Humpy accounts for Mia

Istanbul, March 14: Top seed Koneru Humpy registered her second successive victory outwitting former world champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia in the sixth round to remain at joint second position in the IS Bank Ataturk Women Grand Prix chess tournament here.
Humpy now has four wins along with two draws and the Indian has taken her tally to five points of a possible six with five rounds still remaining in the tournament, which is a part of next world championship cycle.

Final ODI series score: India 3, New Zealand 1

Auckland, March 14: India’s winning streak finally snapped today as New Zealand cruised to an eight-wicket consolation win in the final cricket one-dayer to deny the visitors a clean sweep of the ODI series. India’s awe-inspiring batting order witnessed a rare collapse today and the visitors were skittled out for a paltry 149 runs in 36.3 overs and the score could have been embarrassing but for Virender Sehwag (40) and Rohit Sharma (43 not out).
New Zealand chased down the meagre target in just 23.2 overs after Jesse Ryder (63) gave them a flying start and Martin Guptill (57 not out) stayed till the end to see the side through in what turned out to be a one-sided contest at the Eden Park.