By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, June 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is in discussions with a couple of parties for launching its Professional Chess League, said a senior official. Breaking away from the…
Paris, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) All eyes are on the Indian women recurve team as it lines up on Sunday with the goal of earning an Olympic team quota place at an Olympic qualification tournament. “There…
Chandigarh, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chandigarh on Saturday bid a tearful farewell to ‘Flying Sikh’ Milkha Singh (91), who passed away at the PGI Hospital here after a prolonged battle with Covid-19 late on Friday night….
Tokyo, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tokyo 2020 organisers could further reduce the number of foreign delegates attending the Olympic and Paralympic Games by as much as 25,000 to reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 during…
Washington, June 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic champion Ryan Crouser broke the 31-year-old men’s shot put world record as he topped the US Olympic trials event in Eugene, Oregon. The 29-year-old Crouser, who won gold at the…
New Delhi, June 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic Games bound women boxer MC Marykom will skip a short training stint in Assisi, Italy, that starts on Monday, and will instead continue to train in Pune, said a…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, June 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stripping them of their national titles, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) Central Council will decide on further punishments for the chess players who had cheated during the…
Adelaide, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Emma McKeon could be the only swimmer from the Australian team to compete in eight events at the Tokyo Olympic Games after she won the 50-meter freestyle on Thursday night to…
Sydney, June 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced six riders who will compete at the Tokyo Olympic Games in BMX and mountain bike, loaded with Australian Olympic firsts. The mountain bike team…
Paris, June 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian women recurve archers, including Olympian Deepika Kumari, are geared up to seal a team quota place at an Olympic qualification tournament starting here on Thursday. “We have completed our…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, June 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) With India’s Tech Mahindra and global chess governing body FIDE announcing Global Chess League (GCL), the chances of top Indian chess players signing up brand endorsement deals have…
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), June 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) At 23, he had won 60 medals in junior and senior categories at karate tournaments. At 28, Hari Om Shukla is selling tea at a stall in a lane…
Tokyo, June 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Athletes and officials who violate the Covid-19 rules could be kicked out of the Olympics, according to revised rules outlined in the third and final editions of the Tokyo 2020 playbook…
Sydney, June 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced seven divers and the men’s and women’s hockey teams on Tuesday for the Tokyo Olympics. Melissa Wu, the Sydney-born 29-year-old, will become the third diver…
Vladikavkaz (Russia), June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Freestyle wrestler Bajrang Punia has entered the final phase of preparation for the Tokyo Olympic Games, sparring and sweating with the top Russian athletes here. “I have started my training…
Chandigarh, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Indian women volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur, who passed away in a hospital here on Sunday due to Covid-19-related complications, was instrumental in getting the first hockey turf laid here in…
Chennai, June 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The co-founder of stock broking company Zerodha Broking Ltd, Nitin Kamath, on Monday tweeted a reluctant apology for cheating and winning against former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in a Covid-19…
New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elite Indian boxers preparing for next month’s Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to train in Italy from next week. “There is a proposal to train in the Italian city of…
New Delhi, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Next week’s selection trials to select the Indian track and field team for the Tokyo Paralympics Games have been postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic, said the Paralympic Committee of India…
Canberra, June 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australian teenager Kaylee McKeown has smashed the women’s 100m backstroke world record, according to Swimming Australia. McKeown, 19, swam the event in 57.45 seconds at the Australian Swimming Trials in South…