Lucknow gears up for the Times of India Sports Awards on March 21, 2026, celebrating India's athletic excellence in 2025. The ...

The Times of India Sports Awards returns for its eighth edition. The TOISA 2025 ceremony will be held in Lucknow on March 21, ...

India has become a major power in international chess led by its highest-ranked player, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. He's No. 4 in the world, one place above compatriots Gukesh Dommaraju, the current ...

India slipped to 25th in the 2026 Gender Equality in Chess Index (GECI), highlighting gender imbalance in the sport. Despite ...

Over the years Humpy has been one of the country’s most consistent performers, carrying Indian representation deep into ...

TheFIDE Women’s Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities.

CHENNAI, India – On a balmy morning last fall in the coastal Indian city of Chennai, dozens of fans perched on their seats as they watched an elite-level tournament unfold. Some shook their legs ...

Sixteen-year-old Aarav Dengla has become India’s 93rd Grandmaster (GM). Guided by his mother Shipra, who quit her job to ...

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand has delivered his verdict on Fide’s call to stick with its decision to hold the Candidates ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...