Anand finishes joint second in Norway

STAVANGER: Playing out his third successive decisive game, Viswanathan Anand got the better of Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the final round to end joint second in the Altibox Norway chess tournament, here on Friday.

In a solid start, the Indian ace started off with as many as six drawn games and ended with three decisive games in a row. of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships at Gifu, Japan. He winning time was 53.26 seconds.

Indian athletes won five medals in total with M Sreeshankar (long jump), Durga Deore (1500m), Ajay Bhalothia (shot put), Abhinaya Shetty (high jump) and Kartik Kumar (10,000m) clinching bronze.

VANI TIED 22ND

LAHTI,FINLAND: Indian golfer Vani Kapoor finished the first round tied at 22nd position with a score of three-over par 75 in the 40,000 euros Viaplay Ladies Finnish Open, part of the Ladies European Tour (LET) Access Series here on Thursday.

‘GUTI SET TO REPLACE ZIDANE AS REAL COACH’

MADRID:THE president of Spanish third division side Real Murcia has said his club’s plans to appoint Guti as coach this summer were scuppered because the former midfielder is set to take over at Real Madrid.

Zinedine Zidane had stepped down as Real coach last month. Although local media reports have linked numerous candidates to the job, Victor Galvez insists that the former Spain and Real midfielder is the chosen one.

“He was the guy I wanted, and it’s a shame Zidane didn’t take a couple of days longer to make his decision,” he said.

INCREASE RECOVERY TIME: FIFPRO

THE HAGUE: Professional footballers’ union FIFPRO has called for longer recovery times for top

BHUTIA, CHHETRI ON WC COMMENTARY PANEL

DELHI: Sony Pictures Networks India has organised an impressive line-up of footballers to comment on the upcoming Fifa World Cup in Russia.

Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia and striker Sunil Chhetri will be part of a panel that also includes international stars like Luis Garcia, Louis Saha and David James.