Sports Shorts: Winning start for India on Aus hockey tour

Summary of sports events and persons who made news. IMAGE: Harmanpreet Singh’s goal from a penalty-corner sealed victory for India over WA Thundersticks in the opening match of their......

Abhijeet joint first in Reykjavik

Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta finished joint first at the Reykjavik International Open Chess Tournament after playing out a quick draw with local star Hannes Stefansson in the ninth......

Harika stays in race for GM norm

World junior girls' champion D Harika beat English Grandmaster David Howell while Abhijeet Gupta and K Sasikiran suffered setbacks in the tenth round of the Corus chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee,......

Sasikiran held by Motylev, Abhijeet at tied third

Indian players had a disappointing outing at the Corus chess championship with Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and D Harika settling for draws while Abhijeet Gupta went down to slip to the third......

Abhijeet Gupta thumps Swede Hillarp Persson

Grandmaster and World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta scored a thumping victory over tournament leader Tiger Hillarp Persson of Sweden in the sixth round of 'C' group in the Corus International......