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November will see Indian athletes in action across a number of tournaments, but most notably D Gukesh, who will challenge for the World Chess Championship - continuing onto December. You can see details of other events in our 2024 sporting calendar.
Here are all the updates from November 02, 2024.
What's on today?
ISL: FC Goa are up against Bengaluru FC. [7:30 PM]
PKL: UP Yoddhas face Patna Pirates [8:00 PM] and Bengaluru Bulls take on Telugu Titans [9:00 PM].
What happened yesterday?
Football: AFC Challenge League - East Bengal FC beat Nejmeh SC 3-2 and sealed their quarter-final berth
Chess: Garry Kasparov dismissed the Gukesh-Liren contest as 'Not a World C'ship match'.
Chess: Anish Sarkar, aged just 3, became the youngest rated player ever.
Tennis: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden lost their Paris Masters quarterfinal against sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic by a 6-7, 5-7 scoreline.