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Vietnam Grand Master defeated Indian GM Neelotpal Das in the 10th Mumbai Mayor’s Cup International Chess Tournament. After the 9th round both the players were tied at 7.5 points. But Nguyen emerged champion when he finished the 10th round with 8.5 points. GM Farrukh Amonatov became the runner up. Neeloptpal …
Read More »High Jumper Naimwon Narzary breaks 25-year -old Junior National Record
Laimwon Narzary of Assam broke a 25-year-old high jump national record of 1.75 metre when she cleared 1.77 metre height at the Federation Cup Junior National Athletics. The former record was held by Bobby Aloysius which was established in 1992. 19-year old Narzary is also a gold medallist at the …
Read More »Bolt runs his final 100m race at home in 10.03, wins it
Usain Bolt ran his final race on home soil at 2nd Racers Grand Prix in Kingston. Bolt was emotional and got a slow start but recovered rom it to win the race. “The run was just ok. I must say it was ok,” Bolt said after a lap of honour …
Read More »Nadal clinches French Open, wins it for a record 10 times
Rafael Nadal wins his 10th French Open title at Roland Garros by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1. It is a historic feat as no other tennis player has won a single Grand Slam on 10 occasions. It is also the 3rd time that he won the title without conceding …
Read More »France lose against Sweden, Portugal win in WC Qualifier
France lost to Sweden in its World Cup Qualifier round and made their entry to the finals a bit complicated. Sweden won by 2-1 goal when Ola Toivonen netted a last-minute goal. On the other hand Portugal won their match against Latvia. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the match. In …
Read More »A silver and a bronze for India in President’s Cup
Indian boxer Gaurav Chauhan won silver in the Pesident’s Cup held at Astana in Kazakhstan. Gaurav went down to Vasili Levit in the 91 kg category. In the women’s draw, Lovlina Boroghain had settled for a bronze medal in the 75 kg category. The tournament featured close to 150 boxers …
Read More »Unseeded Ostapenko upsets Halep to win French Open
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia came from 4-6 down in the first set to turn the match in her favour and beat Simona Halep in the French Open final 2017. World No 4 Halep was targeting her first Grand Slam title and also the No 1 rank. But her dream was …
Read More »He rose and fell, but he remains; its The Tiger Effect
On the early hours of 29th May 2017, Florida police found a damaged Mercedes Benz standing across the right lane of a roadway with a man in the driver’s seat fast asleep at the wheels. Police found the man to be Tiger Woods, the Golf great, who was unaware of …
Read More »Mixed relays in athletics and swimming approved by International Olympic Committee
Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 will have some new disciplines like mixed relays in athletics and swimming, mixed team events in judo, shooting, archery and triathlon and a three-a-side basketball event. IOC President Thomas Bach said that the events are chosen to make the Games more youthful. Poulomi
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