The June ratings see Fabiano Caruana (2796) leapfrogging over Kramnik (2784) to climb to number 3. Carlsen (2862) and Aronyan (2813) stay at 1 and 2 respectively. Anand (2775) has dropped to number 8 after his disappointing Tal Memorial performance.Shakhriyar Mamedaryov has won the Geneva Masters Rapid, beating Kramnik in the finals. Mathieu Cornette won the Geneva Open with 8 points from 9 games. Koneru Humpy won the Dilijan Grand Prix with 8 points from 11 games. Anna Muzychuk and Nana Dzagnidze tied for second-third with 7 each. Harika had a minus score, finishing sixth with 5.The Beijing GP has started. Karjakin, Topalov and Grischuk registered wins in the first round versus Giri, Gelfand and Kamsky respectively. Other participants include Morozevich, Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Ivanchuk, Leko, Mamedaryov.An interesting debate is hotting up about cheating, triggered by Bulgarian FM Borislav Ivanov's winning a sequence of computer-assisted games. He plays long, tactically perfect sequences

Chess (#1050)

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It was a good day at Wimbledon for Indian tennis as Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna all moved into the quarterfinals of the men's doubles with their respective partners but Sania Mirza was knocked out of the women's doubles here Monday.

Paes, Bhupathi, Bopanna in Wimbledon quarters, Sania out

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The Tal Memorial saw the old warhorse, Boris Gelfand winning convincingly

Chess (#1049)

Anuradha Vaidyanathan happens to be the only Indian to have been placed in the top 10 of her category at the Ironman championships since 2006

India's iron woman

Life in the open can be fun. Provided, of course, that you are equipped properly to rough it out

Camp out in comfort

Karthikeyan makes history by finishing his&nbsp;1st F1 race. 


India puts a man in Formula 1

There are many young golfers who have great potential - Jyoti Randhawa

Open season - India`s two top golfers speak about their future

SPORTS: The investment will be Rs 200 cr, in all sports but cricket.

Wizcraft plans 8 sports academies

After receiving a much-needed boost last year, Indias oldest football tournament, the Durand Cup, is set to commence on October 30, for its 120th edition.


An old favourite regains its old glory

The perception of the notorious Bodyline series, which started exactly 75 years ago last week, is undergoing an overhaul. Was it really as bad as made out to be?


The Bodyline series remembered

There will be kicking, shoving and punching as the Nautica New York City Triathlon gets under way July 20, says Charles Macintosh  sort of like a day on Wall Street.

Leading the pack

SPORT: It plans to take the tournament to the Gulf and also rope in film stars to play In order to counter the heat generated by the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) launched by BCCI, the rebel cricket body  Indian Cricket League (ICL)  is all set to take its tournament outside the country.

Zee set to revitalise ICL

Protein supplements are now par for the course for fitness aficionados.


Muscle in a box

SPORTS: Indians have a reason to cheer as Jeev Milkha Singh and Daniel Chopra are also playing.

2008 Masters golf tournament tees off

Sprinter P T Usha looks back at her career and forward to the future of athletics. 


Fast, faster, fastest

SPORTS TV ratings for the show have improved, but experts feel it still has a long way to go.

ICL scores better in second innings

Kiran More has never been known to mince his words. He was chairman of the board of selectors when Greg Chappell was cricket coach and the whole Chappell-Ganguly saga unfolded. Now on the

A Kiran of hope for ICL

BS tells you what we think will happen when the best go head to head this Formula 1 season.

Fast cars

Polyester is popular, but natural fibres are better.


Man-made menace

It's time to release Indian hockey and maybe IHF as well from life imprisonment.


Wrong end of the stick

Anup Sridhar has a reputation as a giant killer in badminton. Next stop, Beijing. 


Hoping for a winning racquet

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