DUBAI: Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a joint fifth finish even as reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen scripted history by winning the World Blitz Championship that concluded here.

CURITIBA: Ecuador moved into second place in World Cup Group E as two goals from Enner Valencia handed them a 2-1 win over Honduras in Curitiba on Friday.

SALVADOR: France are on the brink of reaching the World Cup last 16 after their emphatic 5-2 win over Switzerland on Friday kept them in control of Group E.

CHENNAI: The CBI will soon question former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and Sun Network MD Kalanithi Maran in the 'illegal telephone exchange' case.

NEW DELHI: Twenty-two days into the Lok Sabha defeat, there is no inquiry panel like the famous 'Antony Committee' to look into the issue, a departure from the past which points to a first-hand probe being carried out by the Gandhi family.

 NEW DELHI: Amid growing speculation that CBI may close its probe into the alleged bribery offer to former Army chief General V K Singh, the agency recently asked the newly-appointed minister to join investigations as it wanted some clarifications.

 PATNA: Observing that an internecine strife has rocked JD(U) after it suffered a debacle in the Lok Sabha elections last month, Union food and public distribution minister Ram Vilas Paswan claimed that a mid-term poll may be held in Bihar within six months.

Hyderabad: The BCCI had threatened to form a parallel world cricket body before the England and Australian boards agreed to the controversial restructuring of the ICC and decided to give a lion's share of revenue to the Indian board, said the BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel.

Northampton: Rob Keogh's century ensured Sri Lanka encountered a determined Northamptonshire resistance as their final match before next week's first Test against England at Lord's ended in a draw.

Northampton: Sri Lanka's Lahiru Thirimanne was in positive mood ahead of Thursday's first Test against England after the tourists' warm-up match against Northamptonshire ended in a draw. Although Sri Lanka have won individual Tests in England, they've never won a series of more than one match.