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Fide Grand Swiss: only Indian women in Divya Deshmukh Open section; D Gukesh, surprisingly, in controversy. Chess news

New Delhi: When Fid Grand Swiss 2025 starts in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Thursday, all will be eyeing two Indians, who have already re -written chess screenplay in their own way, rule World Champion D Gukesh and Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh.For 19-year-old Gukesh, this is a surprising decision to take the field in a tournament, where the top two-usage for the candidates, the event that decides their next challenger.Being a world champion, he cannot play in candidates. Saying their choice to participate and is the only way to maintain speed and brush critics who branded him “not a worthy world champion”.And if everyone goes according to the plan, Gukesh will also participate in the upcoming Fide World Cup in Goa, where the top three finishers earn a place among the 2026 candidates. There too, for the World Champion, the only award that matters is the title.If Gukesh’s participation talks about hunger, Divya talks about ambition.The 19 -year -old Nagpur, who surprised the world by winning the Women’s World Cup, was already a luxury to leave the program. She is eligible for women candidates, where challenger for women world champions will be decided.Instead, he opted for an open section to test his subtlety against the strongest men and women in the scene.“इस उम्र में, विशेष रूप से, वह निश्चित रूप से बहुत महत्वाकांक्षी होगी और 2700 तक पहुंचने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करेगी, जो किसी भी खिलाड़ी के लिए एक सपना है। वह अब 2500 के करीब है, इसलिए यह एक मजबूत घटना में प्रतिस्पर्धा करने के लिए पूरी तरह से समझ में आता है। वह अधिक जीएम खेल रही होगी, और वह अपनी तैयारी का परीक्षण कर सकती है और वह एक कोच के साथ एक कोच के साथ काम कर रही है, जो कि एक कोच है, जो कि एक कोच है, ग्रैंड स्विस Confirmed his participation in the open section of 2025.During the Women’s World Cup, her guide Abhimanu Puranik will also take the ground in Samarkan. However, they had a different route for preparation.“The way I am approaching this tournament, I had a one -month holiday in Disneyland,” who recently finished third in the Challengers section of Chennai Grand Masters 2025, laughed during a special chat. “I don’t know if you have seen one of those X-men films. There is a saying for proper focus, you need to find that complete mental state between anger and peace. You have to concentrate and fight that instinct to fight hard, and this is what I want to achieve.,Representing the tricolor in Uzbekistan, Murali Karthikeyan was also clear: “Mainly, I will not focus too much about the title, but would like to go for candidates’ location, let’s see how it goes. I want to take it a game at a time. I do not want to play for victory in every round. And that is when things backfire. Like the Chennai Grand Masters, I lost the points because of that. But let’s see how it goes. ,For 19 -year -old Leon Mendonka, Grand Swiss would be about evaluating his progress.He said, “My first half of 2025 was not good at all, but the last few tournaments, they have gone very decenly. And I take it as a hint that whatever I am doing (to eliminate laps in my game) has some effect and is working for me,” he told Timesopyndia Dot Cum.India’s top-ranked Grandmaster R Praggananandha remains one of the favorite to secure his 2026 candidate berths, while Arjun Erigasi, Vidit Gujratha, Pantta Harikrishna, Nihal Sarin and Pranav V have added India’s record 15-Khiladi Open Section Squad.15 Indian players in open section
- Pragnanandha Rameshbabu (2779) – Eligible by rating
- Gukesh Domraju (2776) – Eligible by rating
- Arjun Erigasi (2776) – Eligible by rating
- Vidit Gujratha (2720) – Eligible by rating
- Harikrishna Penta (2709) – Eligible by rating
- Nihal Sarin (2692) – Eligible by rating
- Raunak Sadhwani (2676) – Eligible by rating
- Kartheikeyan Murali (2658) – Eligible by rating
- Abhimanyu Puranik (2635) – Eligible by rating
- Aryan Chopra (2634) – Eligible by rating
- Leon Luke Mendonka (2606) – Eligible by rating
- Narayanan SL (2595) – Eligible by rating
- Aditya Mittal (2560) – Eligible by rating
- Divya Deshmukh (2478) – Eligible
- Pranav V (2597) – continent location
In the women’s section, Harika will lead Draonahalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Vantika Aggarwal Charge.3 Indian players in women’s section
- Harika Dronewali (2487) – Eligible by rating
- Viri Rameshbabu (2476) – Eligible by rating
- Ventica Agarwal (2375) – Eligible by rating
Open in women’s award pools and USD 230,000 with USD 625,000, and two candidates are at stake, Grand Swiss promises high drama.Format:open11-Reound Swisstime control: 100+30, added with 50 minutes added after 40 and 15 minutes added after 60score: 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and a loss 0women11-Reound Swisstime control: 90+30, added with 30 minutes added after 40score: 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and a loss 0For India, however, it is already historic as a golden generation ready to shine on the world champion, Women’s World Cup winner, and the most grand stage of chess.
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India vs South Korea Hockey Asia Cup Super 4S Live Score: Confident India faced dangerous Korea in Super 4

