London, Aug 16 (UNI) A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool recently. At 10 years, five months and three days, Sivanandan…
Seoul, Aug 16 (UNI) South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer. A new report has found that the number of South Korean troops declined by 20% in the past six years, in large part because of the dwindling…
Ottawa, Aug 16 (UNI) A helicopter fighting wildfires in Canada’s southeastern province of Nova Scotia crashed into a lake Friday afternoon and the pilot was rescued, local media reported. Citing the provincial Department of Natural Resources, CBC News said the helicopter crashed into shallow water while fighting the blaze in Annapolis County. The pilot was…
London, Aug 15 (UNI) Former England captain Wayne Rooney said it would be “difficult” for Alexander Isak to stay at Newcastle, as he recalled balaclava-clad men outside his house amid his own transfer saga in 2010. Isak’s future has been one of the big talking points of the summer, after the Magpies rejected a £110m…
Chennai, Aug 15 (UNI) GM M Pranesh held on to win the Challengers title at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025, earning the opportunity to compete in the Masters section next year, despite a final-round setback against IM Harshavardhan GB. The 19-year-old had built enough of a cushion going into the last day to edge…
London, Aug 15 (UNI) England have announced their squads for the limited overs series against South Africa and Ireland. With the red-ball leg of the home summer behind them, England will next feature in three ODIs and as many T20Is against the Proteas starting September 2 in Headingley. The home series will be followed by…
Sydney, Aug 15 (UNI) Australia batting icon Steve Smith is raring to go against England in the home Ashes later this year. The charismatic Australia batter, who has the third-highest Test runs against England after Sir Don Bradman and Allan Border, opened up about the five-Test series in an interview with Sky Sports. Smith conceded…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva today criticised Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for their latest attempt to engage students through a new youth wing, the Association of Students for Alternative Politics (ASAP). Sachdeva claimed that AAP’s previous student wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), had failed to…
Brisbane, Aug 15 (UNI) Alyssa Healy took a firm step on her path back from injury, clubbing India A to all parts of a ground named after her uncle Ian, before putting in her second long stint behind the stumps in three days. Yet the Australia captain’s strong return from foot and knee issues took…
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused the Rekha Gupta government of failing to address severe waterlogging and rain-related incidents in the capital, saying more then two dozen persons lost lives in rainy seasons. AAP Delhi chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said that the BJP government was only shifting blame instead…
