Indian sports in 2024: A year of monumental victories, breakthroughs, and near missesIndian sports in 2024 saw major achievements including a Cricket World Cup win, multiple Olympic medals, and chess world champions. India e...
29 Dec, 2024, 12.56 PM IST
Gukesh's triumph underlines India's status as global chess superpowerIndia's dominance in chess continued in 2024. D Gukesh became the youngest world champion. Indian players secured numerous gold medals at t...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
Who says chess stars cannot dance? Indian grandmaster Gukesh grooves to Rajinikanth's ‘Manasilayo’ in viral videoIndian chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh has shared a video of himself dancing to the song 'Manasilayo,' featuring Rajinikanth, celebrating his r...
30 Sep, 2024, 09.14 AM IST
Olympiad gold could be a turning point for women's chess in IndiaIt could indeed be the inflection point in the history of women’s chess in India. The 1983 moment, if you will. For a team to go to the Oly...
29 Sep, 2024, 12.16 AM IST
PM Modi meets chess players, hails India's historic double gold triumphPrime Minister Narendra Modi praised India's young chess players for their historic gold medal wins at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest....
26 Sep, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
AICF announces Rs 3.2 crore rewards for Olympiad-winning teamsThe All India Chess Federation announced Rs 3.2 crore in rewards for the Indian teams that won the 45th Chess Olympiad. Each player will re...
25 Sep, 2024, 08.31 PM IST
"Can call it a Golden Era for India in chess": Vidit Gujarathi after winning Chess Olympiad 2024India's men's and women's chess teams secured gold medals at the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. Vidit Gujrathi highlighted the team'...
24 Sep, 2024, 07.51 PM IST
India to host 2036 Olympics? Prime Minister Modi reiterates desire to bring games home in interaction with athletes heading to ParisDuring the interaction, the Prime Minister also reiterated his desire for India to host the 2036 Olympics, even asking the athletes to repo...
05 Jul, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Indian athletes create history, bag 111 medals in Hangzhou Asian Para GamesThe fact that India's para-athletes have surpassed the 100-medal milestone in the Asian Games is what makes this feat so noteworthy in the ...
30 Oct, 2023, 11.10 AM IST
Neeraj Chopra praises Chandrayaan-3 mission, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa amid World Athletics Championships final in BudapestIndian Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra has qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a strong performance in the men's javelin throw ...
25 Aug, 2023, 06.45 PM IST
Humpy, Harika to spearhead India's challenge in Asian Games; chess league in country planned in DecemberIndia will send a 10-member chess team, including Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika, to the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou. The men's te...
09 Jul, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Hosting the Chess Olympiad is good; but winning it is more importantIn individual tournaments, results depend only on your own performance. Whereas, in a team event, everyone’s performance counts. In the 200...
16 Jul, 2022, 11.35 PM IST
Legendary Anand to mentor Indian chess players ahead of Asian GamesThe probable for the men's include, Vidit Gujarathi, P Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin, S L Narayanan, K Sasikiran, B Adhiban, Karthikeyan Murali,...
29 Jan, 2022, 12.43 PM IST
Happy that Chess is back in Asian Games: Vishwanathan AnandChess was a part of Asian Games programme at the 2006 edition in Doha and 2010 in Guangzhou.
18 Mar, 2019, 07.31 AM IST
Viswanathan Anand losses in World Championship but good year for Indian chessFive-time winner Viswanathan Anand lost his bid in the Sochi World Championship but Indian men's team clinched a historic bronze at 41st Ol...
26 Dec, 2014, 01.03 PM IST
Indian men clinch historic bronze in Chess OlympiadThe Chinese scored a 3-1 victory over Poland in the last round, taking their tally to 19 match points out of a possible 22.
14 Aug, 2014, 10.28 PM IST
Lok Sabha felicitates meritorious sports personsLok Sabha today lauded the good performance by Indian teams in various sports events, including cricket and hockey.
05 Aug, 2013, 02.29 PM IST