Bhubaneswar: The Income Tax (IT) department continued its sweeping raids for the second consecutive day on the properties of Odisha-based liquor magnate Bikram Kishor Sahoo, uncovering unaccounted ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the ...

Darts player Prakash Jiwa has been banned from all competitions for eight years after being found to have fixed four matches. Two months ago, a disciplinary hearing was held regarding four matches ...

Proceedings of the Odisha Legislative Assembly were disrupted as the Biju Janata Dal demanded a 27% reservation for Other Backward Class candidates in jobs and education — an issue previously ...

Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...

PARIS – Magnus Carlsen feels he is still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship. The world No. 1 ...

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident from Udala in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, a man bitten by a cobra not only rushed himself to the hospital but also brought the lifeless snake with him.

Bhubaneswar: A total of 2,603 villages in 167 blocks of Odisha do not have any mobile network, while 10 panchayats lack broadband connectivity, a state minister said on Monday. He said in the ...

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.

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Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match of the century at the height of the Cold War, has died aged 88, the Chess Federation of Russia said Thursday.