EPA Chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Chinese player Ding Liren Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after beating defending champion China’s Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday. Dommaraju, 18, is four years younger than the former record-holder, Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov, who was 22…
18-year-old Indian prodigy GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the 18th undisputed world champion after Chinese GM Ding Liren (32) collapsed in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. Gukesh won 7.5-6.5 after Ding seemed to have a risk-free chance to push for a win but instead liquidated into a pawn-down endgame. It should have been…
World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE, D Gukesh vs Ding Liren© AFP D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE Updates: It is a winner takes all in the 14th and final round of the World Chess Championship 2024 between India’s G Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren. Both finalists have won…
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma© AFP Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma was left fuming after opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal was late for their departure from Adelaide, according to Sports Tak. While the team was ready to leave for Brisbane ahead of the third Test match, Jaiswal failed to arrive in the…
Barcelona have taken a massive step towards an automatic spot in the Round of 16 of this season’s UEFA Champions League thanks to a wild 3-2 victory away to Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday night. After an uneventful first half the game was absolutely breathtaking in the final period, and Ferran…
East Bengal won the last edition of the Super Cup, held during the AFC Asian Cup in January, with 16 teams including four from the I-League Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) plans to conduct the season-ending Super Cup as a knockout tournament, the winners being rewarded with a spot in continental competitions.The AIFF…
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will enter a new chapter in her life when the 29-year-old ties the knot with Venkata Datta Sai on December 22 in Udaipur in a grand wedding ceremony. The announcement of Sindhu’s wedding came just after the Hyderabad-based badminton star won the women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International….
Shaheen Afridi claimed 3 wickets in 1st T20I vs South Africa© AFP Ace seamer Shaheen Afridi etched his name in the history book by becoming Pakistan’s first bowler to take 100 wickets in each format of international cricket. In the first innings of the opening T20I against South Africa in Durban here on…
Atalanta 2-3 Real Madrid (Mbappé, Vinícius Júnior & Bellingham). All action in Italy. This is the immediate reaction. Coming up: Player ratings, interview quotes and as always the ManagingMadrid podcast. Real Madrid may have found a silver lining in the league, but the Champions League still looked pretty bleak for them so far this campaign….
Updated 18:00 10 Dec 2024 GMTPublished 17:21 10 Dec 2024 GMT Liverpool have announced their starting XI to face Girona – and one pick has everyone talking. Liverpool fans are fearing that one player will ‘definitely’ be leaving the club after seeing Arne Slot’s team selection for their Champions League clash against Girona. The Reds…
