Arch-rivals India and Pakistan were declared joint winners of the fifth Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) Hockey Tournament on Sunday, after the much-anticipated summit clash was called off due to heavy downpour in Muscat. Heavy rain since evening delayed the start of the final and even though the skies relented later, the damage had already been…
Bengaluru Open Wild Card AITA Men’s Tennis: Mysuru lad Suraj wins title
October 29, 2018Top-seed Suraj R. Prabodh from Mysuru, representing Karnataka in the Bengaluru Open Wild Card AITA Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament played at KSLTA Courts in Bengaluru, clinched the coveted Men’s Singles title beating Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (TN) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 in the final on Saturday evening. Suraj took home a cash prize of Rs.39,000 while…
Budding cricketer of city
October 29, 2018Amogh, a 7th std. student of Rotary Brindavan School (RBS), is a budding spin bowler. He represented the School and won Gold Medals in Divisional-level and State-level Cricket matches, which were organised by the Department of Public Instructions, Karnataka. He will now be representing the State at National-level Cricket matches that will be played in…
Roger Federer claims 99th ATP title
October 29, 2018Roger Federer battled to claim his 99th career ATP Tour title on Sunday, rallying to defeat Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final at Basel. The top seed claimed his ninth trophy at his home event as he overcame an inspired opponent who took the lead early in each set…
3rd DDCA All India Open FIDE Rated Chess Tourney: Twelve players share lead
October 29, 2018Twelve players shared the lead with 4 points from 4 rounds in the 3rd DDCA All India Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament held at KLE Institute of Technology in Hubbali from Oct.27 to 31. Ritviz Parab, Naveen S. Hegde, Kulkarni Vinayak, GM M.S. Thejkumar, S. Yashas (all from Karnataka), Mulay Pratik (Mah), FM Navalgund Niranjan…
South Zone Inter-University Women’s Volleyball: Spikers of Mysore Varsity register two wins
October 29, 2018The women’s volleyball team of University of Mysore (UoM), which is taking part in the South Zone Inter-University Women’s Volleyball Tournament-2018 being held at Vijayawada, on Sunday scored two successive wins over their rivals and entered the third round in the Tourney. In the second round, UoM team beat Tamil Nadu College of Physical Education,…
Elina Svitolina wins WTA finals in Singapore
October 29, 2018An unwavering Elina Svitolina claimed the biggest title of her career with a gritty comeback victory against Sloane Stephens at the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore. The Ukrainian once again dug deep to triumph 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in two hours and 23 minutes on Sunday. She is the first player to go through the WTA…
Kevin Anderson wins Vienna Open, secures ATP finals ticket
October 29, 2018Kevin Anderson became the first Singles player from South Africa in over two decades to qualify for the end-of-season ATP Finals on the strength of defeating Kei Nishikori in the Vienna final on Sunday. This year’s beaten Wimbledon finalist saw off the Japanese fifth seed 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) to join Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Juan…
Syed Shafi Ahmed
October 29, 2018Syed Shafi Ahmed (55), a resident of Mandi Mohalla in city, passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday. He was supplying food to Mysuru Zoo, KSRP Mounted Police, Forest Department – Bandipur, Bannerghatta, Madikeri and other places.
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