Viswanthan Anand during the match in Moscow. | AP

Anand manages to secure a draw in 9th game

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. Anand 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 wi ...more

Anaka, Joshna advance in Chennai Open

Anaka Alankamony in action vs Zulhijjah Binti | Express photo / D Sampath Kumar India’s prospective title bidders Joshna Chinappa and Anaka Alankamony, the top-ranked Indian in the junior segment, ensured their progress — overcoming passages of strife — to the quarterfinals of Chennai Open 2012 at the Indian S ...more

Drogba to run in Olympic torch relay

Didier Drogba carrying the Olympic Flame. | AP Outgoing Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba will run the Olympic torch relay here. The 34-year-old Drogba will carry the torch in Swindon, at half-way point between the 140.5-mile relay between Bristol and Cheltenham. Drogba won ...more

136 elite athletes for world 10K Run

The TCS World 10K Run, to be held here Sunday, has attracted as many as 21,060 entries, including 89 elite male and 47 elite female runners besides 785 senior citizens and 91 wheel-chair entries. The rest of the field includes ...more

Bolt welcomes back Dwain Chambers with a warning

Usain Bolt | AP file photo Bolt will race against Chambers over 100 metres here at Ostrava’s Golden Spike meeting on Friday and says he has no problem with the former doping offender having been given the green light to seek Olympic qualification. Reflect ...more

FOOTBALL

Drogba to visit India in June

Didier Drogba | AP Chelsea Footballer Didier Drogba is coming to India for the Grand Finale of Pepsi T20 Football scheduled for June 17.

LONDON OLYMPICS

London Olympic tickets unveiled

Greenwich Park will host the London 2012 Olympic equestrian events. | AP file photo The design of the London Olympic Games tickets are unveiled officially by the organising committee.

FOOTBALL

FC Barcelona to open football school in India

FC Barcelona club announced that the first football school in India will come up in New Delhi by the end of the year.

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