[ad_1] Astana: China’s Ding Liren made history by becoming the 17th FIDE World Champion in chess, defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final game of the tiebreak here on Sunday. Both Ding and Nepomniachtchi finished 7-7 after exhilarating 14 classical games, taking the match into the tie-breaker. In the tie-break, DingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Virat Kohli has scripted a success story in cricket like no one else had done before him except perhaps the incomparable Sachin Tendulkar. In 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Kohli as the male cricketer of the decade. Kohli has contributed to India’s important successes, including the team’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Immense joy for the Juventus goalkeeper Matthias Perin and for his wife Giorgia Miatto. Their already beautiful family has in fact expanded further. Vittoria and Leonardo, the couple’s first two children, welcomed little Virginia into their home. The announcement, as often happens in these cases, arrived on Instagram. Credit:Continue Reading
[ad_1] The Iranian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for one of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, who competed in an international tournament without wearing a headscarf in December 2022, local media reported. 25-year-old Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, made headlines around the world when sheContinue Reading
[ad_1] Sania Mirza (Instagram) Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday called tennis icon Sania Mirza a “true champion” and said her achievements in the game will always be remembered. Vijayan also thanked Mirza for the moments of brilliance on the court and wished her all the best forContinue Reading
[ad_1] Mumbai: National snooker champion Kamal Chawla of Railways and runner-up Sparsh Pherwani of Maharashtra launched their campaigns on a winning note, as they comfortably won their respective round of 64 matches of the Cricket Club of India (CCI)-organised Rs 12.1 lakh prize-money CCI Snooker Classic 2023 here on Tuesday.Continue Reading