Crash ends Primoz Roglic's Vuelta a Espana title defence
Defending champion Primoz Roglic has pulled out of the Vuelta a Espana following a crash at the end of stage 16 on Tuesday.
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We can have next Chess World Champion from India by 2025: Viswanathan Anand
Anand began to groom and mentor the next batch of chess whizkids at his Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) after COVID-19 induced first lockdown in 2020. Six of India's Gen-Next talents -- Nihal Sarin, R Praggnanandhaa, Raunak Sadhwani, D Gukesh and R Vaishali and Arjun Erigiasi were inducted -- when WACA came into being in December 2020. Praggnanandhaa's (Praggu in chess fraternity) personal coach, though, is RB Ramesh.
Reigning champion Roglic out of Vuelta after crash
Primoz Roglic's hopes of a fourth successive victory in the Vuelta are over after injuries from a fall saw him withdraw from the race prior to the 17th stage.
UAE driver Hamda Al-Qubaisi selected for top Formula 3 test
ABU DHABI: In a boost for women drivers, the UAE’s Hamda Al-Qubaisi has been selected to take part in a Formula 3 test on Sept. 16 at Magny-Cours in France.
La Madrid Challenge 2022 - Annemiek van Vleuten calls for 'harder parcours' as she aims to complete treble
Annemiek van Vleuten fears that the course for the 2022 La Madrid Challenge may not be sufficiently hard enough for her to complete a major stage-race treble. Van Vleuten has already secured overall crowns at the Giro d'Italia Donne and Tour de France Femmes this year, and is defending her crown at the five-stage Spanish event.
LaLiga and Galaxy Racer ink multibillion-dollar rights pact
LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight football competition, and Galaxy Racer, the Dubai-based transmedia multinational, have signed a 15-year joint venture to promote the league’s brand in the Middle East and North Africa region and Indian subcontinent.
Saudi gaming’s world forum starts sport’s new era
The Next World Forum kicks off on Wednesday at Four Seasons Hotel in the capital city’s Kingdom Center to close out the Gamers8 festival, which has been taking place at Boulevard Riyadh City over the past 10 weeks.
Cyclist riding at 23mph as he crashed into pedestrian who later died says it was 'appropriate speed', trial hears
A cyclist who struck a 56-year-old man who died days after the collision said he was riding at an ‘appropriate speed’. Cornelius De Bruin was cycling when he crashed into Ian Roland Gunn, who was crossing Wilmslow Road on June 20, 2020.