World Chess Championship: What was the opening played in Gukesh vs Ding Liren in Round 7? India’s D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren played out a Neo-Grunfeld Defense: Classical, Original Defense opening pattern in the Round 7 of the World Chess Championship Final happening in Singapore on Tuesday. This opening is a variation of the […]

Olympic champion Axelsen out of BWF World Tour finals with foot injury Danish badminton star Viktor Axelsen took to social media to announce that he would not be taking part at the BWF World Tour finals, set to be played in Hangzhou, China from December 13-17, 2024. “I’m unfortunately unable to participate in the HSBC […]

Venkat Sundaram succeeds late Aunshuman Gaekwad as president of Indian Cricketers’ Association Venkat Sundaram has been elected unopposed as the president of the Indian Cricketers’ Association (ICA). The elections concluded on November 30 and Sundaram succeeded the late Aunshuman Gaekwad as the chief of the association. According to a statement by the ICA, Sundaram will […]

Syed Modi International 2024 badminton review: Finding silver linings in a year of turmoil When Lakshya Sen finally hit the shuttle into the crowd on Sunday night after his most comprehensive win of the week to claim the Syed Modi India International Super 300, it was not just him celebrating a title win. Given the […]

India leaves for Oman to defend Women’s Junior Asia Cup title with an eye on World Cup qualification The Indian hockey team left for Oman on Tuesday, hoping to defend its Women’s Junior Asia Cup title, a tournament that is also a qualifying event for the FIH Junior World Cup. India will be led by […]

India predicted XI for Adelaide Test: Will Rohit open innings during IND vs AUS 2nd Test? India will look to extend its advantage in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) when it faces Australia for the pink-ball Test in Adelaide starting on December 6. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill missed India’s 295-run victory in the opener in […]

2024 World Constructors’ Championship scenarios: What do McLaren and Ferrari need to do to win the title? The Formula One 2024 season lands at Abu Dhabi for its final weekend of a record-breaking 24-race calendar with Max Verstappen already sealing a fourth consecutive World Drivers’ Championship (WDC). However, with the World Constructors’ Championship (WCC) still […]

Ban vs WI 2nd Test: Rana’s five-for and Mehidy’s blitz lead Bangladesh to 211-run lead over West Indies Bangladesh turned an 18-run first-innings lead against the West Indies into a competitive 211-run advantage on day three Monday (December 2, 2024) of the second Test at Sabina Park. Bangladesh defended its first-innings 164 by bowling out […]

World Chess Championship 2024: Gukesh-Ding match-up is more of a psychological duel The World championship in Singapore has suddenly taken on the flavour of a psychological duel instead of a purely chess match. In the last few games, we have started to see a very clear trend where Gukesh is trying to provoke his opponent […]

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav scores 46-ball 70 for Mumbai against Services Indian T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav played a crucial knock of 46-ball 70 in his first match of the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Mumbai against Services in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Services won the toss and opted to field […]