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India's R. Praggnanandhaa will face Germany's Matthias Bluebaum a day after her lost to Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in the third round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus on Tuesday. Currently, the Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu sits in joint-third with 1.5 points, sharing the spot with Bluebaum. Praggnanandhaa had beaten Dutch GM Anish Giri in the first round with white pieces, before playing out a draw with China's Wei Yi in the second round with black. LIVE UPDATES FROM THE BO ...Read More >
India's R. Praggnanandhaa will take on Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov in the third round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 in Cyprus on Tuesday. Praggnanandhaa had beaten Dutch GM Anish Giri in the first round with white pieces, before playing out a draw with China's Wei Yi in the second round with black. LIVE UPDATES FROM THE BOARDWhere to watch Candidates Tournamet 2026 live? Candidates Tournament 2026 will be streamed LIVE on FIDE's YouTube channel. Published on Mar 31, 2026 Latest ...Read More >
Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa played out a second draw against France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave during their semifinal tie of the Grand Chess Tour Finals in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Tuesday. The result leaves both players tied on 6-6 after the first classical game on Monday also ended in a draw. In contrast to the first game, both players went for a safer approach, and the match was over in 21 moves. "I just wanted to play normal chess. If there's a fight, I will fight, and if I don't get a ...Read More >
Star India shutter P.V. Sindhu overcame the first-round hurdle, defeating Julie Dawall Jakobsen of Denmark in straight games to advance to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament, here on Wednesday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, took just 27 minutes to beat Jakobsen 21-4, 21-10. The win for the Indian comes less than 10 days after her opening-round loss in the Hong Kong Open Super 500 tournament where she had lost to another Dane Line Ch ...Read More >
The India No. 1 in chess ranking is kind of a musical chair now. It shows how strong the young Indians have been faring at the level. The latest occupant of the hot seat is R. Praggnanandhaa, who is ranked World No. 4 in the latest FIDE rating list released on Tuesday. Arjun Erigaisi and D. Gukesh are placed No. 5 and 6, respectively. Praggnanandhaa isn't concerned much about the ranking. Rather, he is happy with the kind of chess he has been playing over the last few months. He has won three ...Read More >
Kerala Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman on Saturday asserted that Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, will visit the state as announced by the government earlier, and that the sponsor has paid the match fee for the event. He said the World Cup winner is likely to come in October or November this year, and they would be treated as state guests. The government would meet their security, accommodation and other facilities. The news would come as a fresh ray of hope for football fans in one of India's s ...Read More >
Defending champions Daniel Ebenyo (Kenya) and Sutume Kebede (Ethiopia) will return to defend their titles in the world's first World Athletics Gold Label 25 K Race, Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, which is scheduled on Sunday, December 15. Both are the current record holders in their respective events - Ebenyo in the men's category with a timing of 1:11:13 and Kebede with a timing of 1:18:47 in the women's. Early this year, Kebede improved her personal bests in the half marathon (1:04:37) and ma ...Read More >
Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner has a chance to return to the New Zealand team for the second Test against England but coach Gary Stead said he would be standing by his batters after the eight-wicket loss in the series opener on Sunday. Santner, who took 13 wickets in his last Test in India as the Blacks Caps won the second match on their way to a series sweep, was included in the squad only for the second and third Tests in Wellington and Hamilton. "That's the likely big decision to mak ...Read More >
India went down 0-8 to China in its second Group 1 match of the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup in Chengdu, China, on Monday. Earlier, India had also lost 3-8 to USA in its tournament opener. The first team to win a total of eight games clinches the match. With one group match remaining against Australia, India needs a miracle to qualify for the knockout stage. Only the top two teams from each group will make it to the next stage. Playing without higher-ranked players such as Sharath Kamal, M ...Read More >
Madhya Pradesh pulled off a stunning nine-run win over defending champion Punjab in a group 'A' fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Niranjan Shah Stadium here on Wednesday. Punjab needed 38 runs off the final four overs when Kumar Kartikeya had Nehal Wadhera caught at the midwicket boundary. Two balls later, the tweaker had Anmolpreet Singh chipping straight to square-leg. In the next over, Arpit Gaud plucked a stunning catch of Ramandeep Singh at deep midwicket off Arshad Khan, who ...Read More >
Hardik Pandya played an excellent knock of 69 runs in 30 balls to lead Baroda to a three-wicket win over Tamil Nadu in a high-scoring Group B match at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday. Hardik's innings included four 4s and seven 6s. Out of those seven sixes, four came in the 17th over bowled by left-arm pacer Gurjapneet Singh. Chasing a stiff total of 222, Baroda was at 121 for 4 when Hardik came out to bat after the dismissal of his elder brother Krunal. The equation came down to 66 ...Read More >
Welcome to Sportstar's live coverage from Day 1 of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka being played at Kingsmead, Durban TOSS Sri Lanka wins the toss and opts to field first. PLAYING XIs South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananja ...Read More >
Tasmanian all-rounder Beau Webster is on the brink of making his Test debut, with reports indicating he has been included in Australia's squad for the second Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. Webster's call-up comes in the wake of Australia's crushing 295-run defeat in the series opener at Perth Stadium, with selectors drafting him as injury cover for Mitchell Marsh. The veteran all-rounder has been managing lingering fitness concerns and was reportedly "sore" following the Perth Test. ...Read More >
Welcome to Sportstar's LIVE Coverage of the D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship 2024 Game 3. This is Mayank taking you through all the live updates. November 27, 2024 12:22 As it happened | Round 2 Detailed Highlights Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship LIVE Updates, Game 2: Gukesh eyes revenge against Ding in second round with Black World Chess Championship LIVE: Catch all the live updates of D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren FIDE Chess World Championship Game 2 being played ...Read More >
Six men linked to Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba go on trial on Tuesday, accused of blackmail, attempted extortion of millions of euros and holding the player at gunpoint. The case at the Paris criminal court has shocked the French football world - all the more so because the perpetrators include three childhood friends and Pogba's own brother Mathias. The trial comes as Pogba battles professional woes, with Juventus this month cancelling his contract following his suspension until ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction took take place on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, with 577 players up for signing. The 10 teams spent a total of Rs 639.15 crore on acquiring 182 players in the biggest IPL auction ever. There were 13 Australian cricketers among the 182 players to be sold in the auction, with pacer Josh Hazlewood earning the biggest paycheck among them. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bengaluru for Rs. 12.50 crore. Left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc too bag ...Read More >
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