India on Sunday won the inaugural T20 Blind Women's World Cup after defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final played at the P Sara oval in Colombo.

Arjun Erigaisi remained the lone Indian in the quarterfinals after P Harikrishna was eliminated in the fifth-round tie-break games of the FIDE World Cup.

Grandmaster P. Harikrishna started his fifth round with a relatively easy draw against Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, while Arjun Erigaisi signed peace with a solid Levon Aronian at the FIDE World Cup

Arjun Erigaisi and P Harikrishna had another good day as they sent veteran Peter Leko of Hungary and Swede Nils Grandelius packing in the fourth-round tiebreaker.

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi kept himself in contention on Wednesday and will fight in the tie-break along side R Praggnanandhaa and P Harikrishna in the fourth round of the Chess World Cup.

Indian Grandmasters P Harikrishna and V Pranav made it to the last 32 stage of the World Chess Cup.

For the first time in its history, the IPL has faced two consecutive years of ecosystem valuation decline.

Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu sailed into the quarterfinals of the China Masters badminton tournament with a straight-game win over sixth seed Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand.

Lakshya Sen will face a daunting opener against top seed Shi Yu Qi while former champion P V Sindhu will look to shake off a poor run.

Double Olympic medallist and former world champion P V Sindhu overcame sixth seed Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 21-17 to reach the round of 16 at the China Open.