Indian chess player Gukesh scalps No. 2 Firouzja after blitzing No 1 Carlsen

Seventeen-year-old Indian chess player D Gukesh’s rising stature in the world got another boost when he defeated world No. 2 Alireza Firouzja, 19, in an over-the-board classical elite meet in Stavanger, Norway. The previous day, in the blitz...

India beat Pak to win junior Asian hockey

India, the defending champions, defeated Pakistan to win the Junior Asia Cup hockey championship in Salalah, Oman, in a hotly contested championship match. Playing in front of a packed house, India claimed their fourth continental crown with...

Kolkata Knight Riders named experienced middle-order batter Nitish Rana as the stand-in captain for the IPL in the absence of injured Shreyas Iyer. Regular skipper Iyer is recovering from a back injury and the KKR management hopes he will be...

The governing organisation of the sport, World Athletics, has prohibited transgender women from participating in elite female contests if they have experienced male puberty. The council also decided to reduce the maximum quantity of plasma testosterone...



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