Chess Champion Is Trying To Break The World Record For Longest Chess Marathon

www.theyeshivaworld.com— A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children’s education across Africa. He is playing against Shawn Martinez, an American chess […]

CNN—Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record. It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...

BBC News—Tunde Onakoya: Nigerian breaks chess marathon record. The 29-year-old chess master plays for 58 consecutive hours and counting on New York's Times Square.

NBC Sports—London Marathon: Peres Jepchirchir breaks women's only world record. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya shattered the women's only marathon world record by winning the London Marathon in 2...