Praggnanandhaa stuns former world champ
Gibraltar
Young Indian Grand Master R Praggnanandhaa pulled off a huge upset, beating former world champion Veselin Topalov in the sixth round of the 18th Gibraltar chess festival to record his fifth straight win here. The 14-year old Chennai lad needed just 33 moves to put it across the Bulgarian. Praggnanandhaa had started with a loss against compatriot PV Nandhidhaa but since then he has been on a winning spree. Praggnanandhaa is in second spot on five points with six other players and will take on Chinese GM Wang Hao in the seventh round.
Pittsburgh (USA)
Ghosal loses in final of Pittsburgh Open
Saurav Ghosal failed to win his maiden PSA world tour title as he suffered a straight-game defeat to top seed Fares Dessouky of Egypt in the final of the Pittsburgh Open squash tournament here. Ghosal lost 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 on Sunday. The Indian had advanced to the final after beating Egypt’s Omar Mossad 11-6, 16-18, 11-7, 12-10.
Kolkata
Balwant fires ATK to top of table with 1-0 win over NEU
A last-gasp goal by super sub Balwant Singh helped two-time champions ATK earn a dramatic 1-0 win over NorthEast United FC and reclaim the top spot in the Indian Super League, here on Monday. ATK now have 27 points from 14 matches.
Harare
Williams century gives Zimbabwe upper hand
A fine second Test century by Sean Williams enabled Zimbabwe to dominate the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka here today, as they reached 352/6 at the close. The Zimbabwe captain, who won the toss and chose to bat first, made 107 from 137 balls, an innings which swung between the swashbuckling, with 10 fours and three sixes, and the pragmatic. agencies
