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Gukesh and Savitha: At the Olympiad, a search and an arrival

Bengaluru, Sept. 28 -- There's a photograph of Savitha Shri and Gukesh from nine years ago. They stand beside each other, small and serious, holding their national Under-11 trophies, nearly half their... Read More


Faster, higher, stronger: The pursuit of fractions at Asian Games and beyond

Bengaluru, Sept. 21 -- Thousands of athletes have arrived at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games chasing the smallest of margins: a little more speed, a fraction of a second. An 800m race is over in less th... Read More


Asian Games: Quimcy DSouza's teqball run falls just short of a medal

Bengaluru, Sept. 20 -- In the autumn of 2016, hundreds of fans gathered outside Docler Holding's headquarters at Expo Square in Budapest as Ronaldinho stepped up to a curious-looking curved table and ... Read More


Asian Games: Quimcy DSouza's teqball way falls just short of a medal

Bengaluru, Sept. 20 -- In the autumn of 2016, hundreds of fans gathered outside Docler Holding's headquarters at Expo Square in Budapest as Ronaldinho stepped up to a curious-looking curved table and ... Read More


Chess Olympiad: India have crowns to defend with star-studded teams in Samarkand

Bengaluru, Sept. 16 -- Being the team to beat is an odd burden in sport. India will carry it to the Fide Chess Olympiad, which begins in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Wednesday, along with a line-up that m... Read More


Chess Olympiad chaos: Indian team stranded for hours without hotel rooms after landing in Samarkand

Bengaluru, Sept. 15 -- It's not been a great start so far for the Samarkand Olympiad with national teams being stranded without rooms for hours together after landing in the Uzbek city. Indian Open te... Read More


From visa crisis to British champion: Shreyas Royal's journey from nine-year-old prodigy to chess record-breaker

Bengaluru, Aug. 19 -- Shreyas Royal was nine when his family found themselves at the centre of a visa crisis, with deportation from the UK a very real possibility. Months later, the young Indian-orig... Read More


From deportation fears to British champion: Indian-origin stars Shreyas Royal, Bodhana Sivanandan rewrite chess history

Bengaluru, Aug. 10 -- Eight years ago, Shreyas Royal was on the verge of being deported from the UK with his family after his father's work visa was due to expire and he did not meet the annual income... Read More