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Akash becomes India's 66th chess GM; Ameya gets International Master title

"I am delighted to join the list of GMs in India. It is a special moment for me. I have to keep working hard and the aim is to increase my rating to 2600 as soon as I can," he said

More than 4,000 coronavirus tests on F1 personnel prove negative

F1 has its first race in Austria, four months after the opening race in Australia was cancelled and the season postponed

French Open to allow fans in stands at the tournament

The French Open will allow fans to attend this year's postponed tournament

Aavishkar Salvi named head coach of Puducherry cricket team

Former India seamer Aavishkar Salvi has been appointed head coach of the Puducherry senior team for the upcoming domestic season

'King' Dan bids adieu to badminton after bossing the game like no other

Chinese badminton great Lin Dan on Saturday announced his retirement, thus bringing an end to his 20-year glorious career with the national team

Won't give Premier League matches to youngsters just for fun: Klopp

Liverpool was thrashed 0-4 by Manchester City on Thursday in its first game since securing their first top-flight title in 30 years

Nascar's Jimmie Johnson tests positive for Covid-19, to miss Sunday's race

Johnson didn't experience any symptoms of coronavirus and was tested after learning that his wife, Chandra had tested positive for Covid-19

Windies hoping to emulate Headingley 2017 performance: Coach Phil Simmons

A batting failure saw West Indies lose the opening match against England in Birmingham by an innings and 209 runs during its last Test tour in 2017

Sachin Tendulkar had 'magnificent technique', says Nasser Hussain

Sachin Tendulkar is one of the most difficult batsmen to whom I have bowled in my career, he always used to hit in the straight lines, says Ian Bishop

Eng vs WI 1st Test: Absence of fans won't affect intensity, says Ollie Pope

The three-Test series will be played behind close doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Jaipur to get world's 3rd largest cricket stadium with 75,000 capacity

The world-class green stadium shall have modern grand pavilion stands, corporate boxes, plush sports field, modern club house, says RCA secretary

England names 13-man squad for 1st Test vs WI, excludes Bairstow, Moeen Ali

Apart from the squad, nine players will remain at the venue as Test reserves

Covid-19: Football Delhi decides to waive off fees for players registration

This was decided during Football Delhi's executive committee meeting held via video conferencing on Friday

Boxing camp at NIS likely from August 1: High-performance director Nieva

While boxers were sent away to their respective homes before the first lockdown was declared on March 25, Nieva has been stuck at NIS for three months now

Asian football body confers elite youth scheme full membership to AIFF

AFC general secretary Dato Windsor John informed the AIFF that its application for full membership of the Elite Youth Scheme has been approved by the Youth Panel

Indian team for Chess Olympiad: Selection Committee sticks to rules

According to the existing rules, players for Chess Olympiad would be selected based on their international ratings

Golf: Hero Indian Open cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

The tournament, co-sanctioned by the European Tour, was earlier scheduled to be held from March 19 to 22 in Gurugram but was postponed

Govt to launch 'Target Olympic Podium Scheme' for junior athletes: Rijiju

Rijiju announced the decision during the 'Fit Hai To Hit Hai Fit India' webinar which was attended by HRD minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, P V Sindhu and Sunil Chhetri

La Liga: Barcelona's Umtiti, Real Sociedad's Januzaj ruled out with injury

Real Sociedad have lost Belgian international Adnan Januzaj for the last five games of the season after the winger was forced out of its 2-1 win at home to Espanyol on Thursday night

La Liga: lvaro Morata double helps Atletico Madrid beat Mallorca 3-0

lvaro Morata scored twice to lead Atltico Madrid to a 3-0 win over Mallorca and extend its strong finish to the Spanish league.