World Cup qualifiers: Messi goal puts Argentina top

IMAGE: Argentina's Lionel Messi takes a shot to score a goal. Photograph: Marcos Brindicci/Reuters. Lionel Messi marked his retirement about face with a goal to give 10-man Argentina a 1-0 win......

Messi shines as Argentina trounce Uruguay

Lionel Messi guided Argentina past a tough Uruguay side in the final half hour with two brilliant goals for a 3-0 win on Friday that keeps them top of South America's World Cup qualifiers.......

Humpy top seed for women's World Championship

Top seeded Grandmaster Koneru Humpy will start her campaign against Cecile Van Der Merwe of South Africa in the first round of the women's World Chess Championship that gets underway in Elista......

Harikrishna, Ganguly lose

Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Pendyala Harikrishna failed to hold their nerve in tense moments and lost their respective tenthround games to slip further in the World Juniors chess......

Ganguly, Harikrishna trail the leader

Draws were the order of the day on top boards.Setting themselves up accordingly, Indian Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Pendyala Harikrishna agreed to split the point andcontinue to trail......