Amidst the Corona pandemic across the globe, Australian cricketer Shane Warne has halted production of gin at a distillery he co-owns to make medical-grade hand sanitiser for hospitals in these “challenging times”. The spin legend, who played 145 Tests for the Australian cricket team, responded to Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plea for companies to…
Sports needs to be given its right due
March 19, 2020Sports need to be linked to education and it is the need of the hour. In the present world, when smaller nations are making much progress in sports with medals in Olympics, India is lagging far behind. It’s poor involvement in sports other than cricket is a matter of grave concern. India’s higher education system…
KSCA Group II, 1st Division League: Railway Institute scores over N.R. Sports Group, Mysuru
March 19, 2020Railway Institute, Hubballi, registered a four-wicket win over N.R. Sports Group, Mysuru, in KSCA Group II, 1st Division League match played at Bengaluru recently. Batting first, N.R. Sports Group, Mysuru, scored 200 in 40.1 overs. Vinay (47), Lankesh (49) and Arun (26) were the major contributors. In reply, Railway Institute, Hubballi, scored 201/6 in 36.3…
ICC includes two Indian women Umpires in its panel
March 19, 2020The number of women match officials across different International Cricket Council (ICC) panels has gone up to 12 as Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi of India were yesterday named in the International Panel of ICC Development Umpires. The announcement comes soon after the launch of 100% Cricket, a 12-month campaign anticipated to build on the…
City’s Nagaraj for ITF Senior World Tennis Tourney
March 19, 2020Mysuru’s senior tennis player R. Nagaraj, of Income-Tax Department, has been selected to represent India in the 55+ Category (men) of ITF Senior World Team Championship 2020 to be held at Boca Raton, Florida, USA from Apr.26 to May 2. It is a prestigious Senior Tennis Tournament conducted by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
Cycling around the country for peace and harmony
March 18, 2020This young man is on a mission — to spread the message of peace and harmony all over the country. His mode of transport? A bicycle! Nagaraja Gowda, a native of Hassan, is the man on a mission who has started his journey on a bicycle from Mumbai in 2017 and his journey is still…
COVID-19 crisis: French Open pushed back to September
March 18, 2020The second Grand Slam event of the year, French Open 2020, has been pushed behind to September and October due to the uncertainty revolving around the Coronavirus crisis that has grappled the world. French Open 2020 was originally meant to be held from May 24 to June 7 but will now take place from Sept.20…
‘Allow Olympic-bound Indian athletes to train’
March 18, 2020With 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…















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