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Deadlock continues as sixth game ends in draw

It does not bode well for the sport — and that too in the biggest competition — when journalists start asking the participants about their interests in other sports, art and culture midway through the event. HT reports.

Change in tactics fails for Anand at World Chess

As if to answer his fans and critics alike, Viswanathan Anand, after a long time, opted to start his game by moving the pawn before his king in a World Chess Championship match.

‘The hunger to succeed never dies’

With five Indian shuttlers qualifying for the London Games, the country has pinned hopes on badminton fetching medals in the mega event. With the pressure mounting, are the shuttlers intimidated?

Anand prepares for fifth game

Defending champion Viswanathan Anand holds the edge going into the fifth game as white in his World Championship match against Boris Gelfand at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.

Deepika Kumari wins first World Cup title

India's Olympic prospect Deepika Kumari won her first World Cup individual recurve gold medal on Saturday at Antalya, Turkey.

Different ball game, same interests

The popularity of the Indian Premier League across the different spectra of society is debatable, but the concept of T20 as a format has made inroads into other sports.

Deepika, men's recurve team reach WC final

India's promising archer Deepika Kumari and men's recurve team sailed into the finals of the World Cup Stage 2 competition in Antalya, Turkey.

Ravi Kumar, Soniya selected for London Olympics weightlifting

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Katulu Ravi Kumar and N Soniya Chanu were on Thursday selected to represent India in the weightlifting competition in the London Olympics.

Five shuttlers seal London berth

As the new rankings were announced by the badminton world body on Thursday, five shuttlers — Saina Nehwal, P Kashyap, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa and V Diju — made the cut.

India start well in Asian squash meet

The Indian men's and women's teams got off to a good start at the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship, winning their respective opening round encounters against Singapore and China in Kuwait.

A hurdle too many for Asian champ Joseph

India's reigning Asian Games 400m hurdles champion Joseph Abraham's plan to prepare for the London Olympic Games has run into rough weather.

Teething troubles

Even as the organisers scurried to restore order at the Siri Fort Sports Complex on Monday, the eve of the India Open Super Series, it was business as usual for the shuttlers, who are here to make the most of the last Olympic qualifying event.

This gold medal will be great value for money!

From mines in the United States and Mongolia to the necks of the world’s most elite athletes, a display at the British Museum investigates the journey of the 4,700 Olympic medals to be handed out in London this summer.

Indian boxers gear up to secure more Olympic berths

A pat on the back by International Boxing Association president Ching Kuo Wu has come as a shot in the arm for five Indian boxers who are gearing up for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers semifinals in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday.

Plan afoot to ease weapons shortage

The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) is planning to put an end to the problem of lack of equipment and ammunition faced by shooters at the grassroots level.
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