Armenia beat the Rest of the World in the penultimate round of the Tigran Petrosian chess match.
The Indian ace is placed second behind Peter Leko in the Linares tournament.
The Indian ace drew with Peter Svidler in the penultimate round and took an unassailable lead over his nearest rivals.
Viswanathan Anand won the eighth round mini-match 1.5-0.5 in the 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament.
More than 64 people -- 31 Iraqis, 12 Filipinos, 10 Poles, 10 Hungarians and an American -- were injured when two trucks tried to ram into Camp Charlie in south Baghdad.
The six-time world champion was again untouchable as he led home a seventh Ferrari one-two of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The Indian ace is in joint-second place after 11 rounds in the Corus chess tournament.
The administration was triggered by Force India's Mexican driver Sergio Perez, supported by engine provider Mercedes and team sponsor BWT who were also owed money by a team struggling financially.
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Before the start, Hamilton had spoken of Hungary fast becoming one of his favourite circuits.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has recognised a fashion faux pas and assured Wimbledon he will respect the dress code next year.
Having started off badly, the defending champion may find it difficult to keep sole possession of his crown at the Amber tournament.
Two of the surprise teams of the opening round of matches at Euro 2016 meet on Saturday when Iceland face Hungary in Group F.
Coach Bernd Storck says Hungary want to prove their first European Championship appearance in 44 years is no fluke when the former powerhouses meet neighbours Austria in their Group F opener on Tuesday.
The Italian fencer won the men's individual sabre beating Hungarian Zsolt Nemcsik 15-14 in a thrilling final.
World champion Michael Schumacher has recovered from flu and is itching to chalk up a record 12th victory of the season.
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The Indian ace drew his sixth round games with Vladimir Kramnik in the Amber chess championship.
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Hungarian boys tallied an impressive 29.5 point out of a possible 40 and won the championship.
The FIA said that the hearing will be held in Paris, and the decision will be announced in a week's time.
Anand has not lost his last 59 games played in the Category 19 event.
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.
The victory placed the Indian ace in joint second position in the Amber chess tournament.
The two chess giants agreed to split the point after only 16 moves at Linares.
Maria Sharapova won the women's crown for her first WTA Tour title.
The Indian ace won his opening match against Ruslan Ponomariov at Linares in 64 moves.
Katie Ledecky of the United States destroyed the field in the 800 meters freestyle on Friday and broke the world record to complete a rare Olympic swimming treble.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
The 28-year-old rookie flew sideways into a tyre wall at the Hungaroring after the rear wing of his Jordan sheared off
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