Mysuru’s veteran athlete M. Yogendra, representing Mysore District Masters Athletic Association (MDMAA) in the 40th Karnataka State Masters Athletic Meet held at Mangala Stadium in Mangaluru won Gold medal in Men’s 55-plus 10,000m Race and also won Gold in the Men’s 55-plus 5000m Race on Saturday. Yogendra earns selection to represent Karnataka in the National…
Over 400 Karatekas spar at National-level Championship
November 17, 2019The two-day 19th Shorin Kai National Karate Championship, organised by Okinawa Karate-Do Shorin Ryu Shorin Kai India, began at the Mysore University Gymnasium Hall here yesterday. A total of 434 karatekas from Kerala, Tamil Nadu and from different parts of Karnataka like Mysuru, Bengaluru, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu are taking part in the Tournament that was…
Madikeri Stadium, a bane for sports persons
November 17, 2019Madikeri: Kodagu district is acclaimed for giving many sports persons to the country. Sports persons like Ashwini Nachappa, A.B. Subbaiah, Len Ayyappa, M.P. Ganesh, Arjun Devaiah have shined at the national and international level. State Government, in an effort to encourage budding sports perons, constructed the General Thimayya Stadium in the town. Unfortunately, the Stadium,…
Eden Garden all set to host India’s first Pink Ball Test match
November 17, 2019Iconic Eden Gardens is set to make history on Nov.22 by hosting the first-ever day-night pink ball Test match to be played on Indian soil. India is the only major Test-playing nation to have not played a D/N Test and for their opponents, Bangladesh, it will also mark their debut with the pink ball on…
Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2019-Leg 15: Ridhima triumphs; Mysuru’s Pranavi finishes third
November 16, 2019Mysuru’s Pranavi S. Urs (JWGC), taking part as an amateur golfer in the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2019’s 15th leg played at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club’s Course, Kolkata, yesterday finished with a three-day aggregate score of 222(75+72+75) and secured the third place in the tournament. Ridhima Dilawari won the tournament with a three-day…
Wrestling: Selected for All India Inter-University Championship
November 16, 2019Abhijith, a 5th semester Mechanical Engineering student of ATME College of Engineering, has won Gold Medal in 79-kg Category while Abhishek of 7th sem Mechanical Engineering secured Bronze Medal in 86-kg Category in VTU Inter-Collegiate Wrestling Championship 2019-20 held recently at SJCIT (Sri Jagadguru Chandrashekaranatha Swamiji Institute of Technology), Chikkaballapura. Abhijith has been selected to…
BCCI Men’s One-Day Tournament 2019: Baroda defeats J&K
November 16, 2019Good batting by middle-order batsman Shivalik Sunil Sharma (74 n.o, 76b,2×4,2×6) and useful contributions from Shlok Sandip Desai (33) and Hemant Babulal Punde (28), enabled Baroda to register a well-earned two-wicket win over Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) in their BCCI Men’s One Day Tournament’s Plate ‘A’ Game played at PET in Mandya yesterday. Winning the…
IPL 2020: Teams release 71 players ahead of auction in December
November 16, 2019Chris Lynn, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat and Chris Morris were among the 71 players released by their respective franchisees on Friday ahead of next month’s IPL 2020 auction. Friday was the deadline for releasing, trading and retaining players. A total of 127 players have been retained including 35 foreigners. Lynn, the big-hitting Australian opener, was…
KPL Spot-Fixing Case: CCB grills K.C. Cariappa
November 16, 2019Look Out Notice issued against Bellary Tuskers owner Reddy The Central Crime Branch (CCB), which is investigating into the KPL Spot-Fixing and betting case, interrogated another cricketer K.C. Cariappa over spot-fixing, here yesterday. Sources said that Cariappa’s name popped-up while the Police questioned former India ‘A’ player C.M. Gautham who was arrested by CCB previously….
City powerlifters win medals
November 15, 2019City’s powerlifters Alifiya Vagh and Farida Taher won two silver and bronze at the State-level Bench Press competition held in Mangaluru on Nov. 9 under 72-kg weight class. Alifiya Vagh won two silver medals in two categories — Seniors and Master’s 1, while Farida won bronze in the senior category. The senior category is for…















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