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Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion by beating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday in a dramatic turn of events in the last game of a 14-game match in Singapore.
Marielle Thompson has started another ski cross season the way she finished the 2023-24 World Cup campaign – on top.
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25, hotly contested between India and Australia, is setting record numbers in terms of cricket viewership across the world. The thrilling contest in the first Test at Perth captivated a record-breaking 70.8 million viewers-a 70% growth in reach-and generated 8.6 billion minutes of watch-time on Indian broadcaster Star Sports, a 160% increase over the first test during India's previous tour to Australia on television. With a remarkable 38% growth in TVR, this match is now the highest-rated bilateral away Test in BARC's history.
Amid criticism of both his form and captaincy, India captain Rohit Sharma has received support from an Indian World Cup-winner. 1983 World Cup-winner Kirti Azad has defended Rohit Sharma, despite India's big defeat in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia at Adelaide. Azad sharply stated that people watching on television in the comfort of their homes should not be the judges of whether a senior player should be dropped. Azad has asked for patience rather than calling for Rohit Sharma's exit after a few games of bad form.
Former Australia opener Matthew Hayden has advised India to bat first in the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia, starting on December 14, even if the conditions on offer at the Gabba in Brisbane are challenging. The current five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series is locked 1-1 after Australia beat India by 10 wickets at Adelaide Oval. The last time India played a Test in Brisbane, they outclassed Australia by three wickets to win the 2020/21 series 2-1, on the back of Rishabh Pant's heroic 89 not out.
Ahead of the third Test Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia at The Gabba, cricket fans expressed their feelings after witnessing the net sessions of both teams. The third Test of the series is set to begin on December 14 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Following a resounding 295-run defeat to the visitors at Perth's Optus Stadium--where standout performances from Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Yashasvi Jaiswal were on display--the hosts bounced back strongly.
India's 18-year-old grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju scripted history on Thursday as he beat China's Ding Liren to win the World Chess Championship 2024, becoming the youngest-ever world champion. Not only was he the youngest, Gukesh also became the first-ever teenager to achieve this feat. Gukesh follows in the footsteps of Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, becoming the second Indian to win the crown and the first since 2012. The 14th and final match seemed to head towards a draw, but a late blunder by Ding Liren to sacrifice his rook handed Gukesh victory.
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Thursday became the youngest world chess champion at 18 years after beating title-holder Ding Liren of China in the 14th and last game of a roller-coaster showdown that went right down to the wire. Gukesh secured the requisite 7.5 points as against 6.5 of Liren after winning the last classical time control game of the 14-game match that seemed headed for a draw for most part. As title winner, he will get a major share of the USD 2.5 million prize purse.