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With Federer out of the mix, who will challenge Nadal at the French Open?

In a paradox of sorts, none of the favourites, barring Nadal, has exhibited any kind of prolonged Grand Slam solidity in the past

Superman hangs up his cape

Defining him as an explosive batsman was an understatement, for he changed that definition twice in six months as West Indies bore the brunt in 2015

To avoid match fixing, ICC bars cricketers from wearing smartwatch

Only match officials are allowed specific communication devices to communicate with their colleagues while they perform their duties

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The Kolkata Open has 200-odd participants, led by 31 GMs, and a prize fund of Rs 1.5 million

Former cricket captains oppose scrapping of toss, suggest neutral curators

Proposals to scrap the time-honoured tradition of a coin toss prior to test matches defy logic and should not be considered, according to several former South Asian cricket captains.

FIFA Wold Cup 2018: Germany most likely to win, predicts UBS

To zero in on the winner, UBS uses econometric tools, usually applied to assess investment opportunities

Pro Volleyball League floats franchise bid tenders

The bid documents for prospective franchise owners of the league will be available from 15 May at Baseline Ventures offices in Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bengaluru

The role of psychology is more salient in poker than in chess: Viswanathan

The zeal displayed by poker lovers has given rise to a lot of platforms that encourage the sport in India by opening doors for youngsters keen to explore a career in this game, says the chess maestro

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The 2018 women's title match is being played in Shanghai (first half) and Chongqing

Professional sports coaching for kids is no longer about recreation alone

Highly professionalised and extremely competitive, sports coaching for kids has become serious business

NGO helpline for blind sportspeople: Swap your ivory canes for willow bats

Blind Cricket Association has affiliates across the country, together, they organised eight tournaments in 2017

Checkmate age: Does chess add years to your lives? Grandmasters live longer

Chess players actually exhibit a higher level of physical fitness than the general population

After cricket and wrestling, enter a volleyball league

The league will take up the caravan format where all teams move from one city to another during the course of the tournament

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Magnus Carlsen went unbeaten and scored 6 points from 9 games with three wins, against Anish Giri, Veselin Topalov and Radek Wojtaszek

BCCI to honour Diana Edulji with CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award

Edulji had played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in a career spanning over 17 years, taking 63 and 46 wickets respectively

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R Praggnanandhaa scored his second GM norm at the Heraklion Fischer Memorial

World Cup 2019: India to start off against SA on June 5, face Pak on Jun 16

Interestingly, ICC, in their various marquee events, have started with an Indo-Pak fixture in the past which is almost always a sell-out

India will improve medals tally at Asian Games 2018: Boxer Vikas Krishan

The Asian Games is going to be much tougher than the Commonwealth Games, said Vikas Krishan Yadav

I told Dada about Greg Chappell's mail to BCCI against him: Sehwag

Sehwag further added that when he was asked to open the batting in the one-dayers, he was surprised but then skipper Ganguly and coach John Wright pushed him to do that

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There are two homegrown US prodigies to watch out for, in Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong