World No. 1 chess player by rating, Norwegian Grandmaster (GM) Magnus Carlsen (32) won the FIDE World Cup after defeating Indian prodigy GM R. Praggnanandhaa (18) in tie-breaker at Baku in Azerbaijan on Thursday.
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44th Chess Olympiad: India A, India C face off in 7th round match of open section
India A, in the women's section have justified their top seeding with six successive victories to tally 12 points. Sixth-seeded Azerbaijan and 20th seed Romania follow behind with 11 points each.
Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou from September 23, 2023
The 2022 Asian Games, which were postponed due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation in China, will now take place in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8, 2023. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) took the decision on the new dates on Tuesday in Kuwait.
Online Chess expands Tripura’s wings beyond borders
The game of black and white squares—that has already brought jewels for the state of Tripura in physical mode, now expanding its identity across the globe with the online tournaments being hosted here in Tripura.
Indoor Stadium to be inaugurated tomorrow
Among the respected dignitaries Sports minister Sahid Choudhury, Mayor Dr Prafullajit Sinha, Parakhhit Murasingh, Samarjit Bhowmik and PWD Chief Engineer Ashit Bhowmik will remain present in the opening ceremony.
National Inter District Athletics: Madhumita bags Gold medal
Today was the last day of the tournament at Andhra Pradesh as on the last day Madhumita won gold medal in Under 16 Girl’s 200 meter sprint. She took only 26.28 seconds time to secure the first place in the list.
National Inter District Athletics: Abhishek gets gold in High Jump
In the under 14 Boy’s High Jump event Abhishek Lagardo secured the gold medal. He jumped over a distance of 1.74 cm. this three-day long tournament will come to an end tomorrow.
Annual Sports of Agartala International school held
Headmistress Nabamita Dey Acharjee thanked to each and everyone for the successful completion of the event. Also on behalf of the school authorities golden girl Dipa Karmakar has been felicitated.
Tripura team has been announced for National School Athletics event
Madhumita Deb, Rupa Sarkar, Purnima Debnath, Nanda Majhi, Gopal Saha, Jitu Rudra Paul, Rakesh Datta and Sumai Naithok Debbarma. Coach: Arpita Malakar. Manager: Pradip Malakar.
AGM of TSOA on October 22
Also in the meeting the fixture of state games will be announced and discussions will be made on the participation of Tripura team in upcoming 36th National Games.
East Zone Athletics has been postponed
Last time this tournament held at Guwahati where Tripura won total 16 medals including 5 gold medals.
2nd Tripura State Chessboxing to be held from September 9-10
Around 120 players from 7 districts of the state will take part in the tournament which will be held in 30 categories.
Athletics Camp washed out Due to sudden rain
145 athletes from Sadar Subdivision remained present at Badharghat Dasarath Deb Stadium as the camp was schedule to start from 10.00 am.
Major Dhyan Chand’s Birthday observes with Sporting Events
Tripura also celebrated this day with several sporting events and paid tribute to Major Dhyan Chand on his birth anniversary.
29th East Zone Junior Athletics: 35 members Tripura team unveil
General Secretary of Tripura Athletics Association Biplab Kumar Datta announced the team today. Tripura will take part in Under 14, 16, 18 and Under 20 category Boy’s and Girl’s section.
District and State Selection camp of School Sports starts from tomorrow
The tournament will be held in Swimming, Hockey, Basketball, Table Tennis, Badminton and Chess.
51st State Athletics to start from tomorrow
Athletes from 8 districts along with Tripura Sports School, Sai Sag and Tripura Police took part in the tournament.
Cross Country Race Tournament: Uttam, Priyanka become champ
With the joint initiative of Tripura Sports Council and West District Sports Department and in cooperation with Tripura Athletics association, the tournament started today
Gomati District team has been formed today
Athletes from Udaipur, Amarpur and Karbook subdivision took part in this selection camp as the number has been around 150.
51st State Athletics Event: West District team unveiled
Total 53 athletes have been selected in the West district team in both the categories as this team has been selected from the West district level tournament which took place yesterday.
State Athletics to start from Aug 20
With 85 points Sadar Subdivision became champion while with 56 and 30 points respectively Jirania and Mohanpur subdivision bagged the second and third place respectively.
3 Day long State Squash Event to get underway from Aug 11
In the Gomati district event Moinuddin Choudhury defeated Sayan Deb by 5-11, 11-8 and 11-5 points while in the Dhalai district event Subhasish Das defeated Aditya Das by 10-1, 10-8 points.
Prize Distribution of Municipal School Sports to be held tomorrow
Secretary of Municipal School Sports Board Satya Ghosh urged to all concerned people to remain present in this ceremony.
Sahid Choudhury advises Physical instructors to be more sincere
Among the other dignitaries MLA Ramu Das, Secretary of Tripura Sports Council Dilip Chakraborty, Secretary of Tripura Cricket Association Tapas Dey remained present.
18th Foundation Day of Sports School on Aug 1
On the day sports equipments will be distributed to the players while also school library and laboratory will be inaugurated on the same day.