The Indian GM settled for a quick draw in the final game against Jan Timman to take the joint title.
Ten former captains of India's Olympic hockey teams were felicitated with a citation and a purse of Rs 100,000 each.
The Indian GM finished the first lap at of Sigeman and Co. Chess tournament with a draw to secure second spot
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw with world No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk Aan Zee, the Netherlands. Settling for his sixth draw in nine games, Anand took his tally to five points and remains joint-sixth in the 14 players, 13-round tournament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ups his style ante for the Obama visit.
Viswanathan Anand ended his stint with a draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and finished at ninth position in the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis.
K Jyothikumaran has been appointed as one of the four judges for the elite nations hockey tournament.\n\n
The Event Technical Committee for the ICC Champions Trophy allowed the Indians to replace the injured batting ace with Rohan Gavaskar.
Rohan Gavaskar has been drafted into the squad as his replacement.
With his third draw in five games, the reigning world rapid champion remained in joint lead on 3.5 points and now shares the lead with Anish Giri of Holland and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan.
Australia were 175-7 when the tri-series match in Amstelveen was abandoned.
The ace defender has been appointed skipper for the upcoming three-Test series against Holland in Hyderabad.
World leaders in arms led the unity rally in Paris showing defiance against the terror attacks that unfolded over three days leaving 17 dead. The families of those who died in the shootings were alongside them.
Mosques in two French towns were attacked a day after the firing at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. However, there have been no casualties.
India skipper Sourav Ganguly says the Baroda fast bowler is not bowling well and needs some time to get back his rhythm.
It was not the best of birthdays for five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as he went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the third round of London Chess Classic chess tournament.
The winner of the ICC Six Nations Challenge will play both Australia and New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy.
India held New Zealand to a 1-1 draw in their last league match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Lahore.
A win against New Zealand will give India their best standing in Champions Trophy since 1982 Amstelveen.
As football fans arrive to watch Euro 2016, France's trade unions have undertaken a series of strikes to provoke a make-or-break situation. Claude Arpi encounters both Gallic beauty and ugliness in the country of his birth.
Pankaj Advani led with back-to-back wins as Indian cueists had a field day in the IBSF World Snooker championships.
However, National champion Manan Chandran was taken the distance by Ben Farnworth of New Zealand in the World snooker championships.
World leaders voiced solidarity with the United Kingdom after the deadly attack near the Houses of Parliament.
Prakash Amritraj will play the second singles against Sjeng Schalken in the Davis Cup tie against Holland.
It has taken Das and her twin sister 32 years to visit India. The two sisters were just eight months old when they were adopted by a Dutch couple who raised them "like any proud parent would".
Dr Anant Joshi, who examined the master batsman, was optimistic about him regaining full fitness soon.
USA will now travel England for the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, where they will take on Australia and New Zealand.
Germany decided against fielding their main team for the Champions Trophy as they are more keen to play the European Nations Cup in Spain next month.
Sensex, Nifty have lost about 6%, against 0.5-5% decline in other key Asian indices.
Wayne Rooney and Roy Hodgson have called on England to be ruthless in their attacking play during their Euro 2016 knockout clash with Iceland in Nice on Monday.
The Indian seamer said the Pakistani batsman may have proved a nightmare in recent matches, but it won't be long before the Indians have the measure of him.
The HI president also said that a committee has been formed to decide on the fate of the coach and it will take a decision on Friday. He said he has no ego problem and if the committee feels the coach should continue, he would himself go to The Netherlands to bring him back.
The eight-time champions were beaten 1-3 by The Netherlands in their opening match in the men's hockey tournament.
