Rising son Vijay makes parents proud

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar might have stolen the show on the first day of the Nagpur Test, but one man who made a quiet yet noticeable debut was Tamil Nadu opener M Vijay.

M. Vijay, who was included in the side in place of Gautam Gambhir, gave a good start with Virender Sehwag. He was dismissed for 33 in his first Test innings but he showed that he was definitely a talent that cannot be ignored. Understandably the parents of the 24-year-old were a proud couple.

Vijay's parents back in Chennai said they were proud to see their boy become one of the men in blue in the city of oranges, Nagpur.

"We are proud. We believed he would make it but didn't expect it to happen this soon," said Murali, M Vijay's Father.

Though it was a late start for Vijay in cricket at the age of 17, his rise from a place in the Ranji squad to the coveted opener's position in Team India has been phenomenal.

He started playing Ranji Trophy two years back. An average of nearly 50 runs in the first-class cricket ensured the selectors could never ignore Vijay.

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Anand, the King of Chess

Viswanathan Anand beat his Russian opponent Vladimir Kramnik in the World Chess Championship in Bonn on Wednesday to retain his world title.

Anand retained the title after ending the 11th game with Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik in a draw to reach 6.5 points against the Russian's 4.5.

Chess is often described as mental boxing as two people slug it out, toe to toe, trying to beat each other up psychologically and Anand retained the World Championship title against an opponent, who is not known to be forgiving and the Indian will cherish the win all his life.

He retained his World Championship title with a game to spare. It's a performance that will further increase his lead at the top, over his opponents on the FIDE rankings.

"Beating Kramnik in a match is definitely a phenomenal result because his match style is lethal. It's almost impossible to get a win against him. I managed three. Even (former champion Gary) Kasparov didn't manage a single win," Anand said after his title win

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