Indian Chess Master Viswanathan Anand claimed his second win by defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament. The 52-year-old Anand wins over his opponent Veselin Topalov in 36-moves after the second round. Viswanathan Anand the five-time world champion leads with six points in the table.
After the outstanding performance and win in the trials World championship medalists Amit Panghal and Shiva Thapa manages themselves in the Indian boxing team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Amit Panghal, the 2019 world championship silver medalist, secured his place in the 51kg division, while Shiva Thapa bagged the 63.5kg spot in the trials held at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports.
Indian Para-athlete Vinod Kumar has been banned for two years for cheating.
World champion, Magnus Carlsen was defeated by Indian Chess champion Viswanathan Anand in round seven of the blitz event of the Norwegian Chess and ends at fourth position.
Indian 12-member rifle squad opened their account at the ISSF(International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Indian women won Gold in 10m air rifle Team Women's competition.
Nikhat Zareen won a gold medal at Women’s World Boxing Championship 2022 in Istanbul,Turkey.
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