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New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Commonwealth Games doubles champion Sreeja Akula on Tuesday surpassed Manika Batra to become the top-ranked Indian woman table tennis player after rising to a career-high rank of 38 in…

New Delhi, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ashi Chouksey and Swapnil Kusale outgunned the rest of the field in their respective Women’s and Men’s 50M Rifle 3-Positions (3P) field of five, to take the qualification honours on…

Chennai, April 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is assessing the possibility of hosting the World Chess Championship in India with the 17-year-old chess Grandmaster (GM) D. Gukesh qualifying to challenge world champion…

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…

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…

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…