With the COVID-19 pandemic halting all sport activities, India’s former Chief Badminton Coach Vimal Kumar yesterday urged the Government to allow the Olympic-bound athletes to continue their training after conducting the required tests. Following the respective directives of the Talengana and Karnataka Governments, the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru…
KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-Collegiate Cricket: Maharaja’s College to take on Mahajana FGC in finals
March 18, 2020Inspiring batting performance by Sai Shiv Narayan (72 n.o.) and V. Uttam Gowda (45 n.o.), helped Maharaja’s College, Mysuru, to register a facile six-wicket win over Sapient College of Commerce and Management, Mysuru and enter the final in the KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament 2019-20 played at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds here yesterday. Batting…
NSFs to get SAI facilities for free to conduct National, Intl. events
March 18, 2020The National Sports Federations (NSFs) in the country can now use the facilities at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) free of cost to conduct National and International Tournaments. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) will not only waive off the rentals for the NSFs but will also bear the overhead costs during the National…
All matches of KSCA Mysuru Zone cancelled
March 18, 2020The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Mysuru Zonal Committee has decided to cancel all the scheduled League and T20 Matches for Clubs from Mar. 19 to 31, as a precautionary measures for COVID-19. Fresh dates for the cancelled matches will be announced in due course, according to a press release from KSCA Mysuru Zonal Convenor…
Mukkatira Cup Hockey Tournament: CM promises Rs.50 lakh
March 17, 2020Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has promised Rs.50 lakh for the month-long ‘Mukkatira Cup’ Kodava Family Hockey Tournament scheduled to take place from Apr.19 to May 17 at Federation of Kodava Samaja Stadium, Balugodu, in the town. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, the Tournament Chairman Mukkatira Motu Uttaiah said that recently a delegation…
KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-Collegiate Cricket: Mahajana FGC in final
March 17, 2020Inspiring batting performances by S. Suprith (73) and L. Hemanth Kumar (64), combined with some good bowling by Surya A. Naragund (5/14), enabled SBRR Mahajana FGC to register a big 161-run win over Sarada Vilas College, Mysuru, in the semi-final of the KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament played at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds here…
Coronavirus Pandemic: Mysore Varsity PE Department postpones felicitation function
March 17, 2020The Department of Physical Education (DPE), University of Mysore (UoM), has decided to postpone the felicitation function for outstanding sports persons which was scheduled to be held on Mar.18 due to COVID-19 scare to a later date which will be announced in due course by the Department. The DPE was to felicitate the medal winners…
UKCA cancels all Chess Tourneys
March 17, 2020The United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA), the parent body of Chess Organisations in the State, has decided to cancel all Chess Tournaments of the District and the State Selection Tournaments in Karnataka State up to Apr.15. The Tournaments declared earlier now stands postponed. This decision was taken to fulfil the health and safety measures as…
Players go home as IPL Franchises call off camps till further notice
March 17, 2020The eight Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have called off their respective pre-tournament camps till further notice, three days after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a suspension of the cash-rich event from Mar.29 to April 15. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) yesterday deferred their training camp, which was scheduled to begin on Mar.21, due to the outbreak…
Sixer Sidhu launches YouTube Channel
March 17, 2020Even as his Congress Government in Punjab completes its three years, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, well-known as “Sixer Sidhu,” who has been lying low since his resignation from the State Cabinet in July last, on Saturday launched his own channel on YouTube to share his views. In his maiden video, a sulking Sidhu who met…














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