The Chess Players Association of India has alleged irregularities in the AICF's balance sheet.
Sahaj Grover beat an opponent rated more than 400 points above him in the Parsvnath International Chess tournament.
Prakash Amritraj beat Michael Ouvarov of Britain while unseeded Rastogi sent sixth seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya packing in the MSLTA-ITF Men's Futures tournament.
Joining them in the quarter-finals of the MSLTA-ITF Futures tournament were top seed David Sherwood of Britain, Simon Greul of Germany, Vishal Uppal, Englishman Michael Ouvarov and Karan Rastogi.
US Open champion Sloane Stephens said she has no pity for Madison Keys after thrashing her 6-3, 6-0 in Saturday's final, given the huge runnersup check her friend will receive.
The women's champion will receive 560,500 pounds up from 535,000 last year.
Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Shekhar Ganguly won their second round ties to lead the fray along with 21 others in the Dubai International Chess championship.
The organisers have decided to restrict participation to English and Irish players.
The former Davis Cupper won the men's singles and doubles title at the Pune Open Men's National Ranking Tennis Championship.
The Belgian world number 36 was banned for "aggravated behaviour" after being kicked out of the Nasdaq-100 tournament.
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Digvijay Singh opened up a four-stroke lead atop the leaderboard after the penultimate day in the Rs 25 lakh Airtel Masters Golf tournament.
The world's top ten men and women long distance runners have confirmed for the February 15 event.
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.
Vinay Kumar, who led Karnataka to its seventh Ranji Trophy title, said his team's goal is to dominate Indian cricket for the next ten years.
Anuja Thakur retained her crown by defeating her sister and national snooker titlist Meenal by three frames to one in the final of the Bombay Gymkhana women's snooker tournament.
Kagiso Rabada regained his top spot among bowlers crossing the coveted 900-point mark in ratings even as Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin climbed up a couple of notches to be placed fourth in the ICC Test Player Rankings, released on Tuesday.
The hosts overcame Sher-e-Jalandhar 2-1 in the final league match to lift the inaugural Premier Hockey League title.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to remain in joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament, in St Louis, United States.
Chandigarh Dynamos lifted the title in Tier II defeating Delhi Dazzlers 4-3 in sudden death in their last PHL match.
The Indian duo went down to top seeds Murad Inoyatov and Alexey Kedriouk 6-4, 6-2
World number one Vijay Singh topped the list of 33 golfers nominated for entry into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Pendyala Harikrishna and R B Ramesh played a quick draw to remain in joint lead in the Parsvnath international chess tournament.
K Sasikiran registered his third consecutive win to join R R Laxman at the top after the sixth round.
The 14th Edition of the Gulf Oil event, organised by Sportscraft, will be run along the backwoodfs of Mumbai.
The European and South American champions will now join those from Africa, Asia, Oceania and CONCACAF in the US$15 million tournament.
Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna started his campaign by outclassing Eric De Haan of Holland in the first round of the Masters' section of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival at the Caleta in Gibraltar.
Kenyan athletes Douglas Mwangi Gwandaru and Jane Mula won the full marathon and half marathon events respectively at the 19th international marathon.
The tournament, to be held from June 17 to 20, will carry Rs 300,000 in prize-money.
'Karan Johar said you can be the next Khan of Bollwyood. That was the best compliment I received.' Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa 8 winner Faisal Khan is enjoying the spotlight.
'I don't feel they will be ready or able to stage a great Olympic Games,' said the Olympic champion.
His more than two decades long career is a stuff of legends and handing out tips on chasing success, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said one should be smart enough to hide weaknesses against rival bowlers.
Former World champion Viswanathan Anand played out a second straight draw by holding Fabiano Caruana of the United States easily in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is part of the Grand Chess tour.
The West Indies Cricket Board has slammed Darren Sammy for criticising the lack of support from the board, terming the skipper's outburst following the team's dramatic World T20 triumph as "inappropriate".
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