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Meet D Gukesh, who made history as the youngest player to win the World Chess Championship
Gukesh, a 17-year-old from Chennai, became the only second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, to be chosen for the World Championship match. While winning his last round game over American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh scored 9 of a maximum fourteen points.
BiographySep 25, 2023, 3:18 PM IST
Vijay Kumar Yadav’s Biography | Birth | Training | International Championships | Facts
Vijay Kumar Yadav is an Indian judo player. He competes in the 60 kg men's category. He participated in various national and international judo tournaments including the Asian Open 2018, Commonwealth Championships 2019, Budapest Grand Prix 2019, World Championships Senior 2019 and Tel Aviv Grand Slam 2021.
BiographySep 15, 2023, 2:20 PM IST
Yashaswini Singh Deswal's Biography | Birth | Education | Events | Facts
Yashaswini Singh Deswal is an Indian sport shooter. She began her training as a pistol shooter in the year 2012. In the year 2017, she set a world junior record of 235.9 in the 10-meter air pistol event and also won the gold medal in the ISSF Junior World Championship in 2017.
Decoding The EconomyFeb 11, 2020, 2:08 PM IST
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju announced Lifelong Monthly Pension for Athletes
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is implementing ‘Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons’ scheme, Sportspersons who are Indian citizens and have won medals in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Cups/World Championships (in Olympic and Asian Games disciplines) and Paralympic Games, are eligible for lifelong monthly pension after they attain the age of 30 years or retire from active sports, whichever is later.
SportsDec 19, 2019, 5:59 PM IST
Other SportsNov 2, 2019, 1:29 PM IST
UWW Under-23 World Championships: Indian wrestler Pooja Gehlot wins silver
Indian wrestler Pooja Gehlot lost 0-2 to Okuno in the summit clash of the Under-23 World Championships to emulate Ravinder (61kg), who also won a silver earlier this week
Other SportsOct 29, 2019, 3:38 PM IST
UWW U-23 World Championships: Indian wrestler Veer Dev Gulia to fight for bronze medal
In the UWW Under-23 World Championships, Veer Dev Gulia was in top form as he defeated Hungary's Botond Lukacs 3-1. With a strong 7-2 win over China's Ligan Chai, he made it to the quarter-finals, where he was highly impressive in his 12-1 demolition of Mongolia's Batzul Damjin
SportsOct 14, 2019, 5:30 PM IST
Sportstop: From India's win against South Africa to Mary Kom's victory at World Women's Boxing Championship
In this week’s Sportstop (October 7 to 13), there is good news from Indian cricket. The Virat Kohli-led side created a world record when they thrashed South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in the second Test in Pune. Also, Mary Kom won a historic eighth boxing world championship medal in Russia
Other SportsOct 9, 2019, 1:41 PM IST
Kerala government felicitates PV Sindhu, presents Rs 10 lakh
The Kerala Olympic Association president V Sunil handed over the cash reward of Rs 10 lakh to PV Sindhu. On August 25, the 24-year-old became the first Indian to win a World Championships gold medal by defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7
Other SportsOct 6, 2019, 12:12 PM IST
World Athletics Championships: India ends campaign in Doha, fails to win any medal
Laggards at the world stage, the 27-member Indian team was not expected to win any medal but it performed better than expected in this world championships in Doha with three finalists — in mixed 4x400m relay, men's 3000m steeplechase and women's javelin throw
SportsSep 23, 2019, 5:28 PM IST
Sportstop weekly review show: From South Africa's draw against India to Deepak Punia's World Championship title
MyNation's Sportstop (September 16 to 22) weekly sports review show brings to you what happened in the week just gone by. Triple world champion Carolina Marin retained her China Open title on Sunday (September 22), eight months after suffering a career-threatening injury.
Other SportsSep 22, 2019, 1:16 PM IST
Wrestler Deepak Punia pulls out of World Championship following ankle injury
Young wrestler Deepak Punia has pulled out of the World Championship title clash against Iran’s Hazsan Yazdani. Punia withdrew after an ankle injury in the semifinal bout. The 20-year-old Indian will have to be content with a silver medal in his debut senior world championship.
Other SportsSep 22, 2019, 11:29 AM IST
Pranab Mukherjee congratulates World Boxing Championship silver medallist Amit Panghal
"Heartiest Congratulations to boxer Amit Panghal on becoming the first Indian male boxer to clinch the World Championship Silver medal. You have made us proud." Pranab Mukherjee’s tweet read.
Other SportsSep 18, 2019, 2:14 PM IST
China Open: PV Sindhu registers easy win over Li Xuerui
Earlier, PV Sindhu became the first Indian to win badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final in Basel
Other SportsSep 16, 2019, 5:42 PM IST
World champion PV Sindhu eyes China Open title; opens campaign against Li Xuerui
Life after the historic World Championships gold has been all about felicitations and PV Sindhu will now have to quickly turn her focus back on badminton as she remains the country's best bet at the China Open, a title she had won in 2016