India topped Pool A with three wins with the previous China (4-3) and Japan (3-2) of China (4-3) and Japan (3–2) before crushing Kazakhstan 15–0 in their final group match. While the early performances were scratches, a loud win against Kazakhstan restored rhythm and confidence.
Korea, the most successful aspect in the history of the tournament, has seen out the type of type so far. He finished second in Pool B behind Malaysia, surprisingly suffered a 1–4 defeat. Struggling with oppressive afternoon heat and humidity, the Korean people are expected to be more malignant in the evening super 4s fixtures, especially after the day of Tuesday.
India, meanwhile, was clicked in every department on Monday. Standing forward, Abhishek cut four goals and impressed with his sharp position and the first attack inside the circle. Sukhjit Singh, who made a hat-trick, dazzled with his speed and composition, while veteran Mandeep Singh kept shining with his stick work. However, Dilpreet Singh has not yet discovered his best form despite scoring against Kazakhstan, some easy opportunities are missing.
Head coach Craig Fulton expressed satisfaction with the mass performance of the strikers.
“When you go to Super 4s, you want your strikers to connect and score,” Fulton said.
Midfield is led by veterans Manpreet Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad to Sumit and young Rajinder Singh. In defense, Captain Harmanpreet Singh has effectively marshed Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh and Sanjay. Both goalkeeper Suraj Karekera and Krishna Bahadur Pathak have shown improvement, in which Paitak has increased its game against Kazakhstan after average outing.
Penalty corner efficiency is another positive for India. All four drag-flickers-Harmanpreet, Jugraj, Sanjay and Rohidas-Kajakistan were converted against, run a hat-trick with Jugraj, while also backwards.
Nevertheless, Fulton knows that a performance against a team like Kazakhstan cannot be a true solution.
“We are now full of confidence. It was good to spend a lot of time in the last third and that’s what we wanted we wanted to receive,” he said, “The real tournament starts now.”
The Super 4S format plays each other once India, Korea, China and Malaysia, with the top two on the finals of the two Sundays. The Asia Cup is a direct qualifier for the 2026 World Cup, which is to be hosted jointly by Belgium and Netherlands from 14 to 30 August.
In another Super 4 Clash, Malaysia first improved China on Wednesday.
Teams
India: Krishna B. Pathak (GK), Suraj Karkera (GK), Sumit, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Harmanpreet Singh (C), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Wiq Sagar, Madi, Shigar, Sagar Singh, Dilpreet Singh.
Korea: Dahan Ang (GK), Jihun Yang, Choolon Park, Jinkang Rim, Dan son, Jungjun Lee (C), Jongsuk Ba, Seyong Oh, Bion SIM, Sunghunun Beck, Song Min Bay, Jen Kim (GK), Jionah Kim, Hyone Kim, Honi Kim, Han Kim, Han Kim, Han Kim, Hon. Hion Kim (GK). Hyeseung Lee.
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India vs South Korea live in men’s Hockey Asia Cup: score, update. Commentary, news from super 4 match

The Indian men’s hockey team will expect to start the Super 4 phase of the Asia Cup with a win over South Korea on Wednesday in Rajgir, Bihar.
India topped their pool with three out of three wins, defeated China 4-3, Japan 3–2 and Kazakhstan 15–0.
In Super 4, after their match against South Korea, India will be against Malaysia and China. Only two teams of Super 4 will take it in the final.
Speaking about the upcoming tie, India’s head coach Craig Fulton said, “It is good to get through the phase of the pool without any injury. Especially in a sport against Kazakhstan, but in the afternoon two good sports, in hot conditions, when we come back to play at night. The energy is really high in the team. I think I was fresh for all.
“Now we are for the next challenge in the tournament. We will have a new approach for this phase. We first play Korea. We scored some good goals against Kazakhstan, which was leading the game from the front, it was most important,” Fulton said.
He also said, “We had enough training in areas that we wanted to improve; This game (against Kazakhstan) came at the right time because it paid us a lot of attention to the last third. The players are a little more confident and feeling a little more experience to work together. It was a shortage, I think I think in other two games.”
India’s captain Harmanpreet Singh said, “They are all difficult opposed to this tournament. Although we have not played Malaysia and Korea in the last one year, we have got a good game against Malaysia in the practice match before the tournament. We clearly play against China and what they can do.
India vs South Korea will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesday.
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La Leiga: The fan was racially sentenced to jail for misuse of their Williams, league label this one milestone. Football news

A Barcelona court sentenced an ascenol supporter to one year jail for racial abuse of Athletic Bilbao Striker Enaki Williams during a league match in January 2020. The person was found guilty of directing racist mantras and gestures in Ghana International inside the RCDE Stadium. While the ruling sentenced to a detention, the Spanish law allows the fan to avoid time service as it is less than two years and no one is pre -convicted. In addition, the court imposed a fine of about 1,000 euros (more than 1 lakh) and issued a three -year ban from entering the football stadium. The High Court of Catalonia confirmed the sanctions in a statement. The Spanish prosecutor’s office initially sought a two -year sentence but later reached an agreement with the accused. La Liga welcomed the verdict, emphasizing its widespread importance. The league said, “Today’s decision represents another milestone in the fight against racism in football and the elimination of all forms inside and outside the stadiums.” The phenomenon is part of a recurring pattern in Spanish football, where high-profile players have often been subjected to misuse. Earlier this year, another Especial -Athletic Clash at the same place was stopped after allegations that Marun Saanadi further faced racist fabric from the fans of the house.
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Many other cases have also reached the courts. In June 2024, three Valencia supporters were sentenced to eight months in jail for abusing Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior. The same month, four Atletico Madrid Ultra sentenced a Brazilian dummy to a suspended jail after hanging from a bridge, in which the authorities classified as a hatred crime. Along with Vinikius, both Enaki and her brother Nico Williams have emerged as a central figure in the campaign against racism in Spanish football.
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