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GM Andrey Esipenko defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev in the third-place play-off at the FIDE World Cup Goa 2025, securing his place in the Candidates. The final between Wei Yi and Javokhir Sindarov heads to a tiebreak after two draws

Chinese GM Wei Yi held GM Javokhir Sindarov to a draw in the opening game of the FIDE World Cup 2025 final. GM Andrey Esipenko defeated GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in the third-place play-off in Panaji, Goa

The FIDE World Cup 2025 semifinals will be decided in tiebreaks after both matches ended in draws. Wei Yi held Esipenko under time pressure, while Nodirbek Yakubboev and Javokhir Sindarov also settled for a cautious stalemate in Panaji

GM Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by GM Wei Yi in their FIDE World Cup 2025 quarterfinal, forcing a tiebreak in Panaji. Nodirbek Yakubboev advanced to the semis, while two other matches also head to tiebreaks

GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM P Harikrishna drew their Round 5 matches at the FIDE World Cup in Panaji. Arjun missed chances against Levon Aronian, while Harikrishna held Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara. Two Indians remain in contention

Indian GMs Arjun Erigaisi, P Harikrishna and Karthik Venkataraman drew their games with black pieces in Round 4 of the FIDE World Cup in Panaji, while R Praggnanandhaa survived a tense battle with GM Daniil Dubov to secure a draw

World Junior Champion V Pranav and India’s top-rated GM Arjun Erigasi won their first games in Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025 with black pieces, while Vidit Gujrathi managed a draw after surviving a time pressure scare

GM Narayanan, GM Diptayan Ghosh, and Aronyak Ghosh advanced to the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 after securing victories in their rapid games in Panaji. Six other Indians had already advanced on Sunday

India’s grandmasters Ganguly, Sadhwani, and Venkatraman scored comfortable victories in the FIDE World Cup 2025, advancing to the second round. Aronyak Ghosh won his tie-breaker, while Pranesh settled for a draw. Divya Deshmukh’s campaign ended after a loss

A 20-year-old BITS Pilani Goa student, Kushagra Jain, was found dead in his locked hostel room in Vasco. Police registered an unnatural death case, pending postmortem. The institute expressed grief over the tragedy, offering condolences to his family and peers

The accused, Abdul Altaf (25), a known rowdy-sheeter listed at the Mailardevpally police station under the Cyberabad Police Commissionerate, allegedly attacked security personnel with a sharp weapon in the early hours of Thursday at a land-based casino in a star hotel in Panaji. The assault led to the death of Dheeru Sharma (33) and left Satyam Gaonkar injured.

A 27-year-old woman tourist and her instructor were killed after they crashed into a ravine while they were paragliding in North Goa. As per the complaint, the paraglider plunged into a ravine soon after it took off from a cliff, killing the duo on the spot

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Very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy showers were very likely with winds gusting to 40-50 kmph at isolated places over North Goa, South Goa

Officials say efforts are on to attract the attention of travellers to the various other destinations from heritage to forest reserves away from the beaches

Strong winds in Goa beaches led to stranding of para sailers and four tourists including an 11-year-old-boy were saved by the life savers.

Prohibits swimming in waterfalls, abandoned quarries, and rivers, among other water bodies in view of upcoming monsoon season

There was heavy police presence in Sao Jose De Areal village near Margao town on Sunday after some people installed a statue of the Maratha king, while another group took objection.

A total of 37 persons were arrested for allegedly stealing mobile phones of New Year revellers in the northern part of Goa and 90 handsets worth Rs 1.5 crore were recovered from them.

Visitors need to be made aware of the traditional Goan cuisine, they said, adding that this will also help in promoting food tourism in the coastal state.