St. Petersburg: World Champion Viswanathan Anand got off to a good start in the second leg of Alekhine Memorial Chess Tournament by holding Vladimir Kramnik for an easy draw in the sixth round that concluded here on Monday. Ending the Paris leg on a high with a victory against Ding Liren of China, Anand has every reason to cheer with the result against Kramnik as in the remaining three rounds...
03:22 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Croatia beat Serbia 2-0 whereas Germany, playing without any recognised strikers, triumphed 3-0 in Kazakhstan. ...
05:33 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Portugal came back from 1-3 down to snatch a draw in stoppage time in their World Cup qualifying Group F match. ...
03:42 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Tsonga had to overcome a sloppy third set to beat Weintraub 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 while Gasquet won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 against Sela. ...
09:02 AM, Feb 02, 2013
London: Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka joyfully embraced each other four years ago in Beijing, where they won gold in men's doubles. This year's Olympics brought them disappointment and an early exit. The sixth-seeded Swiss pair lost to Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the second round on Court 18 at Wimbledon, where the somewhat disruptive wind and shadow at first seemed to favor...
11:10 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Wimbledon: Maria Sharapova won her Olympic debut indoors on Sunday, beating Shahar Peer of Israel 6-2, 6-0. Playing under Wimbledon's retractable roof on Centre Court because of rain, No. 3 Sharapova served well, returned aggressively and swept the final eight games. Sharapova completed a career Grand Slam last month when she won the French Open. She carried the Russian flag in the opening ceremony after missing the 2008 Olympics because...
10:52 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Leipzig: Germany worked hard for a 2-0 win over Israel in a Euro 2012 warm-up match on Thursday with Mario Gomez and Andre Schuerrle on target in their final test before next month's tournament. The three-time European champions, among the title favourites, dominated with a performance that was a marked improvement on their 5-3 defeat by Switzerland on Saturday. However, they wasted close to a dozen clear chances on a...
09:16 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Viswanathan Anand was relieved to have come out on top against Boris Gelfand in the Rapid chess tiebreaker on Wednesday to win the World Championship for the fifth time. ...
10:52 AM, May 31, 2012
Former Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay backs Vishwanathan Anand to beat Boris Gelfand in the Rapid chess tiebreaker of the World Championship in Moscow on Wednesday. ...
11:14 AM, May 30, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have to fight it out in Rapid chess tiebreaker against challenger Boris Gelfand after a tied 6-6 result in the World Chess Championship match here Wednesday. To start with, there will be four games under rapid chess rules with 25 minutes to each player and a ten seconds increment after every move is made. In case of a 2-2 result, the two will play...
02:34 PM, May 29, 2012
Graz, Austria: A last-minute goal by David Lafata helped the Czech Republic beat Israel 2-1 on Saturday in preparation for next month's European Championship. It was the third international goal in 17 appearances for Lafata, who came on as a substitute after 65 minutes for Milan Petrzela. Striker Milan Baros scored from the penalty spot after 17 minutes to give the Czechs an early lead, then Itay Shechter levelled in...
12:22 PM, May 27, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand will have a lot to think about ahead of the last game of the Chess World Championship against Boris Gelfand of Israel here. With the scores tied 5.5-5.5 after 11 games, the Indian ace will be hoping for an encore of the last championship when he won the last game to win the title against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. That said, Gelfand has proven to...
12:03 PM, May 27, 2012
Moscow: Defending champion Viswanathan Anand was stretched a little by challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel but the Indian ace found his way to a draw in the ninth game of the World Chess Championship here on Wednesday. Ananad managed to sign peace following a timely queen sacrifice leaving the scores level at 4.5-4.5 after the ninth round. As expected, Anand decided to shift gears with black and for the first...
10:39 PM, May 23, 2012
Moscow: Having bounced back with an emphatic victory in the previous round, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds a huge psychological advantage in the crucial remaining four games of the World Championship match against Israeli Boris Gelfand here. With points levelled at 4-4 and with four games to go, the championship match is interestingly poised. The eighth game provided the Indian ace a much needed breather after a shocking loss in...
05:07 PM, May 22, 2012
London: Andy Murray's mother has been appointed captain of Britain's Federation (Fed) Cup team. The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) said on Thursday that Judy Murray will lead Britain in their February 1-4 Europe-Africa Group I match against Israel in Eilat and mentor other female performance coaches. Murray, who was the Scotland national coach for nine years, trained three-time Grand Slam finalist Andy early in his career. She is a familiar...
03:38 PM, Dec 09, 2011
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