Interestingly, all of R Praggnanandhaa's victories have come at the expense of the Indians so far in the tournament.
Prachi had finished eighth in the Tokyo Paralympics final of the women's VL2 event.
Ivan Toney came off the bench to score twice and earn Al-Ahli a 2-1 win over Al-Ain on Monday that moves the Saudi side into the knockout rounds of the Asian Champions League Elite and leaves the defending champions in danger of missing out on the last 16.
Substitute Javad Kazemian struck in the 77th minute to give Iran a come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Uzbekistan in their Asian Cup Group C match on Wednesday.
Andriy Shevchenko sparkled on his first appearance of the season, helping Ukraine to a 2-1 win over Uzbekistan in a friendly on Wednesday.
R Praggnanandhaa outclassed world champion D Gukesh in sudden death to win Tata Steel Masters chess title.
The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with two soccer matches on Wednesday.
Uzbekistan grabbed the point they needed against China and hosts Qatar thrashed Kuwait 3-0 as both booked places in the Asian Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.
China scored twice in 13 minutes to come from behind and upset Uzbekistan 2-1 at the Asian Cup on Wednesday to book a spot in the quarter-finals. In another match, Saudi Arabia, beaten 1-0 by China on the weekend, stayed in the hunt earlier in the day with a 4-1 win over North Korea, who were eliminated.
This is Koneru Humpy's second World Rapid title after she had triumphed in the 2019 edition in Moscow.
Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina won the singles as India secured the Fed Cup tie against Uzbekistan
India head coach Igor Stimac on Wednesday said his team has a "couple of players" with few injury issues but that will not stop them from going all out in an attempt to secure full points against Uzbekistan in the AFC Asian Cup in Doha on Thursday.
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi opened his campaign with four victories and a solitary defeat in the World Rapid Chess Championship and was tied fifth, even as defending champion Magnus Carlsen endured a frustrating day, managing to log just one victory in New York.
The teams were locked 1-1 in the JRD Tata international football tournament.\n\n
D GukeshGrandmaster R Vaishali and Vantika Agrawal put up impressive performances as Indian women defeated Georgia while World Championship challenger D Gukesh led the men to victory over China in the seventh round as both teams continued their unbeaten streak in 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest.
Qatar's Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation's Player of the Year for a second time with Kiko Seike from Japan securing the women's title at the regional body's annual awards ceremony in Seoul on Tuesday.
India finished fourth in the Fed Cup zonal competition after losing 0-3 to Uzbekistan.
During a weekly press briefing, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that invitations have been sent to the heads of countries to participate in the meeting which will take place on October 15-16, the Dawn newspaper reported.
Viswanathan Anand's absence was felt as India could manage only a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan in the ninth round of the Chess Olympiad.
India need nothing more than a win against a tricky Syria to keep alive their faint hopes of making the knockout stage.
India gave title contenders Uzbekistan a mighty scare before going down fighting 2-3 in their opening match of the AFC U-16 Football Championship in Tehran on Sunday.
The major advantages of such plants are no need of land to build the reactors, earthquake resistant, abundance of water for active or passive cooling.
They recovered from a 0-3 deficit to earn a 3-3 draw in the JRD Tata under-19 football tournament.
The Indians conceded late goals and lost 0-2 in the under-19 JRD Tata International Invitation football tournament.
The second-seeded Uzbek outplayed Megha Vakharia in the final of the NECC-ITF Women's Tennis Tournament.
Images from Day 7 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
Abdiev Asliddin scored in each half as Uzbekistan beat India 3-0 in a crucial Group A encounter of the AFC U-29 Championship (Qualifiers) at the Al Arabi Stadium in Doha on Thursday. Abdiev scored at the end of first half and beginning of the second, and set up another goal to hand his side three important points.
India defeated Uzbekistan 10-0 in their last pool A match, on Monday, in the ongoing FIH Men's Series Finals at Kalinga Stadium
With all games ending in draws, the lead positions remained unchanged and Gukesh continued to be at the top of the tables along with Fabiano Caruana of United States who drew a keenly contested game against Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan.
Gukesh had an exciting match against Nepomniachtchi out of a Catalan opening game on Tuesday.
D Gukesh held reigning world champion Ding Liren of China to a draw in a highly anticipated contest
Gail India Ltd said on Monday it will set up LPG plants in Uzbekistan as part of its globalisation drive.\n\n
Praveen Kumar smashed the Asian record with a best jump of 2.08m to win the gold medal at the Paralympics.
India have been clubbed in Group E along with Bangladesh, Uzbekistan and Syria for next year's qualifiers of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 Championship 2016.
Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh played out a hard-fought draw yet again, signing peace with top seed and local favourite Fabiano Caruana.
R Praggnanandhaa navigated his match against the reigning world champion Ding Liren with remarkable ease
'All the very best! We'll be cheering and supporting you'll,' Jemimah said in a video posted on AIFF's official X handle.
