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Chess World Cup: Praggnanandhaa holds Magnus Carlsen to another draw to take final to tiebreaks
Praggnanandhaa, who had played out a draw with white pieces on Tuesday, held the Norwegian five-time World Champion in Classical Chess to another draw, this time with black pieces.
World Athletics Championships: Tamberi wins high jump gold; El Bakkali clinch 3,000m steeplechase title
The joint Olympic gold medallist made a first-time clearance at 2.36m, a world lead to take the gold on Tuesday. Olympic finalist JuVaughan Harrison, who failed at his first attempt, got the nod at his second to win the silver, his first global medal while the bronze medal went to Qatar's Mutaz Barshim.
'I just heard from him': Henry Olonga confirms Zimbabwe cricket Heath Streak great is 'very much alive'
Olonga in his new post said that rumours of Streak's death were greatly exaggerated and that he had heard from him.
'He is someone who likes other batters to go...', says Shubman Gill on his successful partnership with Rohit Sharma
The pair compiled 685 runs at 76.11 in the nine instances batting together in the format. Taking out their only partnership together while not opening the batting, their average partnership jumps to 85.37.
Ian Bell, Stephen Fleming to join New Zealand coaching staff for away tours
Former skipper Stephen Fleming and Saqlain Mushtaq are among others to their coaching staff for the next four months and will take up different roles in the coaching staff.
World Badminton Championship: Sindhu loses to Okuhara; Lakshya advances to pre-quarters
Lakshya Sen, however, kept alive his chances of winning another medal by reaching the pre-quarterfinals. The 22-year-old Lakshya defeated Jeon Hyeok-Jin of Republic of Korea 21-11, 21-12 in 36 minutes.
Legendary Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak dies at 49; reports
It was reported that Streak was undergoing treatment in South Africa after being diagnosed with what friends and close ones described as colon and liver cancer.
4 Nations Tournament: Clinical Indian junior women’s hockey team defeats Spain 2-1
Annu (21') and Sakshi Rana (47’) scored a goal each for India. For Spain, Lima Teresa (23’) was on target. The first quarter started with the action unfolding on both ends of the pitch. India got off the blocks with the intent to attack in the first quarter but solid defending by Spain kept the scores level.
Govt clears proposals by Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia for foreign training; requests them for new date of travel
The proposals were initially cleared subject to them providing a fitness certificate before going abroad.
'Never dreamed of debuting directly...', says Tilak Varma after Asia Cup selection
Tilak showed his immense promise when amassing 343 runs for the Mumbai Indians at the IPL earlier this year and further built on those efforts by making an outstanding start to his international career during India's recent white-ball series against the West Indies.
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