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Sasikiran wins Capablanca memorial chess

Sasikiran wins Capablanca memorial chess

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran earned 6.5 points from 10 rounds to became the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Varadero, Cuba.

PHOTOS: Cuba's athletes invent home workouts amid lockdown

PHOTOS: Cuba's athletes invent home workouts amid lockdown

Rediff.com18 Apr 2020

A triathlete swims in a tiny above-ground pool on her rooftop, her waist attached to the wall with resistance bands, while a baseball player bats into a car tire and a boxer throws his punches into a bag of rice hanging from a mango tree. In cash-strapped Cuba, famed for its resourcefulness as well as its sporting prowess, professional athletes are inventing ways to work out and practice despite the closure of common training grounds due to the coronavirus pandemic.