Budapest, Sep 19 (PTI) Grandmaster R Vaishali and Vantika Agrawal put up impressive performances as Indian women defeated Georgia while World Championship challenger D Gukesh led the men to victory over China in the seventh round as both teams continued their unbeaten streak in 45th Chess Olympiad here. Vaishali and Vantika notched wins against Lela Javakhishvili and Bella Khotenashvili as Indian women thumped second seeds Georgia 3-1, while the men eked out a 2.5-1.5 over China. On a day that saw D Harika settling for a draw with Nana Dzagnidze and Divya Deshmukh being held by Nino Batsiashvili from a…
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Chennai, Sep 19 (PTI) Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first Test of the two-match series here on Thursday. India have gone with three seamers — Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in their playing eleven. Bangladesh too have opted for three pacers on what looks like a seam-friendly Chepauk pitch. It is the first time in 21 Tests that a team opted to bowl after winning the toss at the Chepauk. Last time a side elected to bowl…
Budapest, Sep 18 (PTI) Grandmaster R Vaishali and Vantika Agrawal came up with splendid efforts to down Lela Javakhishvili and Bella Khotenashvili respectively as Indian women’s team continued its unbeaten run with a thumping 3-1 victory over Georgia at the 45th Chess Olympiad here on Wednesday. Indian women have now all their seven rounds. On a day that saw D Harika settling for a draw with Nana Dzagnidze, Divya Deshmukh held by Nino Batsiashvili from a better position, it was Vantika, who handled her time pressure extremely well to play almost 20 moves with just about a minute on her…
Kolkata, Sep 18 (PTI) Indian and international athletes will vie for top honours in the upcoming Kolkata 25K race scheduled at the Red Road on December 15. The Tata Steel World 25K, which is a World Athletic Gold Label race, will offer prize money of USD 142,214, said a media release. During the 2023 edition, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo clocked 1:11.13 seconds to break the men’s stand-alone World’s Best time ever in the 25km distance. The race also offers a platform for amateur runners to compete in various categories. Registration will commence on Thursday. Source: PTI News
Mumbai, Sep 18 (PTI) Surendra Harmalkar on Wednesday defeated Deepan Mistry by 90 votes to become an Apex Council member of the Mumbai Cricket Association here. Harmalkar got 185 votes against Mistry’s 95, with one vote being declared invalid. Harmalkar succeeds Abhay Hadap in the Apex Council as the latter is now the secretary of the cricket governing body after winning the election earlier this month. Hadap defeated Suraj Samat, who was backed by Sachin Tendulkar. The MCA has witnessed three elections in the last few months following the demise of its president Amol Kale in June. Former secretary Ajinkya…
Gurugram, Sep 18 (PTI) Hitaashee Bakshi’s brilliant front-nine helped her cushion for a lapse at the start of the back-nine as she took a one-shot lead in the 12th Leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour here on Wednesday. Hitaashee shot 2-under 70 at the DLF Golf & Country Club and was followed by amateur Lavanya Gupta and Vidhatri Urs. The top-three had one double bogey each on a day when rain kept hindering play and made scoring difficult. Hitaashee, who has two wins this season and leads the Hero Order of Merit, is one shot clear of amateur…
Dubai, Sep 18 (PTI) Botswana Cricket Association’s Indian origin chief Sumod Damodar beat United Arab Emirates’ Mubashshir Usmani in a secret ballot vote to earn a place as Associate Member representative to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC). “The result of the ICC Associate Member Directors election at the ICC Annual Conference 2024, triggered an election for Usmani’s position on the CEC as he is unable to hold both positions,” an ICC release stated. Damodar will serve the rest of the term which concludes at the end of the ICC Annual Conference 2025. He will join Rashpal…
Suva (Fiji), Sep 18 (PTI) Indian weightlifters gave a splendid display, winning 11 gold and three silver medals so far at the 2024 Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior (Men & Women) Weightlifting Championships here. Babulal Hembrom created a Commonwealth and national record in the 49kg ‘Youth Men’ category in the clean-and-jerk section with a lift of 114kg. Mina Santa broke the national record in the 55kg ‘Youth Women’ category with 81kg in snatch and a 99kg effort in clean-and-jerk section with a total effort of 180kg. Bedabarat Bharali also set national records in snatch, clean & jerk in 73kg ‘Youth…
Changzhou (China), Sep 18 (PTI) Young Malvika Bansod pulled off a sensational straight-game victory over Paris Olympics bronze medallist Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia in the women’s singles opening round to emerge as the lone Indian survivor in the China Open Super 100 badminton tournament here on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Indian, ranked 43rd in the world, displayed immense grit as she saved a game point thrice in the opening game to defeat the world No. 7 Indonesian Tunjung, seeded fifth, 26-24 21-19 in a 46-minute match, marking the biggest win of her career. Malvika, a B. Tech graduate in computer…
Chennai, Sep 18 (PTI) A harsh sun beating down on him, Rishabh Pant was engrossed preparing for his first Test in two years, taking down net bowlers in that unmistakably Pant-ish way. From getting tossed up some 40m into air off a toppled car to getting back to cricket field at the highest level is nothing less than extraordinary. It was hard to believe that 632 days have passed since Pant has played a Test match, and, coincidentally, his last five-day game was also against Bangladesh in 2022. Now, the same opposition awaits him on his return to Test cricket…