Both the semifinals in the FIDE World Cup 2025 will head to a tiebreak after GM Nodirbek Yakubboev and GM Javokhir Sindarov played out yet another drab draw while GM Andrey Esipenko failed to breach the defence of Chinese GM Wei Yei here on Saturday.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have named the Proteas women's squads for their December 2025 series against Ireland, featuring three T20Is and three ODIs. Former captain Dane van Niekerk makes a return to both formats following South Africa's appearance in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 final.
The Junior India Women's Hockey Team has focused on strengthening their defence ahead of the FIH Women's Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 in Santiago. Captain Jyoti Singh expressed confidence about facing Germany in the league stage.
Chaudhary, who visited the FIDE World Cup 2025 and made a ceremonial move during the quarterfinal tiebreak, said that the government was keen that, under the new education policy, sports should be integrated within the academic curriculum and should not remain an extracurricular activity.
Having played a quick draw with black on Monday, Arjun expectedly looked for a win with white, and it looked like the highest-ranked player left in the competition had gained an upper hand in the middle game.
The two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz travelled to Bologna, Italy, for the competition, but did not recover from his injury in time to participate in the 2025 Davis Cup Final 8 event.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi (2773) kept India's flag flying high as he held Chinese Grandmaster Wei Yi (2754) to a solid draw in 31 moves in the first classical quarter-final game of the $2 million FIDE World Cup at Hotel Resort Rio, Goa, on Monday.
India's hopes in the FIDE World Cup 2025 will depend solely on second seed GM Arjun Erigaisi after GM P Harikrishna went down in the fifth round tiebreak against GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara here on Sunday
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi's efforts to break through GM Levon Aronian's defence did not bear fruit. At the same time, GM P. Harikrishna played out a quick draw in the opening game of Round 5 at the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Friday.
The Indian team, coached by legendary former India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, is grouped in Pool B along with Chile, Switzerland, and Oman, who have replaced Pakistan.
The young players also shared heartfelt stories from their journey: Denamoni spoke about his dream of representing India at the World Cup one day. Chingkheiganba recalled calling his mother after the victory and hearing the pride in her voice. Chetan described facing Palestine as the toughes
Match 4, Day 3 of the 1st Women's T20 World Cup - Cricket for the Blind 2025, witnessed an engaging contest between two of the tournament's newest entrants, Sri Lanka Women and Team USA.