Chief 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Chandigarh’s Aadil Bedi wins Bengal Open Golf
March 16, 2020Nineteen-year-old Aadil Bedi put up a lion-hearted performance to earn his maiden title in a thriller at the Bengal Open Golf Championship 2020, played at the Tollygunge Club here yesterday. Chandigarh-based Bedi triumphed in style with a chip-in birdie on the sixth playoff hole to end Pune golfer Udayan Mane’s incredible three-match winning streak on…
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Coronavirus pandemic: No change in Olympics schedule, says Japan PM
March 16, 2020Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday resisted pressure for changes to the Tokyo Olympics schedule even as sporting events worldwide fall victim to the Coronavirus pandemic. Abe pledged Japan would host the Games as planned in July and said he had no immediate intention to declare a state of emergency over the virus outbreak,…
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Talented Para TT player Srinivas Ramakrishna
March 15, 2020Table Tennis is a very popular sport in the world sporting scene. The game helps the individual to improve his or her reflexes and hand and eye co-ordination. Mysuru has a rich history of producing talented Table Tennis players who have gone on to represent the country and the State on various occasions. One such…
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‘If IPL happens, it will be a shortened tourney’
March 15, 2020BCCI President Sourav Ganguly yesterday made it clear that the 13th edition of IPL will be a truncated one if the COVID-19 pandemic subsides but could not commit on the number of matches under the current circumstances. The BCCI on Friday suspended the IPL from Mar.29 to Apr.15 due to Government-imposed travel restrictions and refusal…
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