Rea Elizabeth Achaiah, a 17-year-old female skater from Mysuru, has been selected to represent the country in the 18th Asian Junior Roller Skating Championship at South Korea from August 8 to 15. It’s the fourth time she will be representing the country. Rea, a 2nd PU student of SBRR Mahajana PU College, started roller skating…
Prize winners of Wrestling and Shuttle Contests
August 7, 2018The following students of Vidyavardhaka High School have secured prizes in Wrestling Competition organised by the Department of Secondary Education, at Yuvaraja’s College Auditorium in city recently: Syed Sakib (2nd place), Lokesh (3rd) and V. Ravindra (3rd). The following girl students of the School have secured 1st place in the Shuttle Badminton Competition held at…
KSCA Inter-Mofussil Tournament for U-19: Tumakuru scores eight wicket win over Mysuru Zone
August 7, 2018Helped by an unbeaten knock of 85 (112b, 12×4) by Nirmith Shashidhar, Tumakuru Zone registered a facile eight wicket win over Mysuru Zone in the KSCA Inter-Mofussil Tournament for U-19 played at the RWF Grounds here on Monday. Batting first, Mysuru Zone were bowled out for 129 in 41.4 overs. D. Amruth Raj (35) and…
State Open Rapid Chess Tournament on Aug.11, 12
August 7, 2018The Velapuri Chess Association, Belur (Hassan), will be conducting the Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Tournament at Sudhanava Gowda Vokkaligara Kalyana Mantapa, Belur, Hassan, on Aug.11 and 12. A total cash prize fund of Rs.80,000 is in the offing for the winners in Open category. Cash prizes will be given to the winners from 1…
Basketball Tourney in city from today
August 7, 2018The Mysuru District Basketball Association is conducting a District-level Basketball Tournament for High School Boys, High School Girls, Men and Women from Aug.7 to 15 at the University Basketball Courts (next to University Oval Grounds).
KSCA U-19 Women’s Selection Trials
August 7, 2018An Open Selection Trial to pick three/ four teams to participate in selection matches (women) during the third / last week of August 2018 at Bengaluru will be held on Aug.12 from 9.30 am onwards at the KSCA-B Ground here. Girls born on or after Sept.1, 1999, interested in participating in the selection trials, are…
National-level Wrestling Tournament: 45 pairs vie for honour
August 6, 2018Late Basavaiah Wrestling Committee had organised a National-level Wrestling Tournament at BGS Stadium in K.G. Koppal here yesterday, with 45 pairs vying for the honour. Santosh Darod of Kolhapur was adjudged the winner in the ‘Mar-pit’ (fight to finish) Wrestling, walking away with the Late Basavaiah Trophy and a silver mace. The bout between Santosh…
State U-17 Open Boys & Girls Chess Championship: Jagadish, Prasiddhi Bhat win titles
August 6, 2018Jagadish of Bengaluru with eight points from nine rounds and Mysuru girl Prasiddhi Bhat with 7.5 points from nine rounds won the Karnataka State Open U-17 Boys & U-17 Girls titles respectively on the concluding day of the three-day Karnataka State Chess Championship conducted by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA at…
Chess Player: Prasiddhi Bhat
August 5, 2018Chess is a traditional sport and has been played in our country for a long time. Mysuru has been producing talented players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country in various events. Mysuru’s upcoming chess player Prasiddhi Bhat has done everyone proud with her feats in the State and National…
Sindhu enters second successive World Championships final
August 5, 2018Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu claimed a second successive World Championships final spot after seeing off a fighting Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in straight games at the women’s Singles semifinals here on Saturday. Sindhu, who had finished runners-up at the Glasgow edition last year after losing to another Japanese Nozomi Okuhara, notched up a superb…
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