Azerbaijan Kadir Guseinov leads the boys' section in the World Juniors chess championship.
The Indian Grandmaster led the boys' field by 0.5 points after the third round in the World Junior chess championship.
The Indian GM beat Monroy Charles of France in the inaugural round of the World junior chess championship.
Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu said she will challenge the provisional suspension imposed on her for allegedly failing a dope test, insisting that she is innocent.
GM Michael Adams made it to the finals of the World Chess Championship with a 2.5-1.5 win over GM Teimour Radjabov.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said his team would not find it easy against Wales and Northern Ireland in the qualifiers for the 2006 WC.\n\n
IMAGES from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers played across Europe on Sunday
Viswanathan Anand played out his second straight draw in the Shamkir Chess tournament.
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is wary of the danger posed by Juventus forward Paulo Dybala ahead of their opening Champions League Group D clash on Tuesday.
The 16-year-old GM from Azerbaijan is the first player to beat both Kasparov and Anand with black pieces in the same year.
Force India vowed to rein in fractious Formula One drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez after more costly collisions between the pair at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton can clinch his fifth Formula One world championship at Sunday's US Grand Prix.
Grandmaster SP Sethuraman had to defend with the skin of his teeth but the effort was rewarding as he held higher ranked compatriot P Harikrishna to a draw in the first game of the second round of World Cup of Chess in Baku, Azerbaijan.
With two more rounds remaining, both Anand and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia have amassed six points from their ten games.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
The former world champion inflicted a 60-move defeat on the Bulgarian in the second round of the 65th Corus chess tournament.
He now has only one point from two draws. Moldovan Viktor Bologan leads the table with a fantastic score of 3.5 points.
The Welsh, who reached the Euro 2016 semi-finals, finished runners-up on 14 points from eight games, three behind Croatia who sealed their berth on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Slovakia.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand of India defeated former world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fifth round to make a strong comeback in the 10th Tal Memorial chess championship, in Moscow on Sunday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
The event, in Astana, Kazakhstan, is the final qualifying tournament for women boxers in the 51kg, 60kg and 75kg Olympic categories and has 12 Rio tickets on offer. Which means pugilists will have to at least make the semi-finals in the three chosen divisions to book a berth.
The Silverstone-based team have finished fourth for the past two years
Germany's Lukas Podolski capped his international swansong with a sensational goal to give the world champions a 1-0 victory over England in a friendly on Wednesday.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand remained in sole lead after a third straight draw, signing peace with Russian Sergey Karjakin in the sixth round of Candidates Chess tournament in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, on Wednesday.
The inaugural European Games has won over the doubters, even with low profile athletics and swimming events.
India is likely to send a high-level delegation, headed by the minister, given the conference's importance.
Due to major policy reforms announced recently by the government, India is poised for good growth.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel put himself on pole position to retake the Formula One lead from Lewis Hamilton after setting the fastest lap in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.
Formula One's clampdown on radio communications between engineers and drivers has made the sport more dangerous, triple world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday.
The Brazilian Grand Prix at Sao Paulo's Interlagos circuit could be axed after this season due to the country's economic crisis, Formula One's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Liverpool scored three goals in 12 dramatic first-half minutes, two of them from Emre Can, on their way to a hugely entertaining 4-2 win over Hoffenheim which took them back to the Champions League group stage after a two-season absence on Wednesday.
Portugal rested Cristiano Ronaldo and still overcame new-look Italy 1-0 in their opening Nations League match on Monday, giving visiting coach Roberto Mancini plenty to think about. Forward Andre Silva scored three minutes after halftime in the League A Group 3 game to give the Portuguese their first win over Italy in a competitive match since 1957.
India and the United States vowed on Thursday to step up joint efforts to halt illicit money flows.
Least affected by the recent controversies around her, India's pistol ace Heena Sidhu's primary target is the World Championship
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
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