Sports Shorts: Vijender predicts more medals at Worlds

IMAGE: Vijender Singh during a live training session. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Eight years ago, he scripted history by opening the country's account in amateur boxing's marquee......

Sports Shorts: Harika bounces back after three draws

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday  IMAGE: Harika Dronavalli. Photograph: FIDE World Women's Chess Championship After three consecutive draws, Indian......

Sports Shorts: Paes teams up with Raja; Harika shares spoils

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday. Paes teams up with Raja for Winston-Salem Open and US Open IMAGE: Leander Paes and Purav Raja have played together in the......

Sports Shorts: Lacklustre day for Anand; Kasparov returns to competition

Anand starts badly in St. Louis Rapid IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand in action. Photograph: Twitter Former world champion Viswanathan Anand failed to change gears and suffered two losses on the......

Abhijeet Gupta is India's youngest IM

Abhijeet Gupta became the country's youngest International Master after FIDE, the World Chess Federation, officially awarded him the title at it's executive board meeting at Dresden in Germany.The......