Sunny reached celebrity status in China overnight, following his performance in the Cup qualifier match. Though the Lions lost 1-3 to Thailand on June 11, the score was enough for China to make it to the next round.
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Grandmasters Ding Liren, Gukesh to head to Singapore for World Chess Championship
Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren and his Indian counterpart Dommaraju Gukesh will lock horns in Singapore for the coveted World Chess Championship. The city-state won the rights to host the important game, beating Indian cities Chennai and national capital New Delhi, on July 1. The World Chess Championship game will take place between November 20 and […]
Singaporean powerlifter Farhanna Farid sets new world record with 209kg deadlift
The 2024 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships (June 15 to 23) are taking place in Druskininkai, Lithuania.
Indian football’s poster boy Sunil Chhetri signs off from international football with goalless draw against Kuwait
Sunil Chhetri plays his final international match against Kuwait
Indian GM Praggnanandhaa scores his first win over GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess
Classical chess, also known as slow chess, allows players a significant amount of time to make their moves. Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa had drawn their previous three encounters in this format.
Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar creates history, wins gold in Asian Senior Championships
Dipa Karmakar wins goldin the Asian Senior Championships
Rafael Nadal knocked out in first round of possible last French Open outing
Rafael Nadal exits French Open
Singapore gets its 5th GM as Indian-origin teen Siddharth Jagadeesh wins in Sharjah Masters
Siddharth Jagadeesh started playing chess at the age of eight years. He moved to Singapore when he was four or five years old.
Indian sporting stars turned politicians
In a country of billions, only the select few gets to represent the nation at global sporting events. These athletes rise and shine above the rest with their superior work ethic and discipline. For generations now, fellow Indians have looked up to these athletes as a source of inspiration. Be it Major Dhyan Chand, The […]
WATCH: Hit on head, cautious Novak Djokovic ‘comes prepared’ for Italian Open match
A day after getting hit on the head, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic came ‘fully prepared’ to avoid such mishaps. The current world number one employed a rather unusual tactic for a tennis player while he arrived at the Internationali BNL d’Italia tournament in Rome recently. The Djoker wore a biking helmet while entering the […]