Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali suffer loses in Rd-6; Carlsen leads in classical games
Stavanger (Norway), June 3 (IANS) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa suffered a loss at the hands of Alireza Firouzja in the Armageddon tiebreaker in Round six of the Norway Chess, here at SpareBank 1 SR-Bank. In the battle of the youngsters, Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa, Firouzja maintained a steady advantage throughout the game, though Firouzja could not convert […]
T20 World Cup: Namibia win super-over thriller against Oman
Barbados, June 3 (IANS) David Wiese’s all-round heroics in the Super-Over gave Namibia a victory in their opening ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 match here at Kensington Oval. Oman posted a total of 109/10 against Namibia’s disciplined bowling. However, Mehran Khan’s stunning spell helped Oman tie the game, taking the match in the super-over. […]
French Open: Sinner survives Moutet’s onslaught to enter QF
Paris, June 3 (IANS) Jannik Sinner survived an early onslaught from home favourite Corentin Moutet to seal the French Open quarterfinals berth late on Sunday night. Despite dropping his first set of the fortnight, No.2 seed Sinner rallied to end the run of unseeded Corentin Moutet 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals at […]
