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December will see Indian athletes in action across leagues. You can see details of other events in our 2024 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from December 13, 2024.
What’s on today?
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Chess: The closing ceremony of World Chess Championship in Singapore where Gukesh will be given the trophy after he became the youngest champion, beating Ding Liren.
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Badminton: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand – the only Indian badminton players to qualify for the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals – play their third group match against Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida.
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ISL: Jameshedpur FC host Punjab FC at 7:30 PM.
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PKL: Tamil Thalaivas face Patna Pirates at 8 PM followed by Puneri Paltan’s match against Bengaluru Bulls.
What happened yesterday?
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Chess: Gukesh scripted history by becoming youngest world chess champion after beating Ding Liren in Game 14 of the Chess World Championship.
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Badminton: Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly have beaten Malaysia’s formidable pair of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 21-19, 21-19 to bounce back from their opening day loss at BWF World Tour Finals.
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PKL: Dabang Delhi KC beat Telugu Titans while UP Yoddhas’s match against Bengal Warriorz ends in a tie.
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ISL: Odisha beat East Bengal 2-1.
