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Mary Kom shocked by coach’s resignation IMAGE: MC Mary Kom will try to convince coach Stephane Cottalorda on reconsidering his resignation. Photograph: PTI Top Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom says coach Stephane Cottalorda's resignation has left her shocked and she would try to convince him on reconsidering it. Cottalorda, India's first foreign coach for women boxers, resigned within a month of taking over, complaining of delay in salary payment and lack of professionalism in the ...

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand. Photograph courtesy: FIDE Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand crashed out of the World Cup after playing out a draw in a must-win game against Anton Kovalyov of Canada in the second round in Tbilisi, Georgia. Playing in this knockout event after a gap of 15 years, Anand had lost the first game against Kovalyov and had to win the second to level score and force a subsequent tiebreaker. However after 31 moves, Anand decided that he did not have much ...

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Canadian Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov to leave the Indian on the verge of an early exit at the FIDE Chess World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.Having struggled in the second game of the first round that he eventually managed to draw, Anand's dip in form continued against Kovalyov who kept his nerves in a thrilling game after a speculative piece sacrifice by the Indian ace.For the records, it was a Sicilian Najdorf ...

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand made it to the second round but not without fumbling a little against Malaysia's International Master Li Tian Yeoh. IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action during the Sinquefield Cup 2017. Photograph, Courtesy: Sinquefield Cup 2017/Grand Chess Tour Grandmaster and former Asian champion S P Sethuraman has knocked out former FIDE champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in a big first round upset at the Chess World Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia.After drawing the ...

Borna Coric upset fellow 20-year-old and fourth seed Alexander Zverev to end the talented German's bid for a maiden Grand Slam, while former world number one Caroline Wozniacki was knocked out by Ekaterina Makarova on a busy Wednesday in New York. Zverev, who ...

Spain's Rafael Nadal, who regained the world number one ranking on Monday, and current women's world No.1 Karolina Pliskova, were made the top seeds for the US Open on Thursday. Nadal, who captured a 10th French Open title in June, will be chasing a third US ...

Allyson Felix and Caster Semenya lit up the track to bring the curtain down on the World Athletics Championships in great style on Sunday. However, not for the first time, but certainly the last as an athlete, Usain Bolt stole the show. Retiring superstar ...

South African star Wayde van Niekerk is halfway to his target of the 400 metres and 200m world double after easing to victory in the former on Tuesday in London. The 25-year-old's task of landing both eased considerably with main rival Isaac Makwala of ...

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action during Round 6. Photograph: Courtesy, Spectrum Studios/Grand Chess Tour Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to remain in joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament, in St Louis, United States.Known as the minister of defense, Karjakin could not really gain anything with white pieces and Anand had little trouble in executing his plans.With his fourth draw in five games combined with a ...