Young Indian grandmaster Arjun Arigesi scored a stunning victory over 'speed game' specialist Kwang Liem Lee in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals here on Sunday, but compatriot R Praganand lost to world number one Magnus Carlsen. Erigesi moved up to fourth place with this 2.5-0.5 win over rivals Vietnam while Praganand slipped to seventh place after the sixth round. There is only one round left in the tournament. Carlson defeated the 17-year-old Indian grandmaster 2.5-0.5 to win the tour finals with one round to spare. This superstar from Norway has 17 points and is a full five points ahead of the rest of the players.
Cheteshwar Pujara received the Arjuna Award trophy
Five years after Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara was recommended for the Arjuna Award, he was honored with this prestigious honour. Pujara could not attend the award ceremony in 2017 due to his cricketing commitments. He finally got a chance to lift the trophy at the 'hand over' ceremony here on Saturday. After receiving the award from Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, he tweeted, 'Thank you to BCCI and Anurag Thakur for organizing this honor to later present the Arjuna Award.
Thankful to @IndiaSports, @BCCI and @ianuragthakur to organise and handover the Arjuna Award belatedly, which I could not collect the year it was awarded to me due to my cricket commitments. Honoured and grateful🙏 pic.twitter.com/Dokz4ZP3Hs
— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) November 19, 2022
IND vs NZ T20: Second T20 match between India and New Zealand
The second match of the three-match T20 series will be played between India and New Zealand today (November 20). The match between the two teams will start at 12 PM IST at the Bay Oval Stadium in Mount Monganui.
Match Preview: #NZvIND 2nd T20I 🏏
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) November 20, 2022
LIVE Stream here📲https://t.co/ebSRLHh4uP pic.twitter.com/lfiVfaLDoE
FIFA World Cup 2022: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar leaves for Qatar
FIFA World Cup kicks off today (November 20) in Qatar. Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has left for Qatar to attend the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday.
#WATCH | Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar departs for Qatar to represent India at the inauguration function of the FIFA World Cup 2022 pic.twitter.com/uE5PPLZ0w8
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2022
Novak Djokovic moves towards a record-equaling sixth ATP Finals win by defeating
American Taylor Fritz in the final. Djokovic won 7-6, 7-6 in the two-hour match. He has won all six matches against Fritts. He will now face third seeded Casper Rude and Andrei Rublev. Djokovic last won the title in 2015. He would like to win another title to equal Roger Federer's six ATP titles.
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