New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) World no. 1 Serbian tennis great Novak Djokovic was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at a ceremony held in Madrid to tie another all-time record, with his fifth…
Montreal (Canada), April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ)The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Witold Banka has refuted false allegations about possible cover-ups, saying that WADA always maintains a consistent attitude and unified principles towards anti-doping. In a nearly…
New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s trap shooters are unlikely to be in the mix for Paris Olympic quotas after the second day of qualifications at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Final Olympic Qualification…
Mumbai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) When the issue came up at the end of squash competitions at the Asian Games in Hangzhou and after squash was confirmed to make its Olympic Games debut as a medal…
Mumbai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s ace cue sports exponents, Sourav Kothari and Dhruv Sitwala, won the silver and bronze medals respectively in the World Matchplay Billiards Championship played at Carlow, Ireland. The Kolkata-based Kothari tripped…
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Indian teenage chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh winning the 2024 FIDE Candidates tournament on Monday, former Tamil Nadu chess champion S. Kailasanathan, who had roped in several chess legends to train…
Mumbai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian pickleball athletes have showcased their prowess at the recently concluded US Pickleball Championships with a combined haul of 3 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronze medals in various categories. The…
El Gouna (Egypt), April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ramit Tandon’s impressive run at the El Gouna International Open squash, a USD 198,000 PSA Platinum event was snapped by Peruvian world No 3 Diego Elias in the third…
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin congratulated Grandmaster D Gukesh for becoming the FIDE Candidates Tournament winner on Monday. In a post on social media platform ‘X’ the Chief Minister…
New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bhavesh Shekhawat and Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the 25m men’s rapid-fire pistol (RFP) and women’s pistol OST T2 trials, respectively at the first-ever Olympic Selection Trials (OST) for Rifle and…
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seventeen-year-old Indian chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh, the challenger for the world chess title will be a slight favourite against the reigning world chess champion from China GM Ding Liren, said former…
New Delhi, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Social media was flooded with awe and admiration when 17-year-old grandmaster D Gukesh on Monday scripted history by becoming the youngest player ever to win the Candidates Tournament, held in…
Toronto, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh scripted history by becoming the youngest-ever player to win the FIDE Candidates tournament on Monday after his final round game with Hikaru Nakamura ended in a…
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite paying Rs 40 lakh to all the Indian players who had played in the FIDE Candidates tournament, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) seems to have lost a great branding…
Chennai, April 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Seventeen-year-old Indian chess Grandmaster D. Gukesh on Monday became the youngest player to win the FIDE Candidates tournament and to become the challenger for the world chess title. Gukesh will now…
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers returned empty-handed from the Asian Olympic Qualifiers as none of the six participants managed to secure a Paris Olympic quota place on Sunday. A total of 36…
Chennai, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) 17-year-old Grandmaster (GM) D. Gukesh’s performance at the FIDE Candidates Open tournament has left the hearts of India’s young and old chess players – and their parents – beating excitedly and…
New Delhi, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympians Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala remained on course for a second successive win in the ongoing Olympic Selection Trials 1&2, topping their respective qualification rounds here at the Dr….
Toronto, April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s 17-year-old chess prodigy D Gukesh defeated Alireza Firouzja in Round 13 of the Candidates 2024 to take the sole lead with one round to go. Two-time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi,…
Chungju (S Korea), April 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) National champion Balraj Panwar secured a Paris 2024 Olympic Games quota place for India after finishing third in the men’s single scull final at the World Rowing Asia/Oceania Olympic…