Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov NEW DELHI: Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand squandered critical opportunities against old rival Garry Kasparov, allowing the Russian great to stretch his lead to five points with two wins and two draws on the penultimate day of the Clutch Chess Legends showdown. The USD 144,000 event, held in the chess-960…
File photo of Italian swimmer Benedetta Pilato. (Getty Images) Italian swimmers Benedetta Pilato, 20, and Chiara Tarantino, 23, received 90-day bans from all activities by the Italian swimming federation for stealing cosmetics at Singapore airport while returning from the 2025 world championships, where Pilato won bronze in the 50m breaststroke.The two athletes were arrested by…
Hardik Pandya (R) with model Mahieka Sharma (L). (Instagram) India cricketer Hardik Pandya was spotted with model Mahieka Sharma at the Mumbai Airport during the early hours of Friday. The India allrounder is reportedly single since his divorce from Natasa Stankovic. Pandya and Sharma made their first public appearance together, with Hardik allowing Mahieka to…
Viswanathan Anand vs Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov stole the limelight on the opening day of the Clutch Chess series, defeating former world champion Viswanathan Anand in the third game to take a narrow 2.5-1.5 lead in the high-stakes contest underway. At 62, Kasparov showed that age has not diminished his chess acumen, reminding fans why…
WPL Auction in November. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Women’s Premier League (WPL) has announced key guidelines for the upcoming mega auction, allowing teams to retain up to five players ahead of the high-profile event. The retention deadline is set for November 5, while the auction window will be between November 25 to 29, as…
Rahul Dravid, Rohit Sharma and Sourav Ganguly NEW DELHI: Former India captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has defended the decision to relieve Rohit Sharma of his ODI captaincy, insisting it was not a sacking but a natural progression in a player’s career. Ganguly drew parallels to his own career and that of Rahul Dravid,…
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur, left, and teammates leave the field after their loss. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur minced no words after her team’s shocking three-wicket loss to South Africa in the ICC Women’s World Cup on Thursday, admitting that her top order failed to take responsibility when it mattered most.Go Beyond…
Prithvi Shaw tries to hit Musheer Khan with bat in anger; has heated exchange with former Mumbai teammates (screengrab) Both the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Maharashtra Cricket Association have taken serious note of the incident after reports emerged that Maharashtra’s Prithvi Shaw swung his bat at Mumbai’s Musheer Khan during the opening day of…
India’s Jasprit Bumrah (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has predicted that fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah will likely rest during the upcoming Test series against South Africa in November, while also expecting Axar Patel to be included in India’s playing XI. The two-Test series against the current World Test Championship holders will be…
A young fan touched MS Dhoni’s feet as he came on to bat at the Velammal International Cricket Stadium on Thursday (Screengrabs/X) Madurai turned into a sea of MS Dhoni supporters on Thursday as the former Chennai Super Kings and ex-India captain arrived to inaugurate the newly built Velammal Cricket Stadium, an international-standard facility developed…
