'Needs a booster cushion': 8-year-old chess player who represents Singapore youngest to beat grandmaster
SINGAPORE: For most chess players, beating a grandmaster would rank near the top of their sporting achievements.
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Indian-Origin Boy, 8, Breaks World Record To Be The Youngest To Defeat A Grandmaster In Classical Chess
An eight-year-old Indian-origin boy defeated Polish chess grandmaster Jacek Stopa at the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open in Switzerland on Sunday, becoming the youngest player to defeat a GM in classical chess. Ashwath Kaushik, who represented Singapore, defeated Stopa, who at 37 is nearly five times older than him, according to a Channel News Asia report. The previous record was set only a few weeks earlier when Serbia's Leonid Ivanovic, who is several months older than Ashwath, beat 60-year-old Bulgarian grandmaster Milko Popchev at the Belgrade Open.
NBA All-Star Weekend 2024: The hottest kicks from Indianapolis - ESPN
Players around the league took the chance to highlight some of their best kicks during All-Star Weekend.
What Rasmus Hojlund did before he scored shows he is transformed for Manchester United
Rasmus Hojlund mishit a right-footed shot during the warm-up and it still went in. There was never any danger of where he would put the ball on his left foot.
Kansas City mayor accuses governor of racial 'dog whistle' for calling Super Bowl parade shooters 'thugs'
Paul Contreras and his daughter, Alyssa Marsh-Contreras, join 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the moment Paul tackled one of the Super Bowl parade shooting suspects.
Canada's Ames declared 36-hole winner after rain cancels final round of PGA Tour Champions
Canadian golfer Stephen Ames was declared the winner of the Chubb Classic on Sunday morning after the PGA Tour Champions shortened the event to 36 holes due to inclement weather in Naples, Fla.
Topuria KOs Volkanovski to win UFC featherweight crown
ANAHEIM, United States : Ilia Topuria pulled off a brilliant second-round knockout to dethrone Alexander Volkanovski and claim the UFC featherweight belt at Saturday's UFC 298 event at the Honda Centre, handing the Australian his first loss in the division in the process.
No VAR needed as Johannessen celebrates too early in Classic
Cyclist Tobias Halland Johannessen raised his fist aloft in celebration only to see victory snatched on the line by Lenny Martinez at the Classic Var in the South of France on Friday.