You know the problem: can you place eight queens on a chessboard so that now two queens threaten each other. There are 92 distinct ways of doing this. But how about on larger chessboards? For 27×27 board people have worked out that there are exactly 234,907,967,154,122,528 ways. Now a HarwardRead More →
CAIRO: India’s Shreya Agrawal narrowly missed out on a semifinal spot in the women’s 10m Air Rifle event at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol here on Monday. Shreya shot 629.3 in the qualification round. The eighth and final qualification spot went to Hungary’s Eszter Meszaros, who shot 629.4, a mereRead More →
Double Olympic medallist Mykhailo Romanchuk has posted a call by several Ukrainian athletes including 50m butterfly world record-holder Andriy Gorovov for Russia and Belarus to be suspended from international competition. Romanchuk is not among the athletes who filmed themselves addressing IOC president Thomas Bach and Andrew Parsons, his equivalent at the International Paralympic Committee. However, the fact the 25-year-old has posted the film toRead More →
One of the most prominent female players in the history of Russian volleyball, Ekaterina Gamova, is one of the rare athletes from this country that spoke publicly, let alone condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Gamova, a 2-time European and world champion (MVP in the 2010 World Champs) each in theRead More →
The Dutch Quick-Step rider outpaced Australian Caleb Ewan at the end of the 195km race. In the six sprints he has contested this season, Jakobsen has won five. He took two each in the Tour of Valencia and the Tour of Algarve and won the points category in both races.Read More →
Bhaichung Bhutia scored in double digits the most number of times… ATK Mohun Bagan’s Liston Colaco is enjoying a dream in the ongoing Indian Super League (ISL) season. The Goan attacker is the highest Indian goalscorer in the league at the moment with eight goals in 18 appearances. He hasRead More →
New Zealand’s resistance on the final day of the Christchurch Test came undone by Marco Jansen’s barrage of short-pitched deliveries as the hosts were defeated by 198 runs at the Hagley Oval, on Monday (March 1). With this win, South Africa not only levelled the series 1-1 but also maintainedRead More →
Nour Ahmed Youssri emerged women’s singles champion at the All Africa Individual Championships 2022 beating senior compatriot Doha Hany in an all-Egypt final. The 18-year-old had lost all three of her previous matches to Hany, but came good on Sunday with a 21-16 21-16 result in just 29 minutes. Nigeria’s Anuoluwapo JuwonRead More →
Fathur GUSTAFIAN from Indonesia won his third individual medal at the Grand Prix. Today the athlete showed the best result in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men event. Napis TORTUNGPANICH from Thailand took second place in the final. The third result was shown by the Singaporean athlete Marat Lleyton VELOSO. Read More →
Farris was one of several Harvard athletes to win conference crowns at Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool, and the Crimson stayed ahead in the team standings. The Crimson sit atop the scoring with 1,060 points, with Princeton in second place with 1,024 points. Gunner Grant also emerged as an event winner forRead More →
Last week, Chase Seiffert was the first alternate at the Korn Ferry Tour’s LECOM Suncoast Classic, but never got the call that he made it into the event’s field. So instead, he spent the week practicing and that seems to be paying off at the Honda Classic. After last week,Read More →
Medvedev will now face Rafael Nadal on court in Mexico, with the two set to meet for the first time since their epic Australian Open final last month. Nadal overcame the world No 39 Tommy Paul 6-0 7-6 (7-5) to extend his winning streak to 13 matches at the startRead More →