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When Ritu Phogat landed in Singapore over two years back, she was uncertain of the life she was supposed to embrace. She had never lived away from her protective family before, and all her overseas trips had been restricted to wrestling. A file photo of Ritu Phogat. REUTERS Phogat, though, was certain of her goal鈥攕he wanted to be a world cha
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World champion Viswanathan Anand crushed his former challenger Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the third round to jump to the joint second spot in the Norway Chess 2013. Sergey Karjakin of Russia scored his third straight victory at the expense of Wang Hao of China to lead the table with three points. Anand and Levon Aronian follow him, a full point behind. HT Image Sharmi
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