Following the win, Anand thanked his wife, Aruna for pushing him to play the tournament despite the risk of missing her 50th birthday.
India's Narayanan, Diptayan, Aronyak advance to second round
German GM Vincent Keymer stayed firmly in command of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 after holding India's GM Vidit Gujrathi to a second straight draw in Round 5 on Monday.
Germany secured a place at next year's World Cup by crushing Slovakia 6-0 in their final qualifier on Monday.
Three first half goals handed Punjab FC a comfortable 3-0 victory over Gokulam Kerala FC in the Group C opener of the Super Cup in Bambolim, Goa, on Monday.
M Pranesh bagged the Challengers crown despite losing to IM G B Harshavardhan in the final round at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters.
The experienced Surya Shekhar Ganguly, GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Karthik Venkatraman scored comfortable victories while M Pranesh played out a draw to advance to the second round, while IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland to force a tie-breaker, in the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji on Sunday.
Erigaisi in second place, German GM Keymer leads after three rounds of Chennai chess
Kajol celebrates cotton candy day... Kriti wraps up a shoot...Ishaan visits the Tate Modern...
Egypt become third African country to qualify for World Cup
Nihal Sarin lit up Round 4 of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 with a hard-fought win over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi
India's Arjun Erigaisi delivered a commanding performance against American Awonder Liang, while compatriot Nihal Sarin lost to Germany's Vincent Keymer in the opening round of the Chennai Grandmasters Chess tournament on Thursday.
Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, who has also qualified for the Women's Candidates, has opted out of the women's section to compete with the best in business.
The 2025-26 season of the FIH Hockey Pro League will get underway on December 9 in Argentina and Ireland, with a record 144 matches lined up across 10 host nations.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called on Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) to defend the multilateral trading system amid increasing protectionism and tariff volatility during a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session.
Salman Khan's youngest sister Arpita Khan celebrated her birthday over the weekend and invited family and her friends to a party at her restaurant MERCII, in suburban Mumbai.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Portugal qualified for the 2026 World Cup on Sunday with a 9-1 hammering of Armenia that included hat-tricks from both Bruno Fernandes and Joao Neves.
Gukesh, Erigaisi snapped up by PBG Alaskan Knights in GCL draft
IMAGES from football matches played across Europe on Sunday
Defending champion and Grandmaster R Vaishali jumped into sole lead in the women's section
Sunny Leone is all set to make her debut at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Top-seeded Indian Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by Dutch Grandmaster Jorden van Foreest, while Vidit Gujrathi suffered a shock defeat to American Ray Robson in the second round of Chennai Grandmasters Chess tournament on Friday.
Bayer Leverkusen have sacked manager Erik ten Hag after two league games in charge, the Bundesliga club said on Monday, with the weekend draw at Werder Bremen not enough to save the Dutchman's job.
After a dazzling red carpet premiere, Sunny Leone attended a photocall for her new film Kennedy in Cannes.
Karthikeyan upsets Vidit Gujrathi, Vincent Keymer edges closer to maiden title at Chennai Grand Masters.
Grandmaster Nihal Sarin played out a quick and effortless draw with Matthias Bluebaum of Germany to share the lead with the German on six points after the end of the eighth round of FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Friday.
'There are times when India should stand up without hesitation and voice its indignation over the US' pressure tactic. This is one such moment,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The 20-year-old German, playing white, drew his match against Dutchman Jordan van Foreest, while results elsewhere confirmed his tournament victory.
This weekend, we lost Diane Keaton, that piece of American heart, Hollywood's darling hummingbird. Thank God she is still alive in her films. Aseem Chhabra on the Hollywood star he was in love with.
'At no time did I, nor was it my intention, infringe upon the intimacy of my fellow professional Daniela Caracas.'
Vaishali knew she had to win to remain in contention and her approach right from the start was in sync with the requirement of the tournament situation.
Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin's hopes of making to the Candidates tournament suffered a setback as he lost to Alireza Firouzja of France in the ninth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Saturday.
The guest list was quite a L - O - N - G one at Ekta Kapoor's Diwali party.
Looking to assert his supremacy across formats, reigning world champion D Gukesh of India began his campaign in the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with a crushing victory over France's Etienne Bacrot in the first round.
Film folk celebrated Raksha Bandhan over the weekend and posted their happy pictures online.
While only one place seems assured for the Indians in the men's section, there are already three in the women's category who have made it to the Candidates.
Kazakhstan's resurgent Alexander Bublik beat Daniil Medvedev for the first time in his career to claim the Halle title on Sunday.
While many film folk raised a toast to their mums on Mother's Day, others celebrated their children, the reason they became mums!
Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi play out draw, Awonder beats Pranav in wonderkid clash
