Old Trafford: England strolled to a comfortable 150-run win against Afghanistan in a World Cup 2019 league match at Old Trafford in Manchester on Tuesday. Afghanistan were never in the game once England put a mammoth total of 397/6 batting first. A total of 33 sixes were hit during the match, highest-ever in any ODI…
Deia Urs wins Bronze at KAI Senior Nationals
June 19, 2019Mysuru: City karateka Deia Urs, pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree at a city college, has bagged Bronze Medal in the Senior Female Individual Kata category at the Senior National Karate Championships held at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on June 10 and 11. The Championship was organised by the Karate Association of India (KAI), the…
ITF Harare Men’s Tennis Tourney: Prajwal Dev enters pre-quarters
June 19, 2019Mysuruean S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the $25,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament in Harare, Zimbabwe, won his first round Men’s Singles match on Tuesday. Prajwal Dev scored a 6-1, 6-2 win over Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (France) to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
AITA Chandigarh Men’s Tennis Tourney: Mysuru’s Suraj progresses
June 19, 2019Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh, taking part in the Rs.2 lakh prize money AITA Men’s Tennis Tourney at CLTA Complex, Chandigarh, entered the quarter-finals in the Men’s Singles event with a facile 6-2, 6-0 win over L.R. Balaji yesterday. In the first round, Suraj Prabodh had scored a 6-3, 6-1 win over Drona Walia to…
Karnataka State U-15 Girls Chess: Swara Lakshmi of B’luru triumphs
June 19, 2019Mysuru’s Prasiddhi Bhat fares well Swara Lakshmi S. Nair of Bengaluru with 7.5 points from nine rounds clinched the Girls U-15 Karnataka State Chess Championship title in the Tournament held at SB Samudaya Bhavana in Mandya from June 14 to 16. Mysuru’s Prasiddhi Bhat with 7 points from 9 rounds secured the fifth place. Another…
ICC World Cup-2019: Shakib, Liton steer Bangladesh to big win over West Indies
June 18, 2019Shakib Al Hasan (124 n.o.) and Liton Das (94 n.o.) steered Bangladesh to an unbelievable seven-wicket win over former champion West Indies, in the ICC World Cup 2019 match played at Taunton on Monday. Bangladesh have recorded their highest ever chase and equalled World Cup’s second highest ever chase with this win. West Indies performance…
MTC AITA National Tennis Championship: Harshini Vishwanand bags double
June 18, 2019It was double delight for Harshini Vishwanand of Hyderabad when she clinched both the U-14 & U-16 Girls Singles titles on the concluding day of the MTC AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament-2019 played at the MTC Courts here on Friday. Eighth seeded Harshini Vishwanand, playing a consistent baseline game, scored an upset win over third…
ICC World Cup-2019: India beat Pak by 89 runs
June 17, 2019India continued their dominance over Pakistan in World Cup by registering a 89-run win (D/L method) in a rain-hit match in the ICC World Cup-2019 encounter played at Old Trafford. Winning the toss and put into bat by Pakistan, India got off to a rollicking start with Rohit Sharma (140, 113b, 14×4, 3×6) and Lokesh…
Curtains drawn on Journalists’ annual Sports Meet; prizes distributed
June 17, 2019The two-day annual Sports Meet of Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) drew to a close yesterday at the University of Mysore Hockey Grounds and prizes were distributed to the winners. MLA L. Nagendra, speaking after distributing the prizes, said that just like the Police, journalists work for 365 days in a year and organising sports…
Australia beat Sri Lanka: Go top of Points Table
June 16, 2019London: Sri Lanka made a flying start to their World Cup chase against holders Australia but failed to carry their momentum forward to be finally dismissed for 247 in 45.5 overs. Australia’s 87-run win helped them climb to the top of the World Cup points table with eight points from five matches — their only…
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