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I am very who have dedicated their “By some strange irony, I re happy about that,” conclud lives to sport in order to member this quote. “Failure ed a proud father. realise the dream of making The results: 27th round: Viswa I can handle. I’m okay with India a ‘sporting nation’. nathan Anand drew with Ding failure. It is the hope that is Liren (Chn); Wesley So (USA) The annual event aims to killing me.” That was what I drew with Magnus Carlsen create a platform where sta was doing today. I would (Nor); Vidit Gujrathi lost to Hi keholders involved with In keep giving myself a chance karu Nakamura (USA); P. Hari dian sports meet and share and then destroy myself.” Krishna drew with Anish Giri Special Correspondent their vision for the growth These words from Viswa (Ned); Levon Aronian (Arm) CHENNAI of Indian sport. nathan Anand pretty much drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi The second edition of the (Rus). Relaunched in celebra summed up his play on the Sportstar ACES Awards, ce Sanju Samson * FILE PHOTO tion of Sportstar magazine’s final day of the Tata Steel ra 26th round: Carlsen bt Anand; lebrating the best of Indian Nepomniachtchi bt Hari; Giri bt 40th anniversary, the 2019 pid and blitz tournament sport in 2019, will be held in Sports reporter Vidit; Liren bt Aronian; Nakam awards honoured Prakash here. Anand missed by a Mumbai on January 12, Surat ura drew with So. 25th round: Padukone with the Lifetime whisker, a qualifying spot to 2020. India opener Shikhar Dha Anand drew with Nakamura; Achievement Award, while the fourman Grand Chess This year has seen Indian wan has been ruled out of Aronian lost to Carlsen; Hari Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bum Tour Final in London. He sportspersons excel across the T20I series against the drew with Vidit; Nepomniacht rah shared the Sportsman of needed to finish sixth or chi lost to Liren; So drew with disciplines like never be West Indies starting next the Year (Cricket) Award, higher. He ended up Giri. 24th round: Giri bt Anand; fore. P.V. Sindhu became the week in Hyderabad (De and Cheteshwar Pujara re seventh. Liren lost to Hari; Carlsen drew first Indian to win gold at the cember 6) with Sanju Sam ceived the Chairman’s Magnus Carlsen, troubled with Nepomniachtchi; Nakamu badminton World cham son set to replace him. Choice Award, among other by an upset stomach that ra bt Aronian; Vidit drew with pionships. Sanju would hope to get awards. saw him even take a five So. The Indian men’s cricket some gametime, having 23rd round: Anand lost to Vidit; move draw with Vidit Guj team conquered a formida regained form, especially Ding bt Carlsen; Hari lost to So; Leading sportspersons rathi at the start of the day, Nepomniachtchi lost to Nakam ble frontier by winning a in whiteball formats. raced away with the title fol Test series in Australia for The ceremony was attended Dhawan injured his left ura; Aronian drew with Giri. by many celebrated sport lowing a record tally of 27 22nd round: So lost to Anand; the first time, reached the knee while playing for Del points. He improved his pre Carlsen bt Hari; Vidit bt Aro semifinals of the ODI World spersons including like Vis hi against Maharashtra in vious record of 26.5 points nian; Nakamura drew with Li Cup in which Rohit Sharma wanathan Anand, Sunil Ga the first Super League vaskar, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay set in the first event of the Reigning supreme: Magnus Carlsen underlined his stature as the best among the best with a ren; Giri drew with Nepom scored a record five centu match of the Syed Mushtaq niachtchi. 21st round: Hari lost Manjrekar, Bhaichung Bhu season. superlative show. * RAJEEV BHATT ries, and swept the home Ali tournament at the C.B. to Anand; Carlsen drew with Test series against South tia, Gagan Narang, Anjali Patel Ground here. Special feeling bounced back from the early don’t know. I just forgot go, Anand was tied sixth with Nakamura; Aronian lost to So; Africa and Bangladesh. Bhagwat, Mithali Raj and Chairman of selectors Nepomniachtchi drew with Vi “I am very happy with my reverse to Levon Aronian, to about the clock. And if win Nepomniachtchi, the Rus Amit Panghal became the Dutee Chand. M.S.K. Prasad was in Surat dit; Liren drew with Giri. Also present were Bolly performance here. The re nail