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India, The new talent-churning machine in chess Chennai: For a long time, Viswanathan Anand was the lone flag-bearer of Indian chess. He took the world by storm with his exploits. Things have changed in the last decade or so, with numerous talented players emerging on...

New Delhi: Ahead of mega sporting events such as Asia Cup and World Cup cricket tournaments, the government Friday warned media outlets against publishing or displaying advertisements of online betting platforms, failing which they would face legal action. In an advisory issued to newspapers, television...

Zurich: FIFA Women's World Cup winner Spain rose to No. 2 in the FIFA rankings published Friday, with the United States of America falling off the top spot for the first time in more than six years. Sweden, which lost to Spain in the semifinals,...

Budapest: Neeraj Chopra Friday qualified for the 2024 Olympics with a big throw of 88.77m in his first attempt, which also took him to the final of the javelin throw competition at the World Championships here. The 25-year-old Chopra's qualifying round lasted just a few...

Barcelona: The president of the Spanish soccer federation faces an emergency meeting of its general assembly Friday amid media reports that he will hand in his resignation following uproar for kissing a FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Luis Rubiales is expected to stand before representatives...

Copenhagen: Calling the world no. 2 Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty "brilliant and extraordinarily talented guys", badminton player Parupalli Kashyap feels the x-factor behind the duo’s success has been the combination of Satwik’s smash and Chirag’s skill at nets. Satwik...

Copenhagen (Denmark): India's top-ranked shuttler HS Prannoy, who is on hunt for his maiden world championship medal, admitted that it was an intense match and he felt he was not brave enough in a lot of areas in the hard-fought battle against former world champion...

New Delhi: Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved financial assistance for CWG medalist Tejaswin Shankar, towards procurement of a landing pit for pole vault here Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for his preparation towards the upcoming Asian Games. "Tejaswin, who...

Budapest: Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou clinched the men's long jump title with a tremendous last jump at the World Athletics Championships. Heading into the sixth and last attempt Thursday final, Tentoglou and Jamaica's Pinnock had both jumped an impressive 8.50m. However, the Greek athlete's second-best...

Los Angeles: Former wrestler and now Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson 'The Rock' has expressed grief at the sudden death of his fellow WWE wrestler friend  Bray Wyatt, who has died at the age of 36. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the 'Fast V' actor said...