNCA in last eight
  • Akhtar recalled
  • Shastri to represent players
  • An amicable settlement is the need of the hour


    Tennis
    Bopanna is the player to beat
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 18.Rohan Bopanna has done well to get the support. How well is he using the support to do well on the professional ATP circuit, will be known soon. The strong young man from Coorg starts as the top seed in the $ 10,000 ITF ...
    Other Stories

  • Indian teams finish seventh
  • Leander to play in Asian Games


    Table Tennis
    Soumyadeep, Mouma reign supreme
    DURGAPUR, AUG. 18.Experience of Soumyadeep Roy and youthful exuberance of Mouma Das prevailed in the men's and women's singles finals of the National ranking table tennis championship (East) at the Sidhu Kanu Indoor Stadium here on Sunday. ...


    Volleyball
    Thailand outplays Kazakhstan
    HYDERABAD, AUG. 18. Thailand's head coach Apcihat Congsawant, a stocky man, can hardly speak English. That does not matter. Like the Koreans, Japanese and Chinese, the Thais are making a real impact in Asian volleyball. On Sunday at the Kotla ...

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