The 12-year-old Indian chess ace bagged the title after beating Grandmaster Sergei Erenburg of Israel in the fourth round of the Masters section in the Hastings International Chess Congress.
Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie of France established a pole vault indoor world record by clearing 6.16 metres at a meeting in Donetsk.
Top seeded Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov strengthened his position at the top in the World Jr. chess, maintaining a ghalf point lead.
In other European football action Real Madrid were left frustrated after a goalless draw against Athletic Bilbao in their La Liga match on Sunday.
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The second-highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to win the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament.
It was not clear how many tanks would be produced for Pakistan.
Russian anti-doping officials have for the first time acknowledged a massive doping conspiracy in their country that has rocked world sport, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Sergei Tiviakov in the 11th round.
P Harikrishna slipped to the second spot after settling for a draw with Dutch GM Sergei Tiviakov
The Indian ace beat Russian Sergei Rublevsky in the final to win his fifth consecutive Corsica Masters Chess title.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran finished joint fourth in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.
Russian investigators said they are close to identifying the attackers of Tu-154 plane of Sibir Airlines which crashed in Rostov region.
The deal includes 700 million for the refit and modernisation of the ship and rest for a complement of 28 Mig-29K fighters and six Kamov-31 anti-submarine helicopters.
Yelena Isinbayeva beat Russian team mate and bitter rival Svetlana Feofanova with a world record to claim the Olympic women's pole vault gold.
The Indian ace assured himself of a berth in the semi-finals after beating Sergei Rublevsky in the Sparkassen chess tournament.
'A resurgent Jaish could be a reflection of the Pakistani security establishment's view that with the region moving ever closer to a post-US Afghanistan, it is time to redirect attention to Kashmir.'
The top seeded Grandmaster recorded his fifth straight victory in the World chess championship.
They were charged for the improper conduct of one of their supporters during their 2-0 defeat by hosts Portugal.
The Generation-next hypersonic inter-continental ballistic missile is capable of dodging any future missile shield.
: They joined three others in the lead in the Parsvnath International chess tournament.
Vasili Berezutski struck in added time as Russia, second best for long periods, rescued a draw from their UEFA EURO 2016 opener against England in a Group B clash at Stade Velodrome in Marseille.
In the semi-finals, Anand will meet the French youngster, Etienne Bacrot at the Corsica Masters \n\ntitle in France.
More than 100 were also wounded when a explosives laden truck was driven into a military hospital complex in Mozdok in the southern Russian republic of North Ossetia.
Russia introduced a raft of punitive economic measures and sports sanctions on Saturday after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane earlier in the week
India to go ahead with S-400 missile deal with Russia, but declines project to develop a fifth-generation fighter aircraft.
France are favourites as Moscow basked in sweltering summer sun
When Croatia take on France at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium later on Sunday, the team hopes to settle an old score with the French dating back to the 1998 World Cup.
The Russian Olympic champion set a world women's indoor pole vault record for the third time within two weeks.
The Indian ace played a comfortable 22-move draw with Sergei Rublevsky at the Sparkassen Dortmund Super Grandmasters chess championships.
Spain fell victim to own patience and Russian resistance
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