The Indian ace drew with Peter Svidler in the penultimate round and took an unassailable lead over his nearest rivals.
The Indian ace has a three-point lead over his nearest rivals after beating Loek Van Wely in the ninth round.
The Russian held the Indian ace in both blindfold and rapid games in the sixth round of the Amber chess tournament.
The Indian ace scored a resounding victory over Alexei Shirov in the blindfold game at the Amber chess tournament.
The Indian ace maintains a slender lead going into the final round in the Amber chess tournament.
The Indian grandmaster maintained his slender lead in the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament with a clinical 1.5-0.5\n\nvictory over Zoltan Almasi.
Japan's Kei Nishikori, who will arrive at Roland Garros without an ATP title for more than two years and desperate to prove that his career has not already peaked.
The victory placed the Indian ace in joint second position in the Amber chess tournament.
The India ace drew with Alexander Morozevich, winning the rapid tie but losing the blindfold, in the Amber tournament.
The Indian GM moved to joint second position in the Amber chess tournament.
Bajaj Auto's Rahul Bajaj, Sunil Mittal of Bharti and Oil and Natural Gas Corp's Subir Raha are among the 20 finalists announced by Ernst and Young for the E&Y Entreprenuer of the Year award.
The Russian registered an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory in the second round of the Rome Masters.
Top seed Rainer Schuettler beat Swede Robin Soderling 6-4, 7-6 in the first round of the Munich Open.
The former overpowered Alberto Martin while Coria beat David Nalbandian at the Monte Carlo Masters.
The top seeds lost to seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez of Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters.\n\n
Lleyton Hewitt's run in the Monte Carlo Masters was halted by Germany's Rainer Schuettler.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said he is not enjoying Formula One this season because of rule changes.
The second seed was shocked by seventh seeded Argentinian Guillermo Coria in the quarter-finals of the French Open.
Although Schumacher won Sunday's Austrian GP for his third win in a row this season, McLaren's Raikkonen is still two points ahead of the Fereari ace.
The pair had to concede a walk-over at the Barcelona Open as Miryni too ill.
The 16-year-old wild card at the Monte Carlo Masters won 7-5, 6-3.
The victory gave the Indian ace the sole lead in the Amber chess tournament.
Serbian former world number 12 Viktor Troicki will appeal to the Court of Arbitration (CAS) against the 18-month ban slapped on him by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for refusing to provide a blood sample at this year's Monte Carlo Masters.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday
'Rarely did I feel my best on clay in the first or second tournament in the season. That was the case this season again. It took me two tournaments to really feel that I'm getting closer to the desired level.'
Roger Federer was giving absolutely no guarantees about his form on Sunday, as the four-time finalist prepared for his first ATP start in more than two months at the Monte Carlo Masters. The 17-time Grand Slam winner will be starting afresh in the second round on the Monte Carlo Country Club clay after his early February knee operation. After hitting for nearly a week at the seaside venue overlooking the Mediterranean, the Swiss said that next week will be key for deciding his further schedule ahead of the French Open - the second major of the season. "I feel more rust than rest, but I am rested, mentally and physically," the 34-year-old said. "I don't think about the Roland Garros title," the 2009 Paris champion added.
Formula One will be noisier next year after the sport's governing body approved new measures on Wednesday to raise the decibels after complaints about the V6 turbo hybrid power units introduced in 2014.
The Frenchman declined to talk about his bid for the FIFA presidency in his first news conference since announcing one month ago that he would stand as a candidate to replace Sepp Blatter.
Nadal, who is the clear tournament favourite and looks to be in the form of his life on clay this season, raced into a 3-0 lead before Spanish compatriot Almagro felt his left knee with less than half an hour played.
Leander Paes and his partner Daniel Nestor bowed out of Monte Carlo masters following a close defeat against Benoit Paire and Stan Wawrinka in Monaco.
Recovery seen in Q4, companies continue to focus on enhancing cash flow
Images from the Laureus World Awards held in Monaco on Tuesday
Earlier, Ukraine took a 2-0 lead over Japan as world number five Elina Svitolina took the first point of the Billie Jean King Cup era.
World number one Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Madrid Open for a second consecutive year to rest before the Rome Masters and the French Open, organisers of the clay Masters event said on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal confirmed he will miss this year's French Open as he is yet to recover from injury.
Veteran tennis player Rohan Bopanna said he plans to team up with Divij Sharan and represent India in the men's doubles event in next year's Tokyo Olympics.
After losing the first set, Medvedev changed his approach midway through the second set, the Russian going for broke with pretty much every shot, particularly on second serve.
Rafael Nadal struggled to finish off Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open on Friday but eventually quelled one of his most troublesome opponents 6-2, 7-6(1) to reach the semi-finals.
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