India has bagged two gold and three bronze medals at the World Cadet Wrestling Championships held at Hungary in Europe recently. The wrestlers were trained under the guidance of ace wrester of Mysuru, Vinod Kumar. A resident of Tonachikoppal, Vinod Kumar, the Chief Coach, learnt wresting from L. Manjappa, a retired wrestling coach. Vinod Kumar…
Mysuru boy Mustafa Raja wins both Singles and Doubles title in the 2021 Tennis BC 5 Star Provincials held at Stanley Park, Vancouver. The 14-year-old tops the list in the 5 boys selected by British Columbia to play at the Nationals in the ’14 and Under’ category. Nationals will be held by Tennis Canada in…
A total of 600 people took the COVID-19 jab (Covishield) at the free vaccination drive organised by Al- Khalid Charitable Trust at Abdul Rahman Saheb Talim Gardi Trust, Mission Hospital Circle, in city recently. Picture shows Trust President Mohammed Mumtaz Ahmed and others during the drive. The organiser has thanked everyone for their support in…
Cricket fans have much to rejoice as IPL is finally coming back again for this year, after being postponed midway in May. The board has already made the announcement about restarting the tournament from September 19, with a clash between the two top names: Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. The matches will take place…
Mohammed Siraj took the last two wickets to hand India a historic win at Lord’s by 151 runs which helped the visitors take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series, with three Tests still to be played. While the day began with England feeling confident — especially after the early wicket of Rishabh Pant…
The kick-boxing team of University of Mysore (UoM) participated in the 1st State-level Kick-Boxing Championship-2021 held at Yoga Hall, behind Gymnasium Hall, Sports Pavilion, UoM, on Aug. 11 and bagged 1st Runner-up Trophy with one gold, six silver and two bronze medals. The medal-winning kick-boxers — (standing from left) K. Dinesh Kumar (silver medal in…
The day javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra scripted history by winning Olympic Gold medal at Tokyo, August 7, will be celebrated as National Javelin Day by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). The 23-year-old Chopra became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold in Tokyo on Saturday, August 7, when he clinched the yellow…
Sports lovers in city celebrated India’s achievement at Tokyo Games 2020, which was held between July 23 and Aug. 8, 2021, by cutting cake yesterday. India won seven medals at Olympics this year including first-ever gold medal in athletics. The Department of Physical Education (DPE) of University of Mysore (UoM), in association with Mysore District…
After 16 days of breathtaking moments, the spectacular Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games drew to a close yesterday amid all the extraordinary restrictions and challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of athletes gathered in a nearly empty National Stadium to bid farewell to the largest global sporting event since the start of the pandemic…
In 2024, Paris will become just the second city to host the Olympic Summer Games three times after London (which staged the 1908, 1984 and 2012 Olympic Games). The City of Lights first hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, four years after the multi-sport event was resurrected in Athens after being banned by Roman Emperor…
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