Wesley So and P. Hari this game, I’m right back in sian who won all three en 20th round: Anand drew with first Indian boxer to win a on Monday and so was cord suggests I am playing Krishna, but surprisingly lost contention. So I was my counters against him. Once Aronian; Giri drew with Carlsen; silver medal at the world wood celebrities like Deepi NCA physio Ashish Kaush well in a strong field. After a to Vidit. worst enemy,” said a deject Anand lost to Carlsen for the Nakamura bt Hari; Vidit drew championships. There have ka Padukone and Ranveer ik. The Hindu understands good start to the year, I had The loss did hurt Anand’s ed Anand. third time in three days be with Liren; So drew with Ne been many more such Singh, as well as Interna that after discussing Dha not won anything. So this chances but he returned to With Nakamura, Carlsen fore Nepomniachtchi defeat pomniachtchi. 19th round: Ne stories. tional Cricket Council chair wan’s recovery process feels special in that sense,” dominate Anish Giri and in and Ding Liren as his rivals in ed Hari, it paved the way for pomniachtchi bt Anand; Carlsen At ACES 2020, 21 awards man Shashank Manohar with Kaushik, the selectors said the champion after fin ched closer to a muchneed the remaining rounds, Frenchman Maxime Vachier drew with Vidit; Nakamura will be presented in three and Odisha chief minister were convinced the opener ishing four points clear of ed victory. However, disaster Anand’s chances of scoring Lagrave to go to London. drew with Giri; Hari drew with categories — Popular Naveen Patnaik, who ac wouldn’t recover in time runnerup Hikaru struck Anand as he ran out of well looked bleak. Anand “It was much worse this Aronian; Liren drew with So. Awards, Nominated Awards cepted the award for the for the threematch series. Final standings (rapid plus Nakamura. time on the clock and was took a quick draw with Na way. If I had no chance it and Jury Awards. Best State for the Promotion The injury is similar to blitz): 1. Carlsen (27), 2. Na of Sports. The storyline of the final declared “lostontime.” kamura and found himself would have been nicer,” said kamura (23), 34. Giri, So, (18.5 what Shane Watson suf day revolved around tied with Ian Nepomniacht Anand. each), 5. Liren (18), 6. Nepom A celebration The voting for the Popu fered during the IPL 2019 Anand’s possible qualifica ‘My worst enemy’ chi, beaten by to the sixth At the end of an otherwise niachtchi (17), 7. Anand (16), These awards celebrate the lar Choice Awards is open. final between Chennai tion to the GCT’s London fi “It was probably the final spot. harsh day, Anand chose to 89. Vidit, Hari (14.5 each),10. stars, the future stars and Visit www.sportstar.hin Super Kings and Mumbai nale. Soontobe50 Anand straw. I’m just winning and I Even with two rounds to share some “good news” Aronian (13). the tireless silent partners du.com/acesawards to vote. Indians earlier this year. Sindhu and Tai Tzu We have built a team for all formats: MSK Afghanistan’s chance fetch ₹77 lakh each ‘Speedsters have ensured no side will prepare seaming tracks for us’ to show its mettle DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD S. Dipak Ragav Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja PBL AUCTION Surat B There was intense bidding were dropped after the 2017 Up against West Indies in oneoff Test Press Trust of India for R. Satwiksairaj, who “We have a complete Test Champions Trophy. Shayan Acharya him Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, NEW DELHI went to Chennai Superstarz team,” says M.S.K. Prasad, Prasad shot back: “Why Lucknow Rahmat Shah, Karim Janat, P.V. Sindhu was on Tuesday for a whopping ₹62 lakh whose tenure as chairman of do you think we have not Qais Ahmed, Ikram Alikhiel retained by Hyderabad Hun selectors ends next month. communicated? I ensured Afghanistan attained Test B The next edition from (wk), Afsar Zazai, Nasir Jamal, ters for ₹77 lakh in the auc January 20 to Feb. 9, Here to watch the Syed that all the selectors met status in June 2017, but the Zahir Khan, Yamin Ahmadzai, tion for the fifth season of 2020 will see 74 Indians in Mushtaq Ali tournament, Ashwin and Jadeja. Post CT team has struggled to find Hamza Hotak, Nijat Masood. the Premier Badminton action Prasad spoke about his time in 2017, the entire selection enough opportunities to West Indies: Jason Holder League (PBL) here.