Anand up to fourth spot
Indian Grandmaster V Anand shook off his indifferent form by trouncing Predrag Nikolic of Bosnia-Herzegovina to move up to joint fourth overall in the eighth round of the Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess championship in Monte Carlo on Wednesday.

WI look for openers
West Indies are struggling with the problem of who to open their batting after recalling all-rounder Carl Hooper and left-handed batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the third Test against Australia starting in Bridgetown on Friday.

Dingko 'scales' new peak, is disqualified
Dingko Singh is disqualified. It came as a rude shock to boxing lovers in Visakhapatnam. He was found to be 300 grams overweight in the 54 kg bantam weight category and was disqualified to defend his title in the 45th Senior National boxing championship on Thursday